Which school of Vajrayana do you practice?

[Luke]

It's nice to see that practitioners of other lineages have joined the forum.

It seems like Sakya is always the least widely practiced school in the West (out of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism) for some reason. However, the Sakyapa are continuing to open new Dharma centers around the world, so maybe one day this will change. I wonder if there were simply fewer Sakyapa in Tibet than practitioners of other schools during the beginning of the 20th century?

I guess we're still waiting for our first Jonang and Shingon members...

[catmoon]

Gelug always scores high on these lists. Sometimes I wonder if it is due to members of The Sect That Shall Not Be Named slotting themselves in as Gelugs. Which they have every right to do, of course.

I'd love to start a thread on the relative speed with which the sects are spreading in North America, but I suppose that would entail a violation of the terms of use here, right?

[mudra]

Gelug always scores high on these lists. Sometimes I wonder if it is due to members of The Sect That Shall Not Be Named slotting themselves in as Gelugs. Which they have every right to do, of course.

I'd love to start a thread on the relative speed with which the sects are spreading in North America, but I suppose that would entail a violation of the terms of use here, right?

I just voted and it looks to me like there are more Nyingma than anything else...

I do follow the Gelug tradition (not the not to-be-named-one). Just a quick note: I think there are plenty of practitioners who have been inspired by HHDL and Lamas close to him - one doesn't additional numbers from you-know -who to inflate the figures.

[conebeckham]

For those that don't know me, I identify as a Kagyupa. you could say I "specialize" in practices from the Shangpa Kagyu lineage, if indeed I can be said to specialize in anything (that's why they call it "practice," eh? ) though I've practiced a fair amount of Kamtsang practices, and, because I'm a current-day Karma Kagyupa I maintain some practices from a few Nyingma lineages, the Kadampa Lojong lineage from Atisha, as well as Machik's lineage of Chod.

I have established connections with the Drikungpas (HH Chetsang Rinpoche), the Sakyapas (HH Sakya Trizin), the Gelukpas (HH Dalai Lama) and Nyingmapas (HE Trulshik Rinpoche), and have great respect and devotion for all the practice lineages.

[Sherab]

Started off with Gelug (the acceptable one), then switched to Nyingma. I am intellectually more comfortable with Nyingma's philosophy than Gelug's.