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**Corporal White** · 07-28-2011, 05:30 AM

Hi Stuka,

I have the impression that one thing is the Tibetan Religion as a Mahayana branch and the other thing is the Dalai Lama. He has a personal political agenda and it seems that the "reincarnation" issue helps to get some attention, mostly from the Western culture. IMHO, I do not think all this has something to do with the core aspects of the Pali teaching. But on the other hand, politics is part, again, of human nature. It is about power and how to use it so to get convenient results in the public life of people. We all do politics when we try to influence each other. There is a very subtle line that divides political leaders from religious ones.

07-28-2011, 05:30 AM	#3
Corporal White Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 495 Senior Member	Hi Stuka, I have the impression that one thing is the Tibetan Religion as a Mahayana branch and the other thing is the Dalai Lama. He has a personal political agenda and it seems that the "reincarnation" issue helps to get some attention, mostly from the Western culture. IMHO, I do not think all this has something to do with the core aspects of the Pali teaching. But on the other hand, politics is part, again, of human nature. It is about power and how to use it so to get convenient results in the public life of people. We all do politics when we try to influence each other. There is a very subtle line that divides political leaders from religious ones.
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