There is no single Buddhism. Buddhism changes as it adapts to the different cultural settings in which it finds itself planted. There will arise a "western" Buddhism, or more likely several of them. The outlines are beginning to be visible today as westerns trained in Zen or Tibetan or other strains begin to move in their own original directions.

I think one of the important changes from some forms of Buddhism will be the recognition of the existence of the self, or at least the individual, as separable (not separate) in some sense from the rest of existence. This seems most consonent with our intuition and experience - two forms of knowledge recognized in all strains of Buddhism.

So too the idea of rights will have its effect on "western" Buddhism.

Even the Dalai Lama has cautioned against trying to adopt without adapting. And he has studied western ideas and has adopted and adapted his philosophy accordingly.

So where does this observation lead? HR can fit for Buddhists here. And HR can, with I think only minimal restructuring, fit for Buddhists there.

And what of universalness of the HR ?- most now, I think, recognize quite explicitly that, to use a decidedly non-Buddhist colloquialism, there is a more than one way to skin a cat. We can still easily find a core right with some fuzzy boundaries, but still a core.

Cheers,
Steve Jamar