[Buddha-l] Zizek: expert on Buddhism and what "we" think

[Richard Nance]

On 10/11/07, curt <curt at cola.iges.org> wrote:

> Also, the Tibetan Buddhist "theocracy" never forcibly imposed a
> monolithic form of Buddhism - but always explicitly accepted rival
> "schools" of Buddhism.

Hi Curt --

The situation on the ground was arguably considerably more complex
than the remark above suggests. For more information, you might want
to have a look at Matthew Kapstein's _The Tibetans_, particularly
Chapter 5 (and, even more particularly, pp. 137-138).

Best wishes,

R. Nance
Indiana