America as a Developing Nation

We Americans are used to “having it all.” Our industry and technology are the best of the world, our country weilds enourmous power globally. A report on the Buddhist Channel about the first monk to represent the US to the World Buddhist Supreme Conference helped me realize that in some ways the US doesn’t really have everything. The article was also intresting because it illustrates that Buddhism is indeed growing in the US, and finally we are at a point where we need to have representation to the conference. The dhamma continues to grow here, and a uniquely American Buddhism is sure to develop from its taking root here. That, I think, is a good thing for America, and can become yet another of her strengths.