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Dalai Lama: 'I am a Marxist'
American Thinker ^ | June 10, 2011 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 06/10/2011 12:13:57 PM PDT by Paladins Prayer

There is no better way to proclaim your lack of spiritual and philosophical depth than by, two decades after the fall of communism, disclosing that you're a Marxist. Yet this is precisely what Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama did during a speech before 150 Chinese students at the University of Minnesota this month. Journalist Tsering Namgyal reports on the story at Religion Dispatches, writing, "'as far as socio-political beliefs are concerned, I consider myself a Marxist.' 'But not a Leninist,' he [the Lama] clarified."

Well, that's a relief. Those Leninists can really kill ya'. Marxists will just murder you.

This isn't the first time the Lama indicated that his soul is as red as the robes he wears. During a lecture in NYC on May 19, the Tibetan leader credited "capitalism" with bringing new freedoms to China but then said, "Still I am a Marxist"; he then explained that Marxism has "moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits." That's some deep thinking right there.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: communism; cowardinexile; dalai; dalicommie; lama; marxist; mysticalputz
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I think marxists attract each other...

There is a subset of so-called "religious leaders" who cloak their Marxism in the guise of some form of religion. Their aim is to distort what the Bible clearly teaches to justify the moral bankruptcy of Marxism/Leninism (Obamaism).

My Christianity (church of Christ, small 'c') is opposed to that philosophy. One of our stalwarts was George S. Benson, who established the National Education Program while at Harding College. The NEP was strongly and resolutely anti-communist and anti-socialist. Do some research on this fine man (Benson) and compare him to the Dalai Lama.

21 posted on 06/10/2011 1:16:59 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: Paladins Prayer
A true schmuck. If he was truly living under Marxism he would be in prison or dead not flying around the world on Richard gear's money.
22 posted on 06/10/2011 1:18:05 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

I might be one, too.

23 posted on 06/10/2011 1:18:27 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: tired&retired
I spent a week with him a few years ago and was really disappointed.

Are you prepared to elaborate?

24 posted on 06/10/2011 1:37:00 PM PDT by Misterioso (A liberal is a communist, but too stupid to realize it.)
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To: Misterioso

Always was, always will be, a major hustler on the par with the Beatles’ yuru - Maharani, or somethin’ back in the ‘60s. Stupid Hollywood libs following a stupid petty hustler, probably on the payroll of the Chicoms.


25 posted on 06/10/2011 1:41:45 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (W)
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To: tired&retired

Sorry, I posted to you but meant somebody else. Thanks for a personal view of this fraud.


26 posted on 06/10/2011 1:43:36 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (W)
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To: Paladins Prayer

That explains all the mysterious “Free Tibet” stickers on Volvos.


27 posted on 06/10/2011 1:44:26 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

He is also an atheist.


28 posted on 06/10/2011 1:53:01 PM PDT by frogjerk (Liberalism: The ideology of envy.)
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To: re_nortex
There is a subset of so-called "religious leaders" who cloak their Marxism in the guise of some form of religion

Yeah, those type of folks really annoy me. They often preach a sort of social gospel and try to cherry-pick Bible verses in support of their Marxist beliefs.

29 posted on 06/10/2011 1:53:04 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Paladins Prayer

There is a difference between Marxism and Leninism. Marxism is the gaining of political power by the proletariat via political agitation, a la Obama. Leninism is the gaining of political power by the proletariat via political murder, up to and including, genocide, a la Lenin, Mao, Kim Il-Sung and Pol Pot. Marxism is compatible with democracy. Leninism is just another form of absolute monarchy. In the case of North Korea, Leninism has progressed to hereditary absolute monarchy.


30 posted on 06/10/2011 1:55:46 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
They often preach a sort of social gospel and try to cherry-pick Bible verses in support of their Marxist beliefs.

"Social Justice" Catholics do this like Pelosi and Sibelius.

31 posted on 06/10/2011 1:58:25 PM PDT by frogjerk (Liberalism: The ideology of envy.)
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To: frogjerk
He is also an atheist.

That would be weird, because the Dalai Lama is acknowledged by Tibetans to be their god-king (much like the Chinese or Japanese emperors were Sons of Heaven).

33 posted on 06/10/2011 2:03:23 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: frogjerk

Yep, and so do Rev. Wright and his type. They are trying to use the Bible just to promote their own liberal agenda. Scum.


34 posted on 06/10/2011 2:03:44 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Paladins Prayer

What’s the big deal? Marxism only killed >100 million people. Why not give it another chance?


35 posted on 06/10/2011 2:26:05 PM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: rhombus

No, not just now. He has said this before.

I has also completely undermined Buddhism with his decision to select his successor before his death. This completely trounces the notion of reincarnation in selecting the next guy. Maybe the Chinese are right when they called him a whack job.


36 posted on 06/10/2011 2:33:38 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Paladins Prayer

Hey, Dalai...your more like a combination of a confused collectivist/ignorant idiot.


37 posted on 06/10/2011 3:00:24 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: PGalt
Hey, Dalai...your more like a combination of a confused collectivist/ignorant idiot.

CORRECTION NECESSARY FOR THIS JERK: Hey, Dalai...you're more like a combination of a confused collectivist/ignorant idiot.

38 posted on 06/10/2011 3:02:46 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Paladins Prayer
The Associated Press reports he told a crowd in Mebourne that his enemy was, "Not China. Some hard-liner Communists. They really brought a lot of suffering."

Oh, China never brought a lot of suffering?? I guess he doesn't equate a bullet in the back of the head "suffering." Technically, he's right, I suppose. But I think China was pretty good at dishing out suffering. Probably still is.

39 posted on 06/10/2011 3:39:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

40 posted on 06/10/2011 4:51:01 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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