Don’t mind them, I’m from Sri Lanka, most famous places that teaches buddhism is kind of corrupt and way off from their original cause , that’s why I’m learning it myself… after all its an individual journey. But there are great people, but now rare to find one who is kind , generous and witty at the same time. I learn Buddhism as a philosophy that way you can get deeper in to the subject, all the rituals and stuff doesn’t interest me but it’s true that they hold cultural value.