--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "...repeated his opposition to homosexuality..." > > I find this comment interesting because his most famous follower, > Richard Gere, is an outspoken advocate for gay rights. > >
So, is Tibetan Buddhism rife with homophobia because the Dali Lama makes public statements about it? The TM organization has never made a public statement about homosexuality that I am aware of, and Maharishi never has directed any video that includes such remarks to be distributed to TMers OR people on TTC or ATTC, or recertification, or whatever. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <fairfieldlife@> wrote: > > > > LONDON, ENGLAND, March 31, 2006: The exiled Tibetan spiritual > leader told > > The Daily Telegraph that terrorists should be treated humanely. He > also > > revealed the workings of his relationship with US President George > W. Bush, > > said Westerners had become too self-absorbed and repeated his > opposition to > > homosexuality in a wide-ranging interview. The Dalai Lama said > modern > > terrorism was born out of jealousy of Western > lifestyles. "Fundamentalism is > > terrifying because it is based purely on emotion, rather than > intelligence," > > the 70-year-old monk said at the seat of his government-in-exile > in the > > northern Indian hilltop town of Dharamsala. "It prevents followers > from > > thinking as individuals and about the good of the world. "This new > terrorism > > has been brewing for many years. Much of it is caused by jealousy > and > > frustration at the West because it looks so highly developed and > successful > > on television. Leaders in the East use religion to counter that, > to bind > > these cou ntries together. " Terrorists, he warned, must be treated > > humanely. "Otherwise, the problem will escalate. If there is one > Bin Laden > > killed today, soon there will be 10 Bin Ladens. Awesome. Ten Bin > Ladens > > killed, the hatred is spread; 100 bombed, and 1,000 lose members > of their > > families." > > > > Although he appeared not to approve of the war in Iraq, he was > admiring of > > Bush. "He is very straightforward," said the monk. "On our first > visit, I > > was faced with a large plate of biscuits. President Bush > immediately offered > > me his favorites, and after that, we got on fine. On my next > visit, he > > didn't mind when I was blunt about the war. "By my third visit, I > was > > ushering him into the Oval Office. I was astonished by his grasp of > > Buddhism." > > > > He told the broadsheet that Westerners had become self-absorbed, > burdened > > with too much choice. "It is fascinating. In the West, you have > bigger > > homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences -- yet > you never > > seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet > you don't > > bother to cross the road to meet your neighbors," he said. "I > don't think > > people have become more selfish, but their lives have become > easier and that > > has spoilt them. They have less resilience, they expect more, they > > constantly compare themselves to others and they have too much > choice -- > > which brings no real freedom." > > > > --From Hindu Press International, April 2, 2006 > > > > http://www.hinduismtoday/subscribe.html > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
