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" Didn't quote from Diamondy Way, Shungden, conspiracy theorists, or Chinese govt blogs. Trust me, I'm smart enough to know what those look like.
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“Didn't quote from Diamondy Way, Shungden, conspiracy theorists, or Chinese govt blogs. Trust me, I'm smart enough to know what those look like.”
Failed. Just google “Dalai Lama Nazi” and see what comes up.
Socialist: Yes the DL has been accused of this too. To be fair he said himself that his ideology has more in common with Marxism than capitalism!
Harrer: This is well documented, he was a young Nazi before the war and regretted it for the rest of his life. He was cleared of any pre-war crime and came back to Europe in 1952 after spending 7 years in Tibet.
This argument about the DL connection to Nazis has been used many times by the DL adversaries, including the Chinese Gvt. It was even reported in respected newspapers like the Observer. (See Harrer’s Orbituary)
Beger: Was also part of the Nazi expedition in the 30’s he was consulted later by the Tibetan government as a witness regarding the geo-politic situation of Tibet in the 30s/40s. He met the DL five times in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1994.
The DL has a head of state and religious leader met a lot of unsavory people including Serano, Shoko Asahara, George Bush or Tony Blair.
CIA: Again, see my last post about this, this is well documented too by historians. The CIA financed and helped the ill-fated Tibetan guerilla against Chinese troops in the context of the Cold War.
Few Tibetan fighters survived, some of them where thereafter incorporated into the Indian Army. On this subject, I strongly recommend you to read the chapter about the life of one of this freedom fighter in “Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India » by William Dalrymple.
« Eating children for breakfast » I’m afraid, this bit is true, that his part of his daily schedule which also includes meeting with his masters Iluminatis and sessions of Tantric Sex… ;)
Goodbye Shakti,
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The Dalai lama didn't just meet with the unsavoury Asahara and Raniere--he accepted very large donations from them.
As for the eating of children, maybe not--but the relious elite of lamas did inflict punishments of completely skinning both adults and children and displaying the grisly results as a warning "pour encourager les autres."
"My religion is peace?"----maybe only when that nostrum keeps the big bucks rolling in.
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A quick scholarly reference:
'Pour encourager les autres' is a quote from Voltaire's 'Candide', often used in the context of political punishment and persecution. The full quote is "dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres" ('in england, it is good, from time to time, to kill an admiral, to encourage the others'), and refers indirectly to the unfortunate fate of Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1756 at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War.'