Its not working. Never has, never will.
No amount of preaching and moralizing will force things to happen. Nor will the use of force when your preaching and “you shouldings” or even “let’s all” (Confucianism/communism) fails.
People, especially the rugged, open-air Tibetan nomads, don’t respond to the group-mind of the hypnotized.
Societies like the Chinese have functioned for [...]
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The Folly of Force
Posted in Buddhism, Tibet, spirituality, tagged Asia Times Online, China, Dalai Lama, defining issue, folly, force, Kham, Mt Yarla, Sichuan, society, The Great Wall, Tibet, Tibetan on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reflecting on what’s happening in Tibet
Posted in Buddhism, Tibet, spirituality on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently returned from another trip to Kham, the eastern Tibetan plateau – now Gansi Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. I’ve been taking groups of high school students up there each March since 2004. Our trip this year was 2 weeks earlier than usual and we were back in Hong Kong on March 8, 2 days before [...]
