[Buddha-l] A New Crime

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Alex Wilding schreef:
> Sad, isn't it? Whoever offends me, teaches me, brings me down to earth -
> hell, I might even have to laugh at myself!
>
>  From Sri Lanka:
>
> "A two year jail term or a fine of Rs. 100,000 is to be imposed on
> those found guilty of misusing the image of the Lord Buddha. These
> penalties are included in the Buddha Sasana Bill to be presented in
> parliament soon.
>
> "The use, display, printing, manufacture, sale or distribution of a
> picture of the Lord Buddha or figures similar to a picture of the Lord
> Buddha, statues or Buddhist sign or signs relating to Buddhism in a
> manner that disgraces the Buddha Sasana will be an offence."
>
>   

Of course the karma accumulated by those who made the bill and vote in 
favour of it is to be reborn in a Muslim country.


Erik


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