Is it common for Buddhists in eastern countries to be close-minded and lacking in diversity?

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It's just a matter of the object, of the food, but at it's root, if observing well, there is no different. Views, either greedy, aversive or defuse appearing are views.

And for politics increasing greed and pleasure is more conductive. One can say that it is like controling the markted of drugs. Sometimes east did it, sometimes west. Currently Asia has it under control, made it their tool.

When ever on hears that people of certain geografic or birth are inherent different, one can be sure that the observant is/was not very attentive and took either this world and views or that as real.

Wordlings from Buddhist Countries are interested in the marked like popular Western teachers. An all tolerating, all serving business bring fast costumers, since the mass is not very smart but greedy and full of conceit.

Since many eastern still learn service and devotion as a tool from child on, they have it generally easier in this regard, but on the other hand, those rejecting service and devotion are fastly winning people in the east. So so called "open-minded" comes generaly for a certain purpose and was always a good tool acting smart to again just win.

So no hope for refuge in regard of realm of certain birth, because their conditions change as well by time, better by deeds.

[Note: This is a gift of Dhamma and not meant for commercial purpose or other low wordily gains by means of trade and exchange.]

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"Is it common for Buddhists in Eastern Countries...lacking in diversity.. ... ... The same effect is noticeable in the United States among the extreme Protestant affiliations of Christianity in the deep south"

Huh??!! Only Eastern Buddhists and Protestants in the American South?

Have you looked around "Western" Buddhist Centers in North America?

Here is an article about the overwhelming whiteness of American Buddhist Centers

Here is one about the decades-late recognition of it and some attempts finally being made to rectify...

A report at pluralism.org which says

"People of color are negotiating spaces within predominantly European American sanghas (Buddhist communities)."

I guess problems are easily seen everywhere except in one's own backyard.

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Buddhism is a discipline with a clearly defined principles about what it considers to be the truths or realities related to the arising & ceasing of suffering. Therefore, the question about "narrow-mindedness" is illogical or irrelevant.

For example, Buddhism teaches suffering arises due to ignorance, craving, attachment & egoism and this truth of causal arising is held to be absolutely true & unchangeable in Buddhism.

Or, on a moral level, Buddhism teaches about actions that lead to harm. These actions that lead to harm can never ever be changed.

Like any authentic science, Buddhism is about accurate, specific & narrow principles of causation.

The Dhammapada states:

273. Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best; of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; of all things passionlessness is the best: of men the Seeing One (the Buddha) is the best.

274. This is the only path; there is none other for the purification of insight. Tread this path, and you will bewilder Mara.

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