Re: What Tibetan Buddhists don't want you know


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We don't need armed peace forces to make peace. Think of it; "Armed
peace"! *lol*

Have you ever called the police?
No. Never had the need.


You better watch some news.

I do watch the news. What does it have to do with anything? Unless, of
course that the immidiate reaction makes you think, that armed forces
are necsessary to achieve some state of peace. But the point is that we
practise not to react spontaneously upon what meet our senses. We
recieve info through our senses. Then we reflect on the object. Then we
consider what action could be taken, if any nescessary. If action is
nescessary, we act with awareness and compassion.

"Armed peace"? It's like "forced peace"... It wont work. It only
creates more suffering. You can't impose peace on anybody. People will
withdraw. But you can make them a gift og friendliness, endless
patience and practise, to inspire them to change behavior.

I understand that it can be scary to look at the news, but it is a
problem in your mind, and that suffering within you, you should end and
not pass on to your surroundings.

World Peace can be achieved!


Do you let your children do as they please?

Hmmm... usage of complex questions are not uncommonly used as
arguments....
However I'll answer this anyway. If you say that the buddhist practise is
"force", because there are rules, then you have not understood the
buddhist practise.
If you say that upbringing is always based on force, because there are
rules then you have not understood the difference between "force" and
"education".

I don't have children, but a child who does not understand why something
is not constructive to do, will keep doing it. If you try force, the
child will go against you. If you take your time with the child and
explain, and have the child understand, then the child wont be doing
those "bad" things.

Adults are a lot like children and behaves like children in many ways,
but same principle allies. If the adult understands why a certain
behaviour is not constructive, the adult will give up the behaviour. If
you try to force something upon an adult, you will get suffering - no
matter what it is you force and what your intentions are.



Have you met any criminals?

Are you implying that criminals aren't humans? Criminals ARE humans! Same
principle applies. Try to force something on them and they back off - just
more violently. To make them do something by force, you would have to spice
the force with fear.
To answer your question - yes I have met criminals. Some of them are
actually more mentally mature than most civilians.


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