sparaig wrote: > Ah, so you're using his religious status as a reason to > criticize him for his secular actions, even though you > apparently don't believe that his religious status is valid... > The Dalai Lama is the secular head of the Tibetan Government - the Pachen Lama is the head of the religious tradition. However, the Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa, was the first reincarnated lama in Tibet, the first tulku. Therefore, the Gyalwa Karmapa is the real spiritual head of the Tibetan tradition. 'The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia' by Peter Hopkirk Kodansha Globe, 1994
'Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet' by Peter Hopkirk Kodansha Globe, 1995 Other titles of interest: 'A Cultural History of Tibet' by David L. Snellgrove, Hugh E. Richardson Orchid Press, 2004 'Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West' by Donald S. Lopez Jr. University Of Chicago Press, 1999 'The Search for the Panchen Lama' by Isabel Hilton W. W. Norton, 2001 'Hostage of Beijing: The Abduction of the Panchen Lama' by Gilles Van Grasdorff, Gilles Van Grasdorff Element Books, 1999 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/
