I agree that Vajrayana & Tibetan lineages in the west, and back on their home turf are as liable to abuse as any other. Not to throw Buddhism and it's Vajrayana & Tibetan forms totally under the bus, but...
...another aspect with the problems might be the holding on to power done by the Dalai Lama. I had heard he said he wasn't going to reincarnate as the Dalai Lama again. That might help solve some of the problems. It seems that spiritual corruption and the negative karma surrounding it would be involved with holding power for so long in an unbroken lineage of the same person reincarnating to the same position over and over. There are bound to be consequences from that. Perhaps some of the consequences have been the loss of autonomy for Tibet.
Going back to a discussion here a few weeks back, about barrow vs. mound building, I see a similarity. The earth works builders switched from being interred as a Sleeper as a form of magical service to an area of land to using it as a way to build a light body that could survive death, this then could be used to control and influence the world still. It seems like it was a bad idea.
I suggest that someone continually reincarnating to be the head of a group has similar control issues, and the rot would spread. Now I know a lot of people love the Dalai Lama, but maybe it's time for him to move on.
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Probs with Vajrayana & Tibetan Buddhism /re: Barrow vs. Mound building
Date: 2022-07-25 02:45 pm (UTC)...another aspect with the problems might be the holding on to power done by the Dalai Lama. I had heard he said he wasn't going to reincarnate as the Dalai Lama again. That might help solve some of the problems. It seems that spiritual corruption and the negative karma surrounding it would be involved with holding power for so long in an unbroken lineage of the same person reincarnating to the same position over and over. There are bound to be consequences from that. Perhaps some of the consequences have been the loss of autonomy for Tibet.
Going back to a discussion here a few weeks back, about barrow vs. mound building, I see a similarity. The earth works builders switched from being interred as a Sleeper as a form of magical service to an area of land to using it as a way to build a light body that could survive death, this then could be used to control and influence the world still. It seems like it was a bad idea.
I suggest that someone continually reincarnating to be the head of a group has similar control issues, and the rot would spread. Now I know a lot of people love the Dalai Lama, but maybe it's time for him to move on.
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