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Originally Posted by komitsuki
Dalai Lama. That guy is interesting.
1. He has made a serious schism among his followers and non-Tibetan followers because he suddenly disapproved of worshiping another Tantric deity.
2. His PR is horrible because he accidentally misrepresent himself often to all Western people, saying he is the head of all Buddhist schools (even establishments in China and South East Asia).
3. He said he represents all Tibetan people despite there are lots of modern Bonpo followers in Western Tibet that don't affiliate to Tibetan Buddhism.
4. He discouraged many Sakya, Kagyu, and Nyingma Buddhist establishments in Nepal and Bhutan because of Western countries' "financial treatments".
5. He's a "theocratic" religious figure with heavy control of "secular" politics among refugees. I thought modern politics is against theocracy.
He's a weird guy that my religious studies professor from New Zealand don't want to take him seriously.
Anyway, here's a famous Tibetan-Chinese celebrity for your enjoyment:
Alan Dawa Dolma is her name |
He's pledged to establish a democracy if he is reinstated as Tibet's leader. That's enough for me to support him and enough for the people of Tibet.
Oh I love it how you're trying to gloss over the issues by going off on all sorts of tangents.
Furthermore, even if you did manage to undermine the Dalai Lama... the fact that Tibetans regard themselves as different to Chinese and wish to exercise national self determination that they had before China invaded Tibet in the 1950's is still an issue unto itself. Whether or not the Dalai Lama is central to that issue or not.
It's like saying that catching Osama bin Laden will end Islamic fundamentalism.