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**Alina20100** · 12-04-2011, 09:13 PM

From what I understand, it's fairly well-known that the Nazis had an interest in Buddhism, particularly of the esoteric sort. They took the concept of ariya (noble) and turned it into a racial theory -- which was quite the opposite of the Buddha's intent. Some of Hitler's cohorts were into Theosophy and Blavatsky, and others were fascinated by Tibet. In 1939 the Nazis even sent expeditions there with the goal of discovering whether the Tibetans were an "Aryan people" or such like.

None of this implicates the Dalai Lama as some sort of Nazi collaborator. The Tibetans were, however, receptive to diplomatic overtures from Germany and Japan -- no doubt because they were looking for a larger power to help protect them against threats from China.

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Alina20100 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	From what I understand, it's fairly well-known that the Nazis had an interest in Buddhism, particularly of the esoteric sort. They took the concept of ariya (noble) and turned it into a racial theory -- which was quite the opposite of the Buddha's intent. Some of Hitler's cohorts were into Theosophy and Blavatsky, and others were fascinated by Tibet. In 1939 the Nazis even sent expeditions there with the goal of discovering whether the Tibetans were an "Aryan people" or such like. None of this implicates the Dalai Lama as some sort of Nazi collaborator. The Tibetans were, however, receptive to diplomatic overtures from Germany and Japan -- no doubt because they were looking for a larger power to help protect them against threats from China.
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