"Still I am a Marxist," the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures.

Marxism has "moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said.

via Bangkok Post

He is perfect Prog. He can be making the many lectures in kkkapitalist countries so as to be of redistributing the wealth and he is getting to do the travel all over on The People's™ quarter (inflation), also. He has been made into movie star. He is even doing the freedom fighting. There is much to be of admiration for him.

Yes, Marxism and Lamaism go together very nicely. Both believe that leaders ought to be chosen, not elected, and that the state is the religion, and the religion is the state, and of course, that all selfish desires are to be annihilated in order to attain Nirvana, and there is the matter of many precepts to follow, restricting one's freedom.

With all this said, he is a true prog, also, in that he loves a good steak, just like Dear Leader, and wearing fancy clothing.

The Dalai Lama must be extremely unhappy that the occupiers of Tibet are now going capitalist.


I have been a practicing Buddhist, myself, for 34 years. However, Buddhism has many shoots and branches, being an old religion. According to my sect, desires equal enlightenment, which is diametrically opposed to Lamaism, where desires must be extinguished (which I find to be quite oppressive), and the 13th century Japanese monk who started my sect claimed that a priest who followed precepts was like a tiger let loose in the streets.

The idea of precepts came from Buddhism's lesser vehicle, Hinayana Buddhism. When the Buddha was older, he told his followers to throw out everything he had taught them, including the following of precepts, but many walked out on him, and refused to listen. The green movement is a perfect example of a backwards, primitive religion, as they continue to create one precept (do this, don't do that) after another.

And, for me, there is the issue of karma which is basically, the law of causality. To rob people of the fruits of their labor is bad karma, period, and to live off of stolen money, is bad karma, period.

Ironically, although Tibetan Buddhism is the favored religion among Hollywood elites, it is comparatively a tiny sect of Buddhism with relatively few followers, numbering in the thousands.

No question he is a natural prog, look at the form and style on his fisting ...

I just knew if the Communist Chinese kept murdering and oppressing the Tibetans that the Dalai Lama would eventually come around to their way of thinking. It's like Stockholm Syndrome by proxy where you gradually come to empathize with your peoples captors.

Dalai Lama agrees:
KEEP TIBET PROGRESSIVE!

Meditating Prog Monks producing good kamma. Basically casting a new collective mold for themselves.

And don't forget: His last lecture in New York was all about assimilating all world religions into one Super World Religion in the name of non-discrimination and multiculturalism...

Most progressive internationalism!

And the most impressive is that Buddhism even embraces the current State Religion, Atheism!

The steps from Universal Religion to State Religion to Religion of State are small ones!

Keep up the work, Comrade Deli Llama!

Amandla!

Obamugabe

The idea of Super World Religion is great! However, if we look at history, all religions eventually developed dissenting sects and heresies. What if Religion of State also becomes split by heresies? Will we need inquisition to deal with it? That would certainly be good for the morale.

On the other hand, as we have learned, rewriting history has the ability to actually change it. Otherwise what would we need historical revisionists for? So if we rewrite history to say that all religions have always remained static and unified, then this trend will take on and be applied to Religion of State as well, allowing it to last forever.

We progs are so smart! I only can't understand why the utopia is taking so long to happen.

Yes. I can't understand it either. And sometimes, the road can be awfully messy, and one can get an ax in one's head, like Trotsky, or shot like Ceausescu, the poor dears.

Heresies?

Comrade Red^2, ever heard of Jiffi Lobo? It was designed to treat Heresies!

The sign of a True Prog is his love to gain off of kapitalism while bashing it. ™

How very sly we are!

Socialism is the crack cocaine of the nations.

"Here's to you, capitalism!"

His Holiness the Dalai Lama engages in consensual fisting with musician Dave Matthews, with the purpose of spreading Seeds of Compassion.

Seattle Intelligent-as-a-Post wrote:On the opening day of the five-day Seeds of Compassion conference, the Buddhist monk said education, social work, economics -- "every human action" -- could be improved through compassionate action.

About 5,700 people attended the panel discussion at KeyArena on putting compassion into action.

Our colleagues at the Freaking News Visual Agitation Department got to it first:

Commissar_Elliott wrote:"Here's to you, capitalism!"

Elliott - your idea deserved some more thorough development.

Comrade Dalai Lama flips the Buddhist sign of love and compassion to all his Western friends who spent money and effort protesting the occupation of Tibet by Red China.

This whole thread is hillarious to me. As a Buddhist of an entirely different sect, I've often looked upon the Dalai Lama, and thought to myself, "what a phony." He doesn't have an enlightened bone in his body, and he looks downright mean, to boot. But I never knew just how cunning he was. This take the cake. He gives Buddhism a bad name.

What kind of karma comes to a government that oppresses its people, and robs them of the fruits of their labor? What would this idiot say? I wonder.

In fact, here's a more complete version:

Comrade Red Square,

That one is a great. Notice how dead his eyes are, with no glitter. Those are the eyes of a unenlightened man - no light in the eyes.

Red Square wrote:In fact, here's a more complete version:

Hahaha. . . I love it! I had to leave in a couple of minutes for a martial arts lesson, so I didn't have a lot of time to come up with something a little more clever then my original post. I'm so saving this for access later.

Thank-you for enhancing it comrade Red Square.

Leninka wrote:
This whole thread is hillarious to me. As a Buddhist of an entirely different sect, I've often looked upon the Dalai Lama, and thought to myself, "what a phony." He doesn't have an enlightened bone in his body, and he looks downright mean, to boot. But I never knew just how cunning he was. This take the cake. He gives Buddhism a bad name.

What kind of karma comes to a government that oppresses its people, and robs them of the fruits of their labor? What would this idiot say? I wonder.

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I would say, one who is running a scam. Oppression is oppression, whoever is come from or in whatever form. Marxist are Marxist, scammer are scammers. But I still can't believe Obama showed this man OUT, through the backdoor of the W.H.

Red Square wrote:So if we rewrite history to say that all religions have always remained static and unified, then this trend will take on and be applied to Religion of State as well, allowing it to last forever.

I was of understanding that this is to be what my people have always been of doing.

I was filled with curious, was he in the musical, Hello Dalai or was it just about him? Why not be specific and have title, Hello Dalai Lama drama? I didn't know he was of the singing bent? Most curious.

Mrs Al Czarweary wrote:

Red Square wrote:So if we rewrite history to say that all religions have always remained static and unified, then this trend will take on and be applied to Religion of State as well, allowing it to last forever.

I was of understanding that this is to be what my people have always been of doing.

It's easier to take down an enemy when you have no sympathy for him/her, i.e. if your government is oppressive but not religious, and you are a religious person, it is a lot easier to take out the government then it is if you have a State Religion and you are a member of it by choice or force.

Comrade Elliot, are you to be making for the seriousness of what I was to be of saying?

Mrs Al Czarweary wrote:Comrade Elliot, are you to be making for the seriousness of what I was to be of saying?

My apologies, yes, I was being serious because I was under the assumption the tone had shifted to a serious nature.

Fraulein Pulloskies wrote:I was filled with curious, was he in the musical, Hello Dalai or was it just about him? Why not be specific and have title, Hello Dalai Lama drama? I didn't know he was of the singing bent? Most curious.

Fraulein, The People are becoming increasingly enamored of you raped wit. (in all seriousness) And we have been reading so many Al Czarweary posts we can no longer speak or write standard English.

I wonder how well one can dance in a pair of Gucci shoes.

Recycling the good old "One with everything" joke.

Ha, 8 hours 49 minutes and I just got it. Very funny.

I had to google the joke to get it.

A Buddhist monk, visiting New York City for the first time in twenty years, walked up to a hot dog vendor, handed him a twenty dollar bill, and said, “Make me one with everything.”

The vendor pocketed the money, and handed the Buddhist monk his hot dog. The monk, after waiting for a moment, asked for his change. The vendor looked at him and said, “Change comes from within.” With a wistful smile, the monk walked away.