Ven. Kunsang Dechen Lingpa

[Guest guest]

Namaste Kanti,

 

Couldn't agree more with you and about the Chinese atrocities

commited in Tibet. Unfortunately the "China Chinese" (Communists)

regard Tibet as being part of their land. Since ancient times

(warlords, feudal lords, etc.) the 5 main races in China are known

as "Han, Moon, Mong, Wui, Zong" (respectively: Han Chinese,

Manchurian, Mongolian, Turkic/Islamic/Mughal, and "Zong" is Tibetan).

 

During imperial times when emperors ruled (dynasties), Tibetans (once

fierce expert horsemen until Buddhism arrived from India) were highly

revered and many were bestowed special titles and honors by emperors.

The Dowager Empress and subsequently the "Last Emperor" respected

Tibetan Lamas. The "Qing Dynasty" ended with Nanking occupied by the

Japanese and later the Emperor Pu Erh persecuted and imprisoned by

Chairman Mao. His Red Army invaded Tibet.

 

It may be quite interesting to note that the Shaolin Temple, citadel

of all Chinese fighting arts (including Tai Chi, Chi Gong, etc.) was

also destroyed through millennia on and off, their scriptures and

sacred objects burnt, monks killed, etc. If my memory serves me

right, the nearest township to the original Shaolin Temple

is "Luoyang" where the populace included Moslems and Turkic peoples.

 

Back to Tibetan Buddhism, you are right, Truth is Truth. And truth

lives in the hearts and souls of people who believe/see it. Long

Live Tibetan Buddhism in All Its Forms!!

 

Om Mani Padme Hum

Sy

 

 

, thunderheals@a... wrote:

> These teachings and anything that entails empowerments are part of

the

> Vajrayana path of Highest Yoga Tantra.

>

> Truth is Truth.

> Tantra is Tantra

>

> The unfortunate calamity of the Chinese invasion of Tibet has

reaped a treasure for the world in that these hidden mysterious are

being freely revealed and given.

>

> Empowerments can be taken as a blessing.

> What a wonderful way to spend the New Year.

>

> I did the same New Years 1999/2000 on a TB retreat in the

RainForest of Puget

> Sound ..5 Days .

> The Lamas including the Dalai Lama proclaim that this is not so

much a

> religion as it is a way of life in which the mind is being trained

to let go of afflictive emotions.

>

> Therefore any person can benefit from it. No One is forced to

> "convert"..ever.

>

> Is it not "ironic" that in these Days of Kali Yuga that these

treasures are manifesting. We all can learn and need to learn more

about how to practice compassion.

>

> Feel free, to email me at home, Kirkji on any of this.

> I think you will have a ball. (Much Colder in Vermont that time of

the year

> than your neck of the woods)

>

> Have even more fun

> Kanti

> Om Mani Padme Hum ? :-)