| @Peter Duong, Whilst there is a lot of expose on the ills of communist China, there is very little corresponding examination of the true nature of Tibetan culture. Or if there is, it is promptly dismissed as some mindless propaganda by the brainwashed Chinese. The Pro-Tibetan human rights activists believe what they to believe. They root for the underdog, but forget that sometimes the underdogs were once top dogs of the most oppressive kind. Read this book: The Shadow of the Dalai Lama by Victor and Victoria Trimondi, pen names of Herbert and Mariana Röttgen, an e-book available on http://www.iivs.de/~iivs01311/SDLE/Index.htm This book corroborates with my understanding of the Tibetan buddhism, of which, together with Hinduism and Christianity once ranked high in my youthful fascination and quest for God. Much of the Tibetan’s bloodthirsty culture today is whitewashed , sanitised and spiritualised to cater to Western sensibilities. To me, there is NOTHING, spiritual about the abasement, defilement and bondage that the ordinary Tibetans have to go through in the past. It baffles me to know that a religious culture that has such incredibly lowest of the low regards for human rights, is now the poster boy culture for the human rights activists. The Tibetans do not deserve this kind of abuse, not in the past, not today. They deserve to live as humans. Cultural genocide, you say? What aspects of the culture do you want to sustain or revive? For the sake of the Tibetans themselves, it is all the more necessary (for us including the Tibetans) to flick away the halo over the Dalai Lama today; scrutinize his professions and actions in reality. Is this possible with the kind of teachings they get in Exile schools? I bet you my last dollar they are no less ‘brainwashed’ than the ‘villainous Commies’. Human rights? Tell me if there is anything truly democratic about the Tibetan parliament in exile. The constitution passed in 1963, “based on modern democracy” is a sham. The Dalai Lama remains the political and spiritual God King, his family members and clansmen are appointed executive positions in government. Internal dissent is suppressed, rival sect believers “excommunicated”. For an autonomous Tibet to exist peacefully, the Dalai Lama has to relinquish his political role ala Catholic pope (Strasbourg Declaration 1998). However, it is purely speculation and on a hope and prayer that it will come to pass. Nepotism doesn’t reform itself; despite the Dalai’s outward calls for separation of the religious orders and the state, he knows full well that he will be conferred full and absolute powers. The Dalai himself said that it is not possible for resolutions to be passed against him. At this moment, the Tibetan Youth Congress is advocating violence. The Head of the Congress, under internal criticism (for going against the Dalai’s middle road stance), pointed out that the Dalai himself had called upon him to pursue this hard-line stance. Beijing is not far off when they point to the Dalai for the cause of the violence in Lhasa. Scoff at them, deride them, but the high powers in Beijing are no dimwits, just folks with crude PR skills. It is a sleek political double play by the Dalai whereby he positions himself as a moderate voice whom Beijing will have to listen to. And this is precisely what is happening right now. It may seem like a good thing, sounds like a good thing, but I’m very, very concerned. |
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