The Tyranny of the Dalai Lama
Jun 20, 2011 0:10:08 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Jun 20, 2011 0:10:08 GMT -5
His Holiness has once again declared his adherence to Marxism, which he absorbed from meeting the butcher Mao a half-century ago.
He’s the darling of Hollywood celebrities, dazzling the likes of Sharon Stone, Harrison Ford, Steven Seagal, and Richard Gere. His soothing voice for compassion and mindfulness has inspired two big budget feature films: Seven Years in Tibet and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun.
So it was no surprise when his most recent confession registered barely a blip on the mainstream cultural radar, let alone outrage.
“I consider myself a Marxist,” the Dalai Lama declared during a talk in front of 150 Chinese students at the University of Minnesota in early May.
He injected a caveat: “But not a Leninist.” Whew. What a relief.
This wasn’t the first time the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibet’s most esteemed religious figure) proclaimed his allegiance to Marxism. Buddhism’s leading apostle to the West made a similar statement on May 20, 2010, in New York during a series of paid public lectures.
So how can the Dalai Lama possibly square his pleas for nonviolence toward “all sentient beings” with Marxism? His answer: Marxism has moral ethics, as opposed to capitalism, which is all about profits.
Full article at url:
pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-tyranny-of-the-dalai-lama/
He’s the darling of Hollywood celebrities, dazzling the likes of Sharon Stone, Harrison Ford, Steven Seagal, and Richard Gere. His soothing voice for compassion and mindfulness has inspired two big budget feature films: Seven Years in Tibet and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun.
So it was no surprise when his most recent confession registered barely a blip on the mainstream cultural radar, let alone outrage.
“I consider myself a Marxist,” the Dalai Lama declared during a talk in front of 150 Chinese students at the University of Minnesota in early May.
He injected a caveat: “But not a Leninist.” Whew. What a relief.
This wasn’t the first time the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibet’s most esteemed religious figure) proclaimed his allegiance to Marxism. Buddhism’s leading apostle to the West made a similar statement on May 20, 2010, in New York during a series of paid public lectures.
So how can the Dalai Lama possibly square his pleas for nonviolence toward “all sentient beings” with Marxism? His answer: Marxism has moral ethics, as opposed to capitalism, which is all about profits.
Full article at url:
pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-tyranny-of-the-dalai-lama/
