CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health

Schisms, murder, and hungry ghosts in Shangra-La.(internal conflicts in Tibetan Buddhist sect)

CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health | March 22, 1999 | Copyright

Millions of Buddhist monks have been killed, imprisoned, tortured, or driven into exile by the Communist Chinese since the 1950s in a deliberate, systematic destruction of a culture and a religion. The pacifist Buddhist monks are about as innocent and noble as victims can be; the Nobel Prize-winning Dalai Lama is perceived to be equally wonderful, kind, and heroic. Few are unfamiliar with the boy-king's narrow escape in 1959 from the Chinese into India, where he still governs in exile and continues to preach nonviolence. He is one of the most universally respected religious…

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