Artie, What are you romanticising? Tibetan Tantra is not Buddhism, or you may call it renegade Buddhism. Anthony
--- On Mon, 13/9/10, roloro1557 <roloro1...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: roloro1557 <roloro1...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Zen] Other traditions To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 13 September, 2010, 3:01 PM Exactly Bill! So much for the wests romanticising of buddhism. . . . Artie --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, <billsm...@...> wrote: > > Mayka, > > It’s quite an involved situation. Too much for me to elaborate on here. > > I will just say that I have a real concern on whether the traditional social > and cultural structure of Tibet is worth saving. It involves supporting a > privileged religious class at the expense of the lay people. The lay people > are kept uneducated and are taxed heavily - treated almost like slaves or at > least serfs. Woman are kept like domestic animals. Young boys who are given > to the religious class to use as orderlies are sometimes sexually abused and > almost always physically abused. That's enough about that. > > From a Buddhist point-of-view, the Dalai Lama is adding or prolonging his > fellow countrymen's suffering by encouraging them in their fight for > independence. I think (my opinion only) he would serve them better as a > Buddhist leader to help them severe their attachments to their superstitions, > nationhood, language and cultural identity. It is these attachments that are > the root of their suffering. > > Again, there are just my opinions and the reason I don't have much respect > for the Dalai Lama. >
