Fire On The Mountain: A Gathering Of Shamans Pt.9
March 10, 2010
51 Years of Exile
Today begins the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising that resulted in the exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama's annual address on the anniversary is online; here are some of the major points in the speech:
He reiterated that if once the Tibet issue is resolved, he would take no political position in Tibet. His Holiness has said this many times, but it doesn't seem to get across to his critics.
In one of the strongest paragraphs in the speech, His Holiness said that Buddhism in Tibet is in peril:
Today, the Chinese authorities are conducting various political campaigns, including a campaign of patriotic re-education, in many monasteries in Tibet. They are putting the monks and nuns in prison-like conditions, depriving them the opportunity to study and practise in peace. These conditions make the monasteries function more like museums and are intended to deliberately annihilate Buddhism.
51 Years of Exile originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 11:56:57.
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Thought for Wed, 10 Mar 2010
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. - Buddha ...
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March 9, 2010
Bureaucracy of Rebirth
Almost every time I blog about His Holiness the Dalai Lama I hear from someone who says His Holiness really is a dreadful person and that everything I write about him is a lie. This may be because I sometimes do depart from the Official Chinese Government Version of whatever happened. So, in the interest of fairness, today I will blog about an item taken from Xinhua (official Chinese government news agency) itself.
According to Xinhua -- His Holiness simply cannot reincarnate any way he wants to. This is from Padma Choling, Chinese-appointed governor of the "Tibetan Autonomous Region":
"There have been 14 Dalai Lamas... It is unreasonable to do whatever he wants (about reincarnation) when it comes to the 14th Dalai Lama. There's no way for him to do so," said Padma Choling, adding the 14th Dalai Lama himself was approved by the Nationalist Government, the then central regime of China.
Bureaucracy of Rebirth originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 14:01:53.
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