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Has Anyone Asked the Dalai Lama What He Thinks of Protests?

Started by joshviney · 11 months ago

I just read this article from Voice of America about a press conference with the Dalai Lama. In the press conference the Dalai Lama  “urged the world community to  accept China into its  ranks  while staying firm on issues of human rights and  democracy.” Concerning the issue of Tibetian independence, the article goes on to [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Bruce

    10 months ago

    Well, anger is fundamentally not a Buddhist concept. If I construct it correctly, the Buddhist perspective, now that it has encountered anger among Westerners, is that anger is something like an affect symptom that reveals a disease in a person's management of their relationships with themself and others. It is in opposition to an appropriate path, along which a person would develop their understanding and formulate their perspective.

    Regarding protests, the Dalai Lama has previously spoken against extreme forms of protest (long ineffective hunger fasts), saying that it is important not to injure oneself while expressing a point of view. Inappropriate protests against the Olympics have a similar potential to cause harm to the cause of those who protest.
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