[Buddha-l] H.H. The Dalai Lama vs Geshe Michael Roach

[Barnaby Thieme]

So the Office of the Dalai Lama wants Geshe Michael Roach to manifest 
miraculous powers to certify his alleged claims that he is an eigth-ground 
bodhisattva. Is this the scandal? That is so preposterous on so many levels, 
it's hard for me to take a side.

Is there more to the story than this website? The specific accusations of 
the website are pretty darned weak, in my opinion. The purveyors of the site 
are far more concerned with traditional matters of propriety than I am, and 
it seems like they have an ax to grind.

The only thing that smacks of a scandal with any weight to me is the consort 
practice issue, but in that matter, what can one say other then, let the 
buyer beware?

I would note that it is the Office of the Dalai Lama that seems to have a 
beef with the Geshe, and not necessarily His Holiness himself.

Barnaby~

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>From: Tom Head <tom at tomhead.net>
>Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] H.H. The Dalai Lama vs Geshe Michael Roach
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:39:56 -0500
>
>On Aug 16, 2006, at 2:35 AM, Wong Weng Fai wrote:
>
>>Any comments on the latest scandal to hit the Buddhist circuit?
>>
>>http://www.diamond-cutter.org
>
>As someone who years ago signed on and paid for an introductory  
>correspondence class from the geshe's Asian Classics Institute, which  
>seemed to offer some kind of "geshe equivalency" program based on non- 
>proctored open book exams and optional telephone guidance from a  volunteer 
>(who did not sound especially eager to offer assistance the  one time that 
>I called), I have had a somewhat strange feeling about  Geshe Michael 
>Roach.  His decision to refer to his geshe-ship as  "equivalent to a Doctor 
>of Divinity" is very strange, for starters,  given that the D.D. is an 
>honorary degree and generally requires no  academic study.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tom Head
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