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A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. 

This comes as Washington and Beijing have recently restarted talks after several years of turmoil that began after the imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods under the Trump administration. Relations at the time deteriorated even more following the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising military tensions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

The high-level delegation, led by Republican Rep. Michael McCaul and including Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arrived Tuesday at the hillside town, which the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has made his headquarters since fleeing from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. There, they met with officials from the Tibetan government-in-exile, which wants more autonomy for Tibet

Beijing doesn’t recognize said administration and hasn’t held any dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama since 2010.

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[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not gatekeeping at all. That's a simple factual statement. I don't look down on them, they do good things, so does the Catholic church.

Real Buddhism is not a religion. It has no baggage. It's a practice. People who do the practices are Buddhists without needing to say. They simply are, you are what you DO. Not what you say.

The entire dhamma could be obliterated and it could be regenned with the practice.

Zen Flesh Zen Bones has an account of that... Monk sees master burning the books... "What are you doing?!"

Master says, "What are you saying?"

Religious people have holy things, practicers don't.

Try remaking a religion from scratch with prayer.

So religions are what they are, not my cup of tea. Static, unyielding to change. Outdated.

Can't gatekeep the truth.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real Buddhism yes of course. I suppose "real" Buddhism doesn't follow any of the dhrama texts.

[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real Buddhism generated the texts, which were written down by the kind of people who rote-memorise.

It's handy to have them, but possibly limiting as one goes.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ok well "real" Buddhism who wrote the texts were very clear about the existence of Gods and the afterlife