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Posted on 05/20/2010 4:02:05 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he's a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to China, the communist country that exiled him.
"Still I am a Marxist," the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived today with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures.
"(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said.
However, he credited China's embrace of market economics for breaking communism's grip over the world's most populous country and forcing the ruling Communist Party to "represent all sorts of classes".
"(Capitalism) brought a lot of positive to China. Millions of people's living standards improved," he said.
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LOLOLOLO! You kill me too! FU too Barry Hussein Obama!
"To hell with 6,000 years of Buddhism. We needed a Lutheran Jew to tell us how to think about morality!"
“(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits”
LOL
Yeah, capitalism says “I must take care of myself”.
Marxism/socialism says “Someone else must take care of me”.
Which is selfish?
Old news. The Dumpy Llama has been a commie stooge for decades.
Oh, he was the object of worship in Madison, Wisconsin, a few days ago. Typically disgusting.
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“TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he’s a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to China,”
Translation: “ I’m a F’ing moron!! “
Now we know why the Lama wouldn’t pay him any money.
Why is this bird worth paying attention to for 5 minutes? He’s an oponly professing Marxist. While Beijing publicly scolds foreign leaders for hosting him, they are using him as a tool to preach Marxism worldwide according to V. Lenin’s Communist Internationalle.
Wow...just...wow.
“”(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits,” the Dalai Lama, 74, said.”
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Hello? Dali? - You are mentally retarded!
Marxism is the most immoral concept in the history of civilization.
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Well, I guess this clears up the media's fascination with this guy once and for all, huh? Through knowledge, understanding.
Along with that Marxist tidbit of info, consider that the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 (one of their favorite prizes), became the subject of a motion picture "Seven Years in Tibet" starring Brad Pitt, and the documentary "Dalai Lama Renaissance", narrated by Harrison Ford. All this sort of ties in with being a Marxist, huh?
Q: You have often stated that you would like to achieve a synthesis between Buddhism and Marxism. What is the appeal of Marxism for you?
A: Of all the modern economic theories, the economic system of Marxism is founded on moral principles, while capitalism is concerned only with gain and profitability. Marxism is concerned with the distribution of wealth on an equal basis and the equitable utilization of the means of production. It is also concerned with the fate of the working classes--that is, the majority--as well as with the fate of those who are underprivileged and in need, and Marxism cares about the victims of minority-imposed exploitation. For those reasons the system appeals to me, and it seems fair. I just recently read an article in a paper where His Holiness the Pope also pointed out some positive aspects of Marxism.
As for the failure of the Marxist regimes, first of all I do not consider the former USSR, or China, or even Vietnam, to have been true Marxist regimes, for they were far more concerned with their narrow national interests than with the Workers' International; this is why there were conflicts, for example, between China and the USSR, or between China and Vietnam. If those three regimes had truly been based upon Marxist principles, those conflicts would never have occurred.
I think the major flaw of the Marxist regimes is that they have placed too much emphasis on the need to destroy the ruling class, on class struggle, and this causes them to encourage hatred and to neglect compassion. Although their initial aim might have been to serve the cause of the majority, when they try to implement it all their energy is deflected into destructive activities. Once the revolution is over and the ruling class is destroyed, there is nor much left to offer the people; at this point the entire country is impoverished and unfortunately it is almost as if the initial aim were to become poor. I think that this is due to the lack of human solidarity and compassion. The principal disadvantage of such a regime is the insistence placed on hatred to the detriment of compassion.
The failure of the regime in the former Soviet Union was, for me, not the failure of Marxism but the failure of totalitarianism. For this reason I still think of myself as half-Marxist, half-Buddhist.
This guy is muscling in on De Pack Chopra’s Hollywood franchise to fleece the old sun tanned biddies of their base lucre with the mystical quasi guru crap. This is another attention seeking ploy to drum up more cash for the scared cash cow that he worships. He is his own false idol and the nothingness of existence is having an empty bank account. Being a Marxist and a Buddhist is a paradox that followers love to be bamboozled with — it means he’s the real thing. He probably beats them over their head with it. Fools and their money...
Oh great. Then why did he flee Tibet and move to India when the ChinComs invaded? Idiot.
Funny, the connection between demonized people and Marxism... a real knee slapper.
A life of spiritual purity is nothing without the free will to choose it, and he should know this.
Sorry, but the Dalai Lama is an over-rated irrelevant fool.
How millions of dead lie at the feet of Marxism?
And this idiot thinks Marxism is “moral”.
What complete fool.
It is immoral to steal the work of others.
What the freaking idiot doesn’t grasp is Marxism is totalitarianism. Marxism can’t exist without it.
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