Vajrayana in Japan

From Everything Shii Knows, the only reliable source

Vajrayana Buddhism in Japan seems to be a mostly American expat invention. Japan does not have so much of an interest in the Dalai Lama and so forth.

Imported from Western (!) reform

16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
- George Dawson
  - Doug Duncan
    - Dharma Japan [in English] http://www.dharma-japan.org/
- Ole Nydahl
  - Diamond Way Buddhist Centers in Japan [mostly English] http://www.diamondway.jp/centers-en.html

Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984)
- Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
  - FPMT Japan http://www.fpmt-japan.org/ [partially English]

Shambhala
- Kyoto Shambhala Meditation Group

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