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

[Nichts]

Of course, this is generally true. Although there was, at least in 
Germany, a buddhist movement before the hippies came. Mostly Theravadin 
but in case of Lama Govinda and his students even Vajrayana people. 
Today they are nearly all gone  but I remember still some of this 
sometimes quite impressive old women and men. Most of them had a 
certain attitude ... they knew it all. They knew exactly what buddhism 
is and what it is not. Most of them did not come along well with each 
other. Which reminds me that all the precepts  for lay people as for 
nuns and monks have or had the essence of supporting non-aggression. 
When teaching turns into preaching even the proclamation of right 
speech, right action etc. can be an act of aggression. It does not 
matter then how humble you act outwards.

Best,
Thomas Fink

Am 19.08.2006 um 23:15 schrieb curt:

> Perhaps one should recall that the period in which Buddhism really 
> first gained a foothold in the west was a period marked by a (much 
> needed and still far from complete) revolution in sexual mores and the 
> (again, much needed) widespread use of marijuana, lsd and other mind 
> altering drugs. It is unlikely that this is a coincidence.