There is a wide spread belief that Buddhists can do no wrong. This latest bunch of violence aimed at Tibetan liberation is wrong headed and potentially exposes Lama Buddhism as a fraud. But not so fast! The Dalai Lama has stepped up to the plate and shown wisdom in denouncing any form of violence. In fact he has threatened to resign if the nonsense doesn’t stop.
So what is going on here? Should we all want social justice? Don’t we have the right to fight for world peace? If you want to live from your ego, of course you have all kinds of rights. This reminds me of that well worn phrase; “Be the Change.”
Being the change means changing from the inside out. It does not mean rushing to the Chinese border and having a bloody confrontation with their army.
Shame on those Buddhists. They should know better!
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Is it so that the political revolutions for civil rights brought about by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. were ego-driven? Perhaps at some level; however, as an African-American I am perfectly willing to overlook such a universal and common human weakness. I thank God they had the courage to take the "well worn phrase 'Be the Change'" to a higher spiritual plane that resulted in the legal and practical application of human rights long overdue my people.
Ideally, world leaders would serve humanity well by living a spiritual life.
Historically, nothing short of a domestic bloody confrontation will bring about radical political and social change.
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