Post #487

For all people that make the common question: "How can I practice Greco-Buddhism?" Greco-Buddhism was not a religion, but a period of unique cultural syncretism. Greco-Buddhism didn't just disappeared into oblivion, but evolved as Buddhism was transmitted and disseminated into different regions and times. There's no need to "revive" Greco-Buddhism or any other Buddhist tradition tied to any specific period and peoples (Such as Tocharian Buddhism, Indo-Scythian Buddhism, etc). The "correct way" to practice Greco-Buddhism (or any other mentioned branch of historical Buddhism) is to follow Mahāyāna or Vajrayāna while incorporating veneration of Greco-Hellenic (Or related) deities as Dharmapālas.