Buddhism has been in the West for nearly 40 years now. Lama Ole Nydahl has followed the example of the great Marpa Lodragpa and has embedded Buddhism in a new culture.
Buddha's teaching stayed unaffected while entering the West. It hit a free, social and well educated culture which allows and enables a fast personal development. The medieval traditional Eastern way of thinking is vanquished, all teachings and meditations are at free disposal in the native languages.