| Re: The Dalai Lama may decide not to reincarnate |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 13, 2008 09:29
On Jun 13, 4:03 am, C3 aol.com> wrote:> On Jun 12, 10:55�pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> "In the mid-1970s His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai
>> Lama, told a Polish newspaper that he thought he would be the last
>> Dalai Lama. In a later interview published in the English language
>> press he stated "The Dalai Lama office was an institution created to
>> benefit others. It is possible that it will soon have outlived its
>> usefulness."[31] These statements caused a furor amongst Tibetans in
>> India. Many could not believe that such an option could even be
>> considered. It was further felt that it was not the Dalai Lama's
>> decision to reincarnate. Rather, they felt that since the Dalai Lama
>> is a national institution it was up to the people of Tibet to decide
>> whether or not the Dalai Lama should reincarnate"
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>> You're gotta laugh.
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>> Oh what stories we weave.
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> I'm not sure the Dali Lama has reincarnated. Â Is there any evidence
> other than beleif that he has?
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> C3
Much like any religion there is no physical evidence.
"There seems to be something profoundly deceptive and misleading about
lumping together as acts of faith such things as belief in the Virgin
birth and belief in the existence of an external world or in the
principle of contradiction. Such a view trivializes religious faith by
putting all non-empirical claims in the same category as religious
faith. In fact, religious faith should be put in the same category as
belief in superstitions, fairy tales, and delusions of all varieties."
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