I can&#x27;t tell if you are talking about actual Buddhism or &quot;Western Buddhism&quot;. As in, are you dramatically misinterpreting your source document, or are you trying to say that the &quot;Western Buddhism&quot; we experience is not &quot;Real Buddhism&quot;?<p>from the article: &quot;There was a problem. Buddhism, as actually found in Asia, was much more like the European idea of “paganism” than a “great world religion.”&quot;<p>The site relates to current academic discussion of &quot;Real Buddhism&quot;, but the field has been investigating primary sources (Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese) for such a long time at this point as to make this article primarily a rant about &quot;Western Buddhism&quot; versus the more legitimate &quot;Buddhisms&quot;.