How much - if any - does secular politics enter into this?

Post #438,859 by drook 4/7/21 1:05:10 PM 4/7/21 1:05:10 PM Reply	How much - if any - does secular politics enter into this? Vajrayana ("Tibetan Buddhism"), thought by some to be a variety of Mahayana. Given that Mahayana is "Chinese Buddhism", is this Chinese hegemony insisting that everything Tibetan is really part of China? typos: "As above, so below, but in different form" - needs ending comma to Kether (the Crown) - needs period She maintained here writings - s/here/her the laws of physics. too messy. - capital T or change the period to colon with one caviat. Her writing is clear - caveat, and I'd make the period a colon -- Drew
Post #438,863 by Andrew Grygus 4/7/21 2:39:08 PM 4/7/21 2:39:08 PM Reply	Thanks for the typos - and . . . . . I don't think politics is involved in the Tibetan vs Chinese Buddhism thing, the people giving these opinions are not Chinese or Tibetans. This argument has been going on among students of religion forever. The majority opinion is they are different enough to be separate forms, even though Chinese Buddhism probably was introduced from Tibet. Of course, since the opinions we are likely to see are from non-Chinese, if there was political bias, it would be toward separate forms. If the opinions were official Chinese, it would be to discourage any religion.
Post #438,866 by drook 4/7/21 3:46:50 PM 4/7/21 3:46:50 PM Reply	"... to discourage any religion ..." After first claiming that no, Chinese Buddhism did not come from Tibet, they copied it from us, and stop it anyway. -- Drew

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