Posted by: koolketa February 2, 2005
Nepal closes Dalai Lama's office in Kathmandu
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Swaati Bro: Let me introduce you Tib Buddhism 101. Dharmsala is a seat for only Dalai Lama which belongs to Gyeluk or Yellow Sect and they rule govt. Then there are Nyingmapa, Kagyu and Sakya. Most of the teachers live either in Nepal or other parts of India. Now most of the Kagyu and Nyingma teachers are in Nepal as most of the mountain region people like Sherpa, Manages and others belong to these 2 group. So people like Gere and Siegel comes there. There are Buddhist shrines and stupas in Nepal. But until Tibetans showed up in Nepal, not many people made any relevancy of those holy sites. It happened only after Tibetan monks and Rimpoches started opening monastries in 60s, 70s, 80s and started explaining followers the importance of these sites. Later they opened centers in the West as an extension and whatever they got as donation they brought it back to build more Gumba. I believe there are over 300 centers in US alone run by Tibetan monks. I am sure you have noticed monastries popping up in KTM everywhere. I am glad they are doing that since all the money they earned overseas are brought back to Nepal. And talking about Buddhas birth place, when was the last time govt seriously tried to improve it other than the Lumbini Mega Project. Alll the govt has done is put a plan in big signboard outside the project area in Lumbini. Except for few outsiders, Tibetans are the one building monastries in Lumbini. If you go to any Tibetan monastries, you will find 60-80 percent of the monks as either Sherpa, Tamang, gurung, manage, etc. I believe it is a good learning opportunities for them. Those becoming monks are usually from poor family anyway. For them, this is one of a way to revive culture, learn dharma and bring positive change in a society. Swaati Bro. Even rug industry in Nepal is doing very poorly because of our typical attitude. As a Nepali, we always tend to think of shrot term. Instead of making quality rugs, we tend to cut each others price and the result is what we have now. All I am saying is Tibetans have not caused us any problems. All they have done is good thing and something they have made us proud. If they became the richest refugee group in the world, then they deserve the title. 'Cause they worked hard for it and along the way many benefitted from that. What we need in our society are the good people who cares about each other and help each other. it does not matter whether you are from different colors, gender or sex. I think Tibetans are that kind of people. Wouldn't you rather have good and smart employees if you are running your own company. I think they deserve to be treated respectfully. It is long overdue.
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