--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shem > I'm woefully ignorant of this-how did the Dali Lama oversee the > genocide of his own people? Can you give a short version? Where would > I read about it?
I can't recommend any reading (cause as everyone knows I don't have the attention span for it) but do see Martin Scorcese's film "Kundun" and "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion" and then read between the lines. The short version you asked for: As both the titular and actual head of Tibet, the Dalai Lama oversaw the political, social and spiritual life of the Tibetan people. The Red Chinese threatened the entire culture and population of Tibet CLEARLY, UNAMBIGUOUSLY and OBVIOUSLY. The Dalai Lama dilly-dallied with and played footsies with this evil instead of arming his people and forming alliances with other powers, such as the U.S., in order to thwart what was SO inevitable: the murder of up to 1.5 million of his people, the untold suffering of the rest of them, and the decimation of the Tibetan culture. Underlying all the wrong moves the Dalai Lama made was, at its crux, his bastardization of the philosophy of Ahimsa or non-violence. The Dalai Lama's mistake -- as it is for many spiritual people of our age -- is to mistake what Judy Stein so excellently describes as (I paraphrase her) "mistaking a description for the perscription" (and please note that my opinions of the DL are mine alone and certainly NOT Judy's...I only use her excellent observation of description/perscription). > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Dalai Lama on ABC's "This Week" for about 5 minutes. > > > > Such reverence paid to this man who oversaw a genocide of his own > > people. > > > > Who or what is a greater proponent of non-violence: the Dalai Lama or > > the H-Bomb? > > > > I think the H-Bomb wins, hands down. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
