Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 3
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Re: the Dalai Lama's "innate Catholicism"
[Read the article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"In part, we can attribute the Dalai Lama's transformation to his innate Catholicism."
I am aware of very few people (I am one) who are in the habit of calling the Tibetan form of Buddhism, "Tibetan Catholicism" (because of its resemblance, in many respects, to the Roman form of Catholicism), but I believe the author of the article was not referring to either the Tibetan or the Roman form of Catholicism when he typed those words.
The "c" in "Catholicism" should not be capitalized.
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Acutally ondelette
[Read the article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's Avalokiteshvara (or Avalokiteśvara, if you're comfortable with diacritics).
Hope that helps!
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re: the 'Japanese Zen-fascism'
[Read the article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]ondelette,
What about Soto Zen master Harada Daiun Sogaku (1870-1961), who called for ten years of "fascist politics" in Japan while maintaining that "the Japanese people are a chosen people whose mission is to control the world," and "it is necessary for all one hundred million subjects (of the emperor) to be prepared to die with honour."
He also said: " [If ordered to] march: tramp, tramp, or shoot: bang, bang. This is the manifestation of the highest Wisdom [of enlightenment]. The unity of Zen and war of which I speak extends to the farthest reaches of the holy war [now under way]."
The better-known Yasutani Roshi (interviews with whom are featured in the book Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau), disciple of Harada, has been referred to as "no less a militarist and anti-communist than his master."
Read Zen at War for the gory details!