»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 […]
Tag: Tibet
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 […]
Dalai Lama: Good and bad Buddhist monks in Tibetan Buddhism
If we look back, many of the things we did in Tibet were wrong — like sectarianism, not … paying enough attention to monks’ Vinaya rules. If we continue with this kind of system, Buddhism […]
Tibet & Wikipedia
You might have noticed that this blog demonstrated already how Wikipedia articles are manipulated. But the post touched only the specific case of Dorje Shugden. There is by far more to say about this. […]
Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return
The founder of Tibet’s Communist Party has pleaded with the Chinese central government to allow the return of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to his homeland in an autobiography soon to be published in […]