It's a cruel world out that...HISTORY is always written by the victors...and it;'s sad teacher sakamuni teachings have become such in the 21C
As a buddhist, i feel sadden by the recent chain of events involving monks; in particular...the degradation of buddha's teachings these days...
first it was Myanmar, now it's Tibet.
We all know when sakyamuni buddha taught the dharma 2600yrs ago, he specifically state some rules monks should follow, and entering and engaging into politics is a taboo.
Apart from that. did you notice how these poor monks are being manupulated by other interest groups, mainly western democractic/human rights group...
Yes, i dun agree that china should occupy tibet. but have we wondered...if they allow tibet to go free...wat would happen to taiwan, xinjiang and other semi-autonomous regions? there are around close to 200 nation states on this planet currently...we dun need to to complicate things further....Singapore for eg...wasn't slated to go independent anyhow...Would the United States of America willing to forgo some of their 50 states they occupy?
Look at how the indiginous people of Australia were marginalised...
People certainly have very short memories...it's only in the 1960s that black Americans were allowed to vote...
Sometimes i feel as a human being..we should pause and contemplate for a moment with wisdom and compassion; and look at the whole situation more objectively. Tibet was colonize by western powers before.
and these are probably the same group that is crying fowl now of china's action.
this double standard of "closing both eyes" to the plight of the Palestinians in west bank while having "2 eyes wide open with loud hailers" with regard to other regions leaves much to be desired...
Try not to get manipulated with wat you read in the news...look at the source...there's always more than 1 viewpoint.and dats definitely not the "terrorism, suicide bombers, islamic fundamentalist, anti democracy/human rights" view point that certain quarters wants us to sing with them.
i feel the tibetan issue currently is too politicised. I empathise with the tibetans.
but as the saying goes..."History is always written by the victors"
first it was Myanmar, now it's Tibet.
We all know when sakyamuni buddha taught the dharma 2600yrs ago, he specifically state some rules monks should follow, and entering and engaging into politics is a taboo.
Apart from that. did you notice how these poor monks are being manupulated by other interest groups, mainly western democractic/human rights group...
Yes, i dun agree that china should occupy tibet. but have we wondered...if they allow tibet to go free...wat would happen to taiwan, xinjiang and other semi-autonomous regions? there are around close to 200 nation states on this planet currently...we dun need to to complicate things further....Singapore for eg...wasn't slated to go independent anyhow...Would the United States of America willing to forgo some of their 50 states they occupy?
Look at how the indiginous people of Australia were marginalised...
People certainly have very short memories...it's only in the 1960s that black Americans were allowed to vote...
Sometimes i feel as a human being..we should pause and contemplate for a moment with wisdom and compassion; and look at the whole situation more objectively. Tibet was colonize by western powers before.
and these are probably the same group that is crying fowl now of china's action.
this double standard of "closing both eyes" to the plight of the Palestinians in west bank while having "2 eyes wide open with loud hailers" with regard to other regions leaves much to be desired...
Try not to get manipulated with wat you read in the news...look at the source...there's always more than 1 viewpoint.and dats definitely not the "terrorism, suicide bombers, islamic fundamentalist, anti democracy/human rights" view point that certain quarters wants us to sing with them.
i feel the tibetan issue currently is too politicised. I empathise with the tibetans.
but as the saying goes..."History is always written by the victors"
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