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by zavk
Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:41 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Advice against expectations about practice or Awakening
Replies: 4
Views: 1849

Advice against expectations about practice or Awakening

Hi DharmaWheel friends I don't usually participate here, more on DhammaWheel. But I hope I could ask for a favour.... I'm guessing that you'd have come across various advice about not bringing expectations to one's practice or harbouring stubborn preconceived notions about Awakening. I know I've enc...
by zavk
Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:44 am
Forum: Media
Topic: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?
Replies: 21
Views: 9108

Re: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?

The author of the essay posits an extreme view and makes numerous groundless assertions mostly about their interpretation of how American's and American society views Tibetan Buddhism. One example is that they assert that movie going audiences laugh at the native population for being "backward...
by zavk
Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:24 am
Forum: Media
Topic: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?
Replies: 21
Views: 9108

Re: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?

Hi all I should have added some qualifying statements in the initial post. I did notice the bit by the follower of Dorje Shugden. I do not follow the contestation about the matter and it is not my intention to engage in it here. The essay's interpretation of the films are of course contestable, as a...
by zavk
Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:53 am
Forum: Media
Topic: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?
Replies: 21
Views: 9108

Re: The Golden Child vs Tibetan Buddhism?

Hi all I responded to the question over at DhammaWheel, just thought I'd post it here too. Hi This essay from a while back 'Orientalist Commercializations: Tibetan Buddhism in American Popular Film' doesn't mention The Golden Child but analyses Seven Years in Tibet, Kundun and Little Buddha . The po...

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