"Peter Terpstra" <peter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> An Appeal To All Chinese Spiritual Brothers And Sisters
>
> Today I would like to make a personal appeal to all Chinese spiritual
> brothers and sisters, both inside as well as outside the People?s
Republic
> of China, and especially to the followers of the Buddha. I do this as
a
> Buddhist monk and a student of our most revered teacher, the Buddha. I
> have already made an appeal to the general Chinese community. Here I am
> appealing to you, my spiritual brothers and sisters, on an urgent
> humanitarian matter.
>
> The Chinese and the Tibetan people share common spiritual heritage in
> Mahayana Buddhism. We wor****p the Buddha of Compassion ? Guan Yin in
the
> Chinese tradition and Chenrezig in Tibetan tradition ? and cherish
> compassion for all suffering beings as one of the highest spiritual
> ideals.
> Furthermore, since Buddhism flourished in China before it came to Tibet
> from India, I have always viewed the Chinese Buddhists with the
reverence
> due to senior spiritual brothers and sisters.
>
My experience in China has been that Buddhism is almost eliminated. That
was
done over many years by the education system. So, you may be talking to
people who no longer exist. I think it is im****tant for a country and
their
leaders to have a spiritual awareness and conciousness, not just animal.
Do
any of China's leaders profess this in their lives? What is your opinion
about my comments?
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