It's quite long. is there an extract which makes the point you want to introduce?
Quote from: Yeshe on September 29, 2011, 12:29:12 pmIt's quite long. is there an extract which makes the point you want to introduce? C'mon, Yeshe. It's just another working paper from Harvard. Reads like a dime store novel. Exactly, this sort of paper represents a typical (almost model) post-grad paper. I wouldn't even consider it doctoral level stuff.A doctoral candidate might write such a paper as a mere exercise or model for his students to follow. ShaunThere's an abstract on page 2.
There's an abstract on page 2.
Quote from: Su Dongpo on September 29, 2011, 06:42:04 pmThere's an abstract on page 2.Could we have an abstract of the abstract? Spiny
Yeshe-That's one "point" that can be deduced from the paper. There are other "points" that are equally interesting. Granted, it's written from the POV of "International Development," and deals with religion as a "product," but i does provide a reasonable chronology and some historical facts which would take a while to gather, otherwise...For example, from the writer's POV, the Dalai Lama was a created position, created by the Gelukpa in order to compete with the Karmapa. The main thrust of the paper is how the Gelukpa became the State Religion of Tibet, and what the consequences were for others. You should read the whole paper, if only for access to the wider perspective it would likely give you. Or not. It's not that long, and not that complex, really, as academic papers go!
Letting go of the past and forgiveness is part of Dharma practice. It is difficult to do when the offense(s) are continuing, but if past wrongs are being righted then in behooves us to move forward.
I had a premonition you were going to say that!