The Fourfold Sangha Still Matters
Western monastics are an endangered species. At least seventy-five percent of Western monastics in the Tibetan tradition disrobe, and the rates in other traditions appear to be similarly high.
In many cases, Western monastics are neither trained and supported in the traditional way by their teachers, nor are they supported by Western Buddhists. They are not fully accepted by the traditional Buddhist institutions in Asia, and
