--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 6:07 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote:
>
> > your taken name, Vajradhatu, comes from the Tibetan Buddhist
> > tradition. As I recall, when Tibet was forcibly colonized by the
> > communist Chinese, the religious Tibetan heirarchy did the same
> > thing that Mr. Hagelin is doing, justifying the events of the
> > colonization in terms of their religious prophecy and beliefs.
What
> > is the difference sir? Is the pot calling the kettle black?
>
>
> Not the same at all. They'd actually known about it decades before
and
> proposed tax measures to help against the eventual invasion!
> Delegations were sent to the Tibet-Chinese border, explaining that
if
> they accepted a raise in taxes, an eventual invasion could be
avoided.
>
> The people turned down the tax raise, and as prophecized the
invasion
> occurred 80 some odd years later; many of the highest Lamas
escaped;
> some remained; the world has benefitted immeasurably. Don't get
me
> wrong, it was a horrible tragedy, but it's benefit has been
remarkable.
>
> And I wouldn't compare advanced yogis with TMers or high lamas
with
> pseudoscience--I've met both and it's not a fair comparison.
Before
> the advent of Buddhism in Tibet it was an incredibly barbaric
place
> and was transformed to one of the greatest centers of higher
> consciousness in human history. So it's a really poor comparison.
>
> Are you implying that Dr. Hagelin is "prophesizing"? It seems to
me,
> he's selling.
>
I am implying that Mr. Hagelin is seeing the current events through
the lens of his world view and having it make sense that way, much
as the Lamas did- that's all.
