[Buddha-l] more tibetan self-immolations

[Richard Basham]

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The article appended has multiple cultural, including sutra, references.


Richard Basham

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Self-immolation and Buddhism
by Jamyang Norbu, Phayul, January 5, 2012

Lhasa, Tibet (China) -- The Yiddish word “chutzpah”, pronounced “huspa”,
has the exact same meaning as the Tibetan word “hamba”, and even shares
a passing tonal quality to it. Leo Rosten, the humorist, defined
chutzpah as “that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his
mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he
is an orphan.”

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The deed of the thirteen self-immolators is not only Buddhist in an
unquestionably absolute sense, but furthermore comes from within a
heroic and action-oriented tradition of Buddhism. Some scholars have
viewed this approach as truer to the original teachings of the
historical Buddha, in contrast to the quietist, passive, even escapist
perception of Buddhism which has gained more widespread acceptance,
especially in the West.

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