It leaves me feeling uncomfortable. I mean, 'free card inside' - like a plastic toy in a cereal packet. Landing on the floor along with the junk mail & immediately filed under 'religious crazies' by 99.9% of people who receive it as an unsolicited item.
I completely agree with Middleway! This is really a sorry initiative.
Dorje Shugden, the highest most secret and inconceavable object of knowledge in Samsara and Nirvana is now reduced to a crakerjack handout!
It's cheap...
Dear Alexis
I agree with you about the nature of Dorje Shugden. Because of his nature, how can he be reduced to a crakerjack handout as you perceived. The way I view it, even if he is in a "free card" and pops out from a crakerjack box, people will still get blessings. And this is what I rejoice in that people are getting the brochures and yes, enlightened image for "free".
best wishes always
DSFriend
It is amazing and I can't believe what I am reading... that even when something good, given to us literally on the plate at no cost to us -------FREE------ We don't have to think it (the idea), make it (design and produce it), sweat it (stick the card in it), or pay for it (cost of printing) yet we can complain... to top it off we use words that splits and separates people even more.
I sincerly hope westerners will be more philosophically oriented and not stain the gelugpa Dharma with a "luck and wealth" mentality.
And may I ask What exactly are you implying here??? Far East, Middle, Center East... it all sounds pretty discriminating in any way.
Ultimately what is the motivation here??? Is it to promote our beloved unbiased (EAST or WEST, Black or White) Lord Dorje Shugden or to debate about which brochure colour fits the culture/race/background of my country/neighbour heck why don't we just take a consensus and create one that actually makes everyone happy. But I guess by the time we figure that one out, Dorje Shugden would probably be out in the open already.
I am sorry for being so EMO... I happen to be married to an EASTERN "luck and wealth" mentality kinda of guy and guess what he is a Dorje Shugden practitioner too and for your info he is also quite philosophical too. Besides, Chinese philosophy, culture, arts and science I believe is one of the oldest besides Hinduism, which is EASTERN culture also and the oldest in the world but really lets not go there.
But seriously folks like what TK says, and I cannot agree more, what is the motivation ultimately? Look if we can't do it, rejoice and don't slam down others who can. You would be collecting the same no sweat merits too if you rejoice. That's what Buddha says no? And anyways by all means, the more, the better I would say! Bring on the different colours, concept, creativity, ideas brochures, leaflets, books etc about our wonderful protector in many different languages the more, the better
Cos at the end of the day WE WANT TO PROMOTE DORJE SHUGDEN TO THE WORLD - The End.