Comments on: Has Anyone Asked the Dalai Lama What He Thinks of Protests? http://www.kungpowthinking.com/2008/08/13/has-anyone-asked-the-dalai-lama-what-he-thinks-of-protests/ Your face! Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bruce http://www.kungpowthinking.com/2008/08/13/has-anyone-asked-the-dalai-lama-what-he-thinks-of-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Bruce Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:37:47 +0000 http://www.kungpowthinking.com/?p=123#comment-378 Well, anger is fundamentally not a Buddhist concept. If I construct it correctly, the Buddhist perspective, now that it has encountered anger among Westerners, is that anger is something like an affect symptom that reveals a disease in a person's management of their relationships with themself and others. It is in opposition to an appropriate path, along which a person would develop their understanding and formulate their perspective.<br><br>Regarding protests, the Dalai Lama has previously spoken against extreme forms of protest (long ineffective hunger fasts), saying that it is important not to injure oneself while expressing a point of view. Inappropriate protests against the Olympics have a similar potential to cause harm to the cause of those who protest. Well, anger is fundamentally not a Buddhist concept. If I construct it correctly, the Buddhist perspective, now that it has encountered anger among Westerners, is that anger is something like an affect symptom that reveals a disease in a person's management of their relationships with themself and others. It is in opposition to an appropriate path, along which a person would develop their understanding and formulate their perspective.

Regarding protests, the Dalai Lama has previously spoken against extreme forms of protest (long ineffective hunger fasts), saying that it is important not to injure oneself while expressing a point of view. Inappropriate protests against the Olympics have a similar potential to cause harm to the cause of those who protest.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.kungpowthinking.com/2008/08/13/has-anyone-asked-the-dalai-lama-what-he-thinks-of-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Bruce Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:37:47 +0000 http://www.kungpowthinking.com/?p=123#comment-336 Well, anger is fundamentally not a Buddhist concept. If I construct it correctly, the Buddhist perspective, now that it has encountered anger among Westerners, is that anger is something like an affect symptom that reveals a disease in a person's management of their relationships with themself and others. It is in opposition to an appropriate path, along which a person would develop their understanding and formulate their perspective.<br><br>Regarding protests, the Dalai Lama has previously spoken against extreme forms of protest (long ineffective hunger fasts), saying that it is important not to injure oneself while expressing a point of view. Inappropriate protests against the Olympics have a similar potential to cause harm to the cause of those who protest. Well, anger is fundamentally not a Buddhist concept. If I construct it correctly, the Buddhist perspective, now that it has encountered anger among Westerners, is that anger is something like an affect symptom that reveals a disease in a person's management of their relationships with themself and others. It is in opposition to an appropriate path, along which a person would develop their understanding and formulate their perspective.

Regarding protests, the Dalai Lama has previously spoken against extreme forms of protest (long ineffective hunger fasts), saying that it is important not to injure oneself while expressing a point of view. Inappropriate protests against the Olympics have a similar potential to cause harm to the cause of those who protest.

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