Khoo Hock Aun:
> ...voting on the
> institution of the Dalai Lamo, not whether there
> should be compassion in
> their Tibetan institutions. Tibetan Buddhism would
> remain the same, although
> it is hard to imagine Tibetan Buddhism without a
> Dalai Lama.
SA: Sure, compassion could still be in their
institutions, but no institution of compassion. This
is a huge decision to contemplate. Thus, they could
have institutions that focus on education, and war,
etc... (in the U.S. whole departments are devoted to
this; Department of Education and a Secretary of War),
but if Tibet chose to not have an institution that
focuses on compassion anymore? hmmm... Is this the
question at the voting booth?
Tibetan Buddhism would still be an
institution and a force in Tibet, but will a clear
path that leads straight from the monastery to the
political table be present still? The political
leaders, and the Tibetan institutions could still go
to the monasteries to show the public a tie between
the state and compassion is still a duty. Monks could
visit the Tibetan institutions and give prayers. This
could easily turn into symbolic gestures that people
will describe as supporting their heritage and past.
Khoo Hock Aun:
> The Communist
> Chinese would and could appoint their own Dalai
> Lama, but if he is not the
> 'real thing' then we have a hollow institution that
> is a prop of a political
> party.
> The Dalai Lama is trying to ensure that does not
> happen.
SA: Yes.
Khoo Hock Aun:
> The Bodhisattva of Compassion, now embodied in the
> Dalai Lama has the choice
> of not returning or returning in another form.
> Perhaps that is what he is
> preparing his flock for.
SA: This is what I'm focusing on. Where does the
Bodhisattva of Compassion go if not the Dali Lama?
What I'm focused on is the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
If any one person or people choose, by voting, to rid
the Bodhisattva of Compassion from being involved in
any one particular place and institution, then does
this turn into a decision that rejects compassion?
The Bodhisattva of Compassion could show up somewhere
else in another institutional form, but does this
remove the Bodhisattva of Compassion, thus such a
force of compassion, from its' current influences?
Therefore whatever influences and paths compassion is
currently undertaking in such form, wouldn't
compassion be vacant from such undertakings? Unless,
the Bodhisattva of Compassion becomes more worldly,
more universal, instead of just Tibetan. This would
keep the current undertakings intact, compassion would
not leave them. Compassion would have taken on a much
larger role though, not just a Tibetan role, but a
more universal role of compassion. This would seem to
be attuned to the Bodhisattva way in the first place.
SA
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