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**mdUzAMbG** · 12-04-2011, 03:24 PM

This site is old 'news', there are also other anti-Dalai Lama sites on the internet, the Trimondi "The Shadow of the Dalai Lama" is another. Human beings are often trying to dig up or create gossip and scandal about each other in one way or another !

Loved the Ajahn Sumedho quote given by Element #2.

In general I think its dangerous to turn teachers into figures of cult adoration and treat them like gods,especially if one is encouraged to do so. They're just human beings like the rest of us.

Here are more comments by Ajahn Buddhadasa from 'The Prison of Life':

"Every place has its famous teacher whose name is bouncing around. Whether national, regional, provincial, or local, every place has got its Big Guru.

Then people cling and attach to their teachers as being the only teacher who is correct; their teacher is right and all other teachers are completely wrong. They refuse to listen to other people's teachers. And they don't think about or examine the teachings of their own Ajahns.

They get caught in the "Teacher Prison." They turn the teacher into a prison, then get caught in it. It's an attachment which is truly ridiculous. Whether a big teacher or a small teacher, it's upadana just the same. They keep building prisons out of their teachers and gurus. Please don't get caught in even this prison."

http://www.buddhaskolen.dk/?pageid=164

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12-04-2011, 03:24 PM	#7
mdUzAMbG Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	This site is old 'news', there are also other anti-Dalai Lama sites on the internet, the Trimondi "The Shadow of the Dalai Lama" is another. Human beings are often trying to dig up or create gossip and scandal about each other in one way or another ! Loved the Ajahn Sumedho quote given by Element #2. In general I think its dangerous to turn teachers into figures of cult adoration and treat them like gods,especially if one is encouraged to do so. They're just human beings like the rest of us. Here are more comments by Ajahn Buddhadasa from 'The Prison of Life': "Every place has its famous teacher whose name is bouncing around. Whether national, regional, provincial, or local, every place has got its Big Guru. Then people cling and attach to their teachers as being the only teacher who is correct; their teacher is right and all other teachers are completely wrong. They refuse to listen to other people's teachers. And they don't think about or examine the teachings of their own Ajahns. They get caught in the "Teacher Prison." They turn the teacher into a prison, then get caught in it. It's an attachment which is truly ridiculous. Whether a big teacher or a small teacher, it's upadana just the same. They keep building prisons out of their teachers and gurus. Please don't get caught in even this prison." http://www.buddhaskolen.dk/?pageid=164 .
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