Would you say that Buddhists are hippies?
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I used to hug trees ( I think )...
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Sorry, I was including middle class, mostly white hippies in that statement.m0rl0ck wrote:Really? Where i live, in the midwest, its mostly middle class, mostly white, with a smattering of students. Except the vietnamese temple is mostly vietnamese and the local bca church is mostly japanese immigrants and japanese descent.Buckwheat wrote:Every sangha I have seen in the US was loaded with hippies. Not an extensive record of research bu me, but consistent nonetheless.
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i guess "hippiness" is in the eye of the beholder.Buckwheat wrote:
Sorry, I was including middle class, mostly white hippies in that statement.
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m0rl0ck wrote:i guess "hippiness" is in the eye of the beholder.