> SA: 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.
KHA: I dont think the choice being framed is that of rejecting compassion in > the form of the Dalai Lama or not. The present incarnation and the > succession of incarnations, the methods and rituals used to identify the > incarnations - that would be framed as the choice - between that OR > something new - could be a VOID. or up the Bodhisattva of Compassion to > appear in another form. It would be interesting that if that were to be the case, what we know of Tibetan Buddhism may not be so anymore and if there were a more universal manifestation, we cannot rule that out, because there is no telling what Bodhisattvas do. What we can tell is that they won't cling to bodies, forms, institutions that may not be of use anymore, and perhaps move on to more purposeful ones. In a way, as a result of his exile by the Chinese Communist Party, the 14th Dalai Lama has done more to teach Buddhism to the West, than any other Dalai Lama before him. Framed in his proposal is to let us decide if there is a 15th Dalai Lama, but that does not mean the Bodhisattva of Compassion wont manifest elsewhere in another form. Thats not our choice to make. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
