Just Doing What Christians Do
I’m passing the proverbial hat, or the plate, as the Episcopalians of my youth would say. They were kind of like soup plates. My parents would give us coins to put in wheen we were children.
The Dalai Lama has stated that compassion is a primary principle of all of the world’s major religions.
I have zero desire to argue with the Dalai Lama. He is a veritable rock star, was publishing in the New York Times, and has good reason to make statements that are hugely ecumenical and irenic. I appreciate his voice and his perspective.
He is not, however, a historian and, obviously, has never lived in the United States, both of which give me a very different perspective on Christianity, in particular, the hegemonic religion here.
I very much doubt he has seen this ridiculous display:
The Dalai Lama has also written:
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from…
