--- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote:
>
> "Learned teachers who have meditation experience and are not so involved in
> ceremonial issues or politics are the safest guides."
>
> The Tibetan tulku Shamar Rinpoche speaking to Tricycle on how to find a
> Tibetan teacher. Seems true for finding a Zen teacher as well.
Hi Chris. Yes. But political issues are frequently tied to dogmatic
differences of opinion, as well. For example, in Tibetan Buddhism the majority
Geluk-Pa managed to reach an understanding with the Nyingma people, but still
regard the Shentong as heretics. Centuries ago they burned Shentong monasteries
down and destroyed their documents. And of course followers of the Theravada
are not going to recognize the
Mahayana as being entirely authentic. When reading the vast Mahayana
literature, any objective scholar can see that there are real differences of
opinion and polemics directed back and forth. The story goes among the Tibetans
that centuries ago there was a big debate with the Chan people in Tibet.
Supposedly, the Chan people lost the debate and were booted out of the country.
Of course, this is just political b.s., but it is tied to doctrinal
differences.
Steve
>
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