Comments on: The Dalai Lama’s Controversial Stand

By: Arisa

Arisa — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:43:37 +0000

Like what the memoirs of Schettini say Dalai Lama is no more a Spiritual guide but a leader to follow the Tradition of a country having a King or Leader and thus form a Government. I don’t understand why the Dalai Lama should cause such disharmony to the people by putting a Ban on the Spiritual practice of the people. And now this is the cause for the unrest of the Tibetan people causing disharmony and even war which has led to killing and sectarism amongst people who had previously had the freedom to practice Dorje Shugden. Even the Dalai Lama has been practicing Dorje Shugden before the Ban. With this new type of controversy sectarism and disharmony will definitely be created.

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:43:50 +0000

When Milarepa was presented with the plee of his sister, for him to be like Lama Bari Lotsawa, he told her “Those who knowingly, and without restraint, commit sins break their parents’ hearts. Those who live off the lama’s wealth and temple offerings, and those who injure beings by crafty means to achieve their own aims – all these only injure themselves and others and displease the gods and holy men.” My hope is that we all (intuitively) understand why Milarepa consided religion to be something else than practice mixed with worldly concerns.
I think that it is not necessary to make the tantra practices truly secret once again, but they should never be separated from common sense and the basics of buddhism. The four noble truths with the eightfold path are reason enough not to resort to riots, scolding the Dalai Lama: disgracing H.H.: a fellow human being (Buddha), damaging the aggregates of emotion, form and mind of humans and animals because somebody has told you their incence burning is in front of the wrong picture.
Even if some of our fellow human beings are making groce mistakes: it is non of your bussiness! Going to your brother and saying: you have a splinter in your eye, while you cannot see because of the beam in your own eye, that is just unwise. Compassion should really be the core of good practice, tantra, yantra, mantra, Mahayana, sutrayana or whatever your yana or yantra is. Compassion is the union of love with wisdom. If either of them is lacking, it is not compassion!
Anyway: the Buddha himself told us not to take his words for granted just because HE said them. He instructed us to hold his words in the fire of truth of our own mind, like a goldsmit uses fire to test the purity of gold.
This implies logically, that to say that teachings are true because a Lama has taught them, is directly against the Buddhas teachings (unless you believe a Lama is a higher autority than Buddha Shakyamuni himself). And to blindly follow a Lama because he is your root guru: that also isn’t in accord with the Buddhas teachings. If Tibetan buddhism says you cannot doubt the words of your Lama, Tibetan buddhism is opposing the Buddhas teachings, and therefore, if that were true, Tibetan buddhism would be by definition falible. If it is falible, no Lama should be judging the practice of other practitioners without leaving room for his own error. Every human being is precious, every human being has the Buddha mind. To speak with Shantideva:
…whatever I do now should accord with the Bodhisattvas’ family, and it should not be a stain on this pure family.

By: THOMAS

THOMAS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:53 +0000

In retrospect, HHDL’s brother, Thubten Norbu hiked and hiked for a Free Tibet,make a fuss, had a stroke and that was that!
HHDL apparently is doing the same thing. Going down like a Trooper!

By: THOMAS

THOMAS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:20:50 +0000

Succinct and Yes! Let the Secrets recedc and simply Practice The Basic Precepts will calm the minds of all concerned and perhaps the scabs of old scars ands wounds will eventually heal.Especially,once we all emabrk down the path with Lord Shugden and all is forgotten and forgiven and only the actual dharna is all there is. How else will Billions of People Survive together, if they have No Code of how to live, without the Faith. All becomes a nightmare.
Calmer words by skillful people will complete meaningful things for all of us.
This person seeems familiar to me.