[Avodah] FW: Chinese repression in Tibet - al pi Torah?

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> Just to clear up the metzi'us:
> 
> The Dalai Lama is Buddhist. So, they aren't suppressing his religion in
> favor of Buddhism.
> 
> Buddhists don't bring fruit to idols. In fact, they don't believe
> they have a deity. I think that in our definition of terms, they are
> panentheists -- they believe that all of the universe is Divine, but G-d
> is greater than the universe. They believe in something called Buddha
> nature, which all things have, and it's only an illusion that anything
> else exists.

That's one metzius of Buddhism.  AIUI, it isn't anything even remotely
like the metzius of the religion of Tibet.  I'm far from an expert in
that religion, but everything I've read about it seems to indicate that
it is pure AZ, every bit as much as Terach's or the Romans'.

If you want an example of an Eastern religion that seems very similar
in many respects to Judaism (as least as seen from an L perspective)
have a look at Sikhism.

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