[Buddha-l] Re: buddha-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 11

[Alberto Todeschini]

Dear Curt,

>  Also the "theocracy" allowed for 
> the continued existence of religions that are completely unrelated to 
> Buddhism such as Bon and Islam. 

Whatever Bon had been prior to that, by the time one could speak of a 
theocracy in Tibet, Bon had been deeply changed and influenced by 
Buddhism. To say that it was "completely unrelated to Buddhism" is 
simply not correct.

Regards,

Alberto Todeschini