AN OPEN LETTER TO DALAI LAMA
Posted by: Krishnan Bala on
May 13 2008 |
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Tags: dalai lama;tibet violence;Raj Thackeray ;earthquake;Buddhism;physical stature;moral superiority;olympic torch;Day of reckoning.
Tags: dalai lama;tibet violence;Raj Thackeray ;earthquake;Buddhism;physical stature;moral superiority;olympic torch;Day of reckoning.
Most Reverent Lord,
May I in all humility invite your attention to the great catastrophe,that has befallen the mighty Chinese people and the thousands of lives that has been lost during the earthquake that struck them with such ferocity on Monday afternoon. Not that the magnitude of the tragedy would have escaped your noble attention, but a religiously conscious person you are, it demands all your prayer and persuasion at this hour of national suffering to extend your soothing words of comfort to alleviate the pain and loss that no human can compensate.The lakhs of your followers across many countries around the globe who still love their land of birth,could be mobilised for being sent to Sichuan and Beichuan along with equipment for erection of temporary shelters,cooking of community dinners and for nursing the needy and injured. The Buddhist monks are known for hefty physical stature and whose mind has been cultivated for over-coming mundane miseries are the most suited at the present juncture.The monetary aspect for rendering this humane help is not an overwhelming issue as your Lordship can telecast an universal appeal, and the response from individuals and governments will be astonishingly over-flowing. No individual or any other religious person is so greatly and perfectly suited for this divine duty, as Thine is placed. Nations and charitable organisation around the globe may offer help,but nothing would be comparable to the one that your Lamas will tend with their gentle and loveable hands being partly exposed to their cultural affliation. We have seen through the entire length the Olympic torch travelled, when your followers even at the cost of their personal lives exhibited that vehemence and determination in protest against deprivation of their land and freedom, an act that the global citizen justifiably envied. I am sure that this resoluteness can be exploited for a benign human cause. When the dust settles down and the venerable Tibetians return back to their distant havens in migrant lands with out accepting any price for their services, the world if not the Chinese people on the streets of Beijing and Wen Jiabao himself will realise what Buddhism teaches and how the Lamas matter !
May I in all humility invite your attention to the great catastrophe,that has befallen the mighty Chinese people and the thousands of lives that has been lost during the earthquake that struck them with such ferocity on Monday afternoon. Not that the magnitude of the tragedy would have escaped your noble attention, but a religiously conscious person you are, it demands all your prayer and persuasion at this hour of national suffering to extend your soothing words of comfort to alleviate the pain and loss that no human can compensate.The lakhs of your followers across many countries around the globe who still love their land of birth,could be mobilised for being sent to Sichuan and Beichuan along with equipment for erection of temporary shelters,cooking of community dinners and for nursing the needy and injured. The Buddhist monks are known for hefty physical stature and whose mind has been cultivated for over-coming mundane miseries are the most suited at the present juncture.The monetary aspect for rendering this humane help is not an overwhelming issue as your Lordship can telecast an universal appeal, and the response from individuals and governments will be astonishingly over-flowing. No individual or any other religious person is so greatly and perfectly suited for this divine duty, as Thine is placed. Nations and charitable organisation around the globe may offer help,but nothing would be comparable to the one that your Lamas will tend with their gentle and loveable hands being partly exposed to their cultural affliation. We have seen through the entire length the Olympic torch travelled, when your followers even at the cost of their personal lives exhibited that vehemence and determination in protest against deprivation of their land and freedom, an act that the global citizen justifiably envied. I am sure that this resoluteness can be exploited for a benign human cause. When the dust settles down and the venerable Tibetians return back to their distant havens in migrant lands with out accepting any price for their services, the world if not the Chinese people on the streets of Beijing and Wen Jiabao himself will realise what Buddhism teaches and how the Lamas matter !
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