Distinctly American
The Blue Lotus Assembly Order of the Tendai Lineage has no direct affiliation with, or oversight from, the Japanese Tendai administration or the Japanese government, but is self-directing and autonomous in its affairs. The biggest implication of this is that the Blue Lotus Assembly training and teaching of esoteric Buddhism (vajrayana or mikkyo) is more open than in its parent organization, Tendai. Where the full range of teachings and practices in Japanese Tendai are restricted solely to its priesthood, the Blue Lotus Assembly Order seems to take a more egalitarian approach.
The Blue Lotus Assembly has temples and meeting places in Ohio and Colorado.
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