»When a 16-year old Tibetan burns to death, it isn’t a noble sacrifice. It is suicide. My thoughts on self-immolations.« – Gelek Bhotay »Finally, a thoughtful yet caring critique of Tibetan responses to immolations: @GelekB’s […]
Controversies, abuse, and cultish tendencies in Buddhist communities
Tag: self-immolation
Is there a relation between self-immolations and Buddhism or even martyrdom and Buddhism?
You might have noted that there a lot of views if the self-immolations of Tibetans and Buddhists in other countries are in line with Buddhism / Buddhist scriptures or not. The Tibetan writer and […]
Interview about Self-immolations of Tibetans in three parts & 2014 in review
I have around 5 to 7 days online access in India and can make you aware of a new interview with Thierry Dodin about the self-immolations of Tibetans. Part one deals with the question, why […]
Sri Lanka: Radical Buddhist groups join forces
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement will join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to “protect” Buddhists, whom he called an endangered […]
The Middle Way Approach of the Dalai Lama – A Self-Deception?
Tibet belongs to Tibetans. Victory to Tibet! – Jamphel Yeshi Recently the German Buddhist Magazine Tibet und Buddhismus asked Elliot Sperling – a well known and frequently quoted Tibetologist at Indiana University (US) who had just […]
Sri Lanka: Buddhist monk self-immolated to protest the slaughter of cattle and the alleged conversion of Buddhists
I don’t know what to say. Killing animals, and also the Muslim halal method of slaughtering animals, can be considered as wrong. It is also true that missionary tactics and the way how conversions in […]