Timanttipolku-buddhalaiset ovat erittäin aktiivisia netissä - tälläkin palstalla. Ehkä kriittisemmällekin näkökulmalle on tilaa. Seuraavassa lainaus artikkelista:
Beware of Ole Nydahl and his Diamond Way sect
by Tom Moore, The Minnesota Daily, April 28, 2006
"Yes, meditation can be beneficial for your mind, your body and the relationship between the two. Yes, studying the nature of mind can have positive results for one’s self and the people one directly influences.
But these facts and practices, when coming from the likes of Ole Nydahl and his Diamond Way sect, are impossible to unwrap from institutional religion and the dangers of committing one’s self within its framework.
Ole Nydahl skydives and goes clubbing. He’s Western educated. And he’s been dubbed as worthy by a supposedly holy and learned Tibetan man called the 16th Karmapa.
To a young Westerner in search of meaning, Ole Nydahl combines the mystique of Shangri-La with the “fun” and “accessibility” sought by young, privileged Americans. Sadly, this cult of personality draws people into an institution rooted not in the quest for enlightenment (if Buddha’s teachings are a path to enlightenment, will someone show me one present-day enlightened Buddhist teacher or practitioner?) but one rooted, like the Roman Catholic Church, in the struggle for its own role in the hierarchies of the world.
Diamond Way is a branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is a far, far relative to the Buddhism supposedly passed along from the historical Buddha, one full of rituals, devices (prayer wheels and prayer flags) and hierarchies and one where devotion to teacher (“guru,” “lama”) often supersedes personal responsibility (while Buddha’s final words, conversely, were supposedly “be a light unto yourself”).
Diamond Way practitioners and their institutional leader may say that their organization and practices are stripped of such devices. But Diamond Way includes visualizing one’s self merging with another entity (The Karmapa, Buddha, etc.), with the goal being to transcend the supposed illusion of one’s ego-identity while, in the process, merging one’s self with that of another, supposedly “higher” being. This, to me, is a dangerous practice.
The Buddha also supposedly taught people to test everything for themselves. I encourage people to be highly skeptical of Ole Nydahl and of Diamond Way Buddhism. The cult of personality, combined with the allure of another culture and some feel-good practices, is a dangerous prescription for those on a genuine search for meaning.
Beware of Ole Nydahl and his Diamond Way sect
by Tom Moore, The Minnesota Daily, April 28, 2006
"Yes, meditation can be beneficial for your mind, your body and the relationship between the two. Yes, studying the nature of mind can have positive results for one’s self and the people one directly influences.
But these facts and practices, when coming from the likes of Ole Nydahl and his Diamond Way sect, are impossible to unwrap from institutional religion and the dangers of committing one’s self within its framework.
Ole Nydahl skydives and goes clubbing. He’s Western educated. And he’s been dubbed as worthy by a supposedly holy and learned Tibetan man called the 16th Karmapa.
To a young Westerner in search of meaning, Ole Nydahl combines the mystique of Shangri-La with the “fun” and “accessibility” sought by young, privileged Americans. Sadly, this cult of personality draws people into an institution rooted not in the quest for enlightenment (if Buddha’s teachings are a path to enlightenment, will someone show me one present-day enlightened Buddhist teacher or practitioner?) but one rooted, like the Roman Catholic Church, in the struggle for its own role in the hierarchies of the world.
Diamond Way is a branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is a far, far relative to the Buddhism supposedly passed along from the historical Buddha, one full of rituals, devices (prayer wheels and prayer flags) and hierarchies and one where devotion to teacher (“guru,” “lama”) often supersedes personal responsibility (while Buddha’s final words, conversely, were supposedly “be a light unto yourself”).
Diamond Way practitioners and their institutional leader may say that their organization and practices are stripped of such devices. But Diamond Way includes visualizing one’s self merging with another entity (The Karmapa, Buddha, etc.), with the goal being to transcend the supposed illusion of one’s ego-identity while, in the process, merging one’s self with that of another, supposedly “higher” being. This, to me, is a dangerous practice.
The Buddha also supposedly taught people to test everything for themselves. I encourage people to be highly skeptical of Ole Nydahl and of Diamond Way Buddhism. The cult of personality, combined with the allure of another culture and some feel-good practices, is a dangerous prescription for those on a genuine search for meaning.
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Vanhimmat
Onpas täysin järjetöntä kristillistä soopaa tuo juttu. Kateellisia ihmisiä riittää. Ikävää vain panettelijoiden karman kannalta.
Tämä artikkeli löytyy kyllä myös buddhalaisilta sivuilta eli osoitteesta
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?issues
Timanttipolku Ole-lamoineen on hyvin kiistanalainen lahko myös monien buddhalaisten mielestä.
Kaikki mielipiteet sallittakoon vapaassa maailmassa
:-) !
"Nydahl has been accused not only of speaking in a militaristic way, but also of being right wing, racist, sexist, and hostile to foreigners. His unusual activities (e.g., bungee jumping) also annoy Buddhists who are not his followers—be they other adherents of the Karma Kagyü school or no..."
R e s e a r c h A r t i c l e:
The Meeting of Traditions:
Inter-Buddhist and Inter-Religious Relations in the West
By
Oliver Freiberger
Department for the Study of Religion
University of Bayreuth, Germany
"On syytetty..." on eri asia kuin "on". Tämä vastaa samaa kuin joku sanoisi: "On sanottu, että juutalaisten kansamurha on sionistien keksimä valhe." Näin todella on sanottu ja tähän uskovat lukemattomat ihmiset.
Kannattaa perehtyä asioihin omakohtaisesti, eikä uskoa Internetissä olevaan hölynpölyyn, jota edellä mainitut sivut edustavat. Mutta koirat ne se senkun räksyttää, kun karavaani kulkee...
Kyseessä oli siis Bayreuthin yliopiston tutkijan sivut. Lopetan keskustelun asiasta tällä palstalla tähän viestiin.
Lama Ole korostaa aina, että buddha on itse sanonut, ettei mitään tule uskoa siksi, että buddha sanoi niin ja sama pätee Laman omiin sanoihin ja opetuksiin. Hän itse kehoittaa ihmisiä kriittisyyteen. Tiibetin buddhalaisuudessa ylipäänsä lama on hyvin tärkeä, siksi sitä toisinaan kutsutaankin lamalaisuudeksi yleisissä buddhalaisuutta käsittelevissä kirjoissa. Mutta lama (tai buddhamuoto) ei ole palvottu henkilö, vain ainoastaan kuva omasta valaistuneesta mielestämme. Olen kommentit ovat takoituksella toisinaan rajuja, mutta jos kuuntelee oikeasti mitä hän opettaa, eikä takerru vain näihin kommentteihin, niin voi ymmärtää viisauden myös näiden rajujen mielipiteiden takana.