He seems to have the background, mannerisms and grammatical styles of a management consultant, and his topic at said conference is "Why Buddhism Needs To Innovate Now."
I could write a whole series blog posts about the myriad issues associated with this, but to be concise I would hardly say that I would expect this young man to be a "leading" teacher and/or thinker, since I have not heard or seen or read any "leading" thoughts or teachings.
But my real point in mentioning Mr. Gunatillake is just to point out - even in the UK - how ridiculous it is to split the world into these Eastern or Western or ethnically based categories.
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Oddly enough they rejected my offer to speak about farting and Buddhism. LOL Meh, until I saw your post, I forgot I still had that banner on my page. Not anymore. :-)
Kyle-
I mean nothing at all against the guy personally; its just that I'm not sure there's really too much in the saving all beings department in a lecture about what "Buddhism" "needs" to "do."
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