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[fiveeagles]

http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1997/6/12_2.html

As he prepares to meet today (1997) with gay Buddhist leaders, the Dalai Lama has clarified his position on the morality of homosexuality for Buddhists and non-Buddhists.

Any thoughts?

[Grotto]

typical religious hypocrit!

[Don Gately]

[Don Gately]

[Manner of Speaking]

I note further down in the article, it says:

Some Buddhists at yesterday's press conference said the Dalai Lama was
hinting that those traditional Buddhist scriptures may need to be re-examined in a modern social context.

Despite his worldwide appeal and popularity, the Dalai Lama is not a
"Buddhist pope" and does not have the authority to unilaterally change
Buddhist teaching.

"When it comes to interpreting scripture, I can't undertake that on my own," he said. "We would need to have consultation with other Buddhist traditions."


Sounds to me like the Dali Lama is more Reconstructionist than Orthodox.

[Troll_Bait]

[On the other hand]

MoS:

If you mean to say that the DL is more liberal or reform-oriented, you might want to avoid using the word "reconstructionist". Within the context of discussing religion, that word is often used to refer to THESE guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reconstructionism

[seoulunitarian]

[Manner of Speaking]

[ddeubel]

I think the Dalai Lama was just having "one of those days" --- feeling guilty over his own desires. I think the majority of this type of religious hypocricy comes from "guilty"........freud was sometimes right. ...................... The DL wasn't quoting scripture , he was quoting his squeaming heart......

Pity that all religion makes one want to be "clean". As an anthropologist , I am as Levi Strauss, fascinated with how all human culture has the NEED to be clean, devout, abstaining etc......yet also has the desire NOT to be.

I have my own conclusions, they will remain secret. Or as Henry Miller said, " It is not disturbing that roses would grow on this s h i t heap but that man would WANT roses......."

DD

this only shows the dalai lama, like the pope and any imam, is HUMAN. Disturbed and doing the best he can to make it through to a death we know nothing about.....

[Tiger Beer]

i can't imagine a religous person being a homophobe.. seems to contradict everything I've ever been taught.

well... not really.

i personally find it strange that so many westerners think its different than christianity - same thing in the 'moral' realm.

the call to buddhism isn't all that different than the call to christianity in my mind.. every buddhist-oriented mainstream book i've ever read have all the same moral messages as christianity - just different people writing them.

however, the more 'out-there' books of buddhism, just like christianity, have all kinds of contradictory messages.. but for the most part, they are more or less the same in my mind anyways.

[Satori]

It seems that the religion of "Buddhism", much like the religion of "Christianity" has gotten far far away from the teaching of it's originator.

That's why I favour the Zen school of Buddhism, as it's much less dogmatic, more of a spiritual practice than a religion as such.

[canuckistan]

Can anyone tell me why these religious types always have so many issues with other peoples' bodies?

[desultude]

[fiveeagles]

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