[Buddha-l] Contemporary Tibet

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Mike Austin schreef:

> In message <012701c5736f$f181b1e0$2930cece at charlie>, jkirk 
> <jkirk at spro.net> writes
>
>> But the predicament for HHDL might personally be a bit
>> different than it is for Norbu, but it's also paradoxically the same --a
>> conflict of cultural ideas and identities. The Dalai Lama as grand
>> leader/ruler (even) of the Tibetans in exile must not appear when 
>> speaking
>> with co-religionists (or anticipating their presence in some 
>> audience) on
>> certain occasions to appear to be too radical or eccentric about 
>> religion,
>> as his credibility as their leader would suffer. He must maintain as 
>> much
>> Tibetan cultural identity as possible. In secular appearances before
>> non-Tibetan audiences, he can appear to be much more modern (which I 
>> suspect
>> he actually is).  It's a problem of public role and cultural 
>> identification.
>
>
> More fundamentally, I tend to see this as a 'problem' of compassion. A 
> Bodhisattva would seek to be of help to all beings and would thus need 
> to appear in whatever way is of benefit.
>
This is hypocrite crap of the worst kind, devotion. Who has no opinion 
of his own just should keep his mouth shut. If the D.L. has an opinion, 
but hasn't the guts to speak up, he's just week. Nobody benefits from 
hearing sweet talk and lies.

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Erik