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was a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, the eleventh Trungpa tülku, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision
Two former students of Trungpa, John Steinbeck IV and his wife, wrote a sharply critical memoir of their lives with him in which they claim that, in addition to alcohol, Trungpa used $40,000 a year worth of coc aine, and used Seconal to come down from the coc aine. The coc aine use, say the Steinbecks, was kept secret from the wider Vajradhatu community
Originally posted by TheNewAeon2012If you can answer definitively, and logically (if ur even capable of this, that is) then we will get to the bottom of this never-ending thread finally.
"I know many great and benevolent buddhists. However, i notice Buddhists who involve themselves in politics have a strange attitude toward Israel, which could be explainable by noting Buddhisms essential idea: its moral relativism. Buddhism makes no claim to divine relevation, which is why some regard it as not even a religion at all, but a sort of metaphysical psychology. This means there will be good Buddhists, with a high moral standard: while others will be corrupt. Learn a thing about Buddhism before you naively make this argument."
Originally posted by dontreally
And also, you might not want to talk about something you know nothing about.
Building in east Jerusalem is Israels right. 300,000 Jews already live in the so-called west bank, which as ive emphasized inearlier posts is the depersonalized name for the ancient regions of Judea and Samaria - the most Jewish parts of Israel.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by buddhasystem
Um. Israel didnt "invade" anyone. Look up "1948 Arab-Israel war". The Arabs were the ones who attacked the Jews and threatened to quote "Throw the Jews into the sea". This being reference to the fact that pre 1948 jewish settlement was confined to the North East coast of Palestine.
Instead of the Arabs accepting the partition plan of the UN, which have created a state for themselves - much bigger than the territory than held by the Jews, they decided to attack the Jews and kill 6,000 of them. This is how Israel gained territory.
Originally posted by buddhasystem
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by buddhasystem
Um. Israel didnt "invade" anyone. Look up "1948 Arab-Israel war". The Arabs were the ones who attacked the Jews and threatened to quote "Throw the Jews into the sea". This being reference to the fact that pre 1948 jewish settlement was confined to the North East coast of Palestine.
Instead of the Arabs accepting the partition plan of the UN, which have created a state for themselves - much bigger than the territory than held by the Jews, they decided to attack the Jews and kill 6,000 of them. This is how Israel gained territory.
Did the US annex Germany, Italy and Japan after WWII? Answer yes/no.
This is some prime property, by the way.