Nemo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:33 pm
Malcolm wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:27 pm
DGA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:20 pm
Yes. What is not clear to me is if the term mleccha refers to Muslims only, or also to others.
Generally, it refers to anyone speaking an unclear (to subcontinental Indians) language. In the context of the Kālacakra, muslims.
It seems the most dangerous thing to life on earth currently is capitalism, not Muslims. I remember Guru Rinpoche talking about both the Mohamedians AND those in the thrall of materialism. It's the capitalists destroying the atmosphere, making nuclear weapons, starting resource wars, etc ,etc, If you include both they have already conquered the entire world.
Seriously? You are comparing an ideology to a large and diverse group of people. It would be more accurate and less disingenuous to compare capitalism to islam itself...both of which are ideologies. In order to do that you would need to read accurate accounts of the life of mohamed. Why? He is the "founder" of the ideology of islam and regardless if one is a secular muslim, "moderate" muslim, or "radicalized" muslim he is considered to be the prophet and "perfect man" that is to be emulated by all muslims. After reading islamic accounts of his life you will begin to see one of the primary reasons behind isis, al-qaeda, boko haram et al.... They are all following the playbook of his life. And before anyone pulls out the racist or islamophobe card, remember, islam is an ideology and muslims are not only of arab descent...there are chinese, caucasion, african, etc etc who are muslims the world over. In other words it is not racist or islamophobic to question the
ideology of islam as long as one does not allow that questioning to spill over to muslims themselves...which of course would be wrong and just plain silly as muslims are people, not ideologies. Can someone explain to me why in our current world society it is ok to question and debate the ideologies of capitalism, marxism, communism, christianity, Buddhism, etc etc but that for some reason it is taboo to question and debate the ideology of islam without being shouted down as a racist islamophobe?
"But if you know how to observe yourself, you will discover your real nature, the primordial state, the state of Guruyoga, and then all will become clear because you will have discovered everything"-Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche