the ART of reBIRTH

i came across this interesting org..Fa Lun Gong recently....as i was doing some research on Buddhist Cults...it's pretty daunting that wat started as a Qigong Society ended as such... As i read the founder's interview with Time magazine ...there were so much loopholes in his answers..he actually believe David Copperfield can levitate! and he has contact with aliens....oh my gosh... and to think there are anywhere from 60-100million people on this planet dat believes in him and treat him as a Bodhisattva.... need i go on?

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 indi