Buddhist Jihad

Brit Hume Hits the Samsara Trifecta, Demonstrates All Three Poisons: Passion, Agression, & Ignorance

Faux News talking head Brit Hume claims Tiger Woods must convert to Christianity, so he can get "redemption" for his serial adultery sins.  (Worked well for Sanford, Vitter, Giuliani, Gingrich, Rove, et al. )

Notice Hume is interested only in redemption, not mentioning anything about avoiding doing the thing you needed to get redeemed for having done.

It's like green stamps.

Got evil deeds?  Go Christian, and turn 'em in for --

Redemption!

"Doing no evil whatsoever

Practice virtue perfectly.

Tame your mind completely:

This is the teaching of the Buddha."

Why Buddha Taught About Non-Attachment

Person at Hong Kong airport expressing disappointment at arriving too late to catch flight.

Incest Practitioner Turns His MInd Toward Dharma?

O-kay.

McCain Rally Preacher Erroneously Calls Buddha a "god," Prays to Christian God to Save God's Rep By Causing McCain Victory

Just another day in samsara as usual, home of passion, aggression and -- ignorance.

How offensive is this guy's total ignorance of Buddhism and his dismissal of all other religions to this card-carrying Buddhist?

 Mm -- very.  But in a dharmic context.

Who does he think he is?

Oh, right. He's just being proud and godly, not repulsive and arrogant. Blessed are the meek, dude.

Another fake Christian in need of remedial Sunday School.

Dharmic context:

13.

Even if someone cuts your head off

For having done nothing wrong,

To take on that person's negativities

Through the power of compassion

Is the practice of a bodhisattva.

Hat-tip to Jesus' General

and to TPM

Cross-posted at No Blood for Hubris.

Nepal's Maoist Government Says Go Ahead & Shoot Olympics Protesters

Ah how nice.

The world's first democratically-elected Maoist government authorizes the use of deadly force to prop up the humongous ego of Red China.

So yes, go ahead, why not, let's kill those damn Tibetans.  It's SO important to prevent loss of face.

Via RawStory, full article here.

Website of the Embassy of Nepal here.

Christian Creation-Theory Believer Murders Scientist Over His Support for Evolution

That's a great reason to stab someone to death, is it not?

More here.

Former Officer: Slaughter of Laypeople, Monks in Burma

Burma: Thousands dead in massacre; monks' corpses dumped in the jungle

Last updated at 11:37am on 1st October 2007

Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.

The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: "Many more people have been killed in recent days than you've heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand."

Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.

Meanwhile, the United Nations special envoy was in Burma's new capital today seeking meetings with the ruling military junta.

Need we continue to do business with this regime?

Full link here.

PM Brown on Burma Death Toll: "Loss of Life . . . Far Greater"

UK fears Burma toll 'far higher'

                                                                                    

       

                                 

Brown on Burma

        British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he believes the loss of life in Burma has been "far greater" than that reported by the authorities.

He was speaking after holding talks by phone with US President George W Bush and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Burmese officials said nine people were killed on Thursday as troops fired tear gas and bullets to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters in Rangoon.

Most internet links have been severed and mobile phone networks disrupted.

''I want to condemn absolutely the appalling level of violence against the people of Burma.

       

                                 

People seem to be determined to continue, despite the bullets, beatings and killings. I hear right now that shooting is still going on near our office                                                           Rangoon resident

       

"I am afraid that we believe the loss of life in Burma is far greater than is being reported so far," Mr Brown said.

Full link here.

Buddhist Monks in Burma Protest "Violent, Mean, Pitiless" Government

(I've been away, so I'm a little behind. )

      Burma's angry monks 'excommunicate' junta by refusing donations                                          

           

        By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent       

       

      Published: 20 September 2007    

                  

                                                                                                                                

 

                                   

                      

Thousands of Buddhist monks marching in defiance of Burma's oppressive military regime have decided to excommunicate the government and its supporters by refusing alms or donations from anyone linked to the junta.  At one of several ceremonies held before saffron-robed clerics marched peacefully through the former colonial capital, Rangoon, and other cities this week, the monks vowed to refuse offerings from the "pitiless soldier kings" in charge of the country now known as Myanmar.

                                        

"Reverend clergy, may you listen to my words," a Buddhist abbot told one such gathering.  "The violent, mean, cruel, ruthless, pitiless kings – the great thieves who live by stealing from the national treasury – have killed a monk at Pakokku and also arrested reverend clergymen by trussing them up with rope. They beat and tortured, verbally abused and threatened them.

"The clergy ... must boycott the violent, mean, cruel, ruthless, pitiless soldier kings. They must also refuse donations and preaching. This is to inform, advise and propose."

The behaviour of the monks could be crucial as the Burmese junta tackles its most serious challenge in more than a decade. Demonstrations led by civilians last month were easily broken up and their organisers were arrested. But, given their high status within Burmese society, the monks' actions could rally civilians against the regime.

Monks are highly respected in Burma and abusing them risks causing public outrage.  Physical suppression of the protests would also be sacrilegious for Burmese soldiers who, like most of the population, are devout Buddhists.

The Asia Human Rights Commission, which obtained a transcript of Tuesday's pre-rally ceremony, said: "The monks' decision to formally boycott the regime not only reveals the profound moral stance taken but also throws a sharp light on to the scale of crisis of authority the military is now facing in Burma.

"Only under the most compelling moral circumstances will a monk refuse the alms that have been offered, as to do so is to refuse to acknowledge the alms-giver as a part of the religious community. It amounts to an act of excommunication. However, the view of monks in Burma today is that such an extraordinary moment has arrived."

Full story here.

Teaching Kids That "People Who Love You Get to Hit You and Hurt You"

PADDLE-MAKER UP AGAINST NATIONAL BATTLE

First, Susan Lawrence fought The Rod. Then she battled the Wee Wacker.

 

Visit Sue Lawrence's http://stoptherod.net

Now the Massachusetts mom and anti-spanking activist has zeroed in on New Kensington, home of Joey Salvati and his Spanking Paddle.

"It's just appalling to me that people would sell things like that to make money and hurt children," said Lawrence, director of Stop the Rod, an anti-spanking group. "I don't think people should hit each other."

Salvati, 44, who owns a home remodeling business and sends free wooden paddles to parents across the country, said he's just doing what God asked him to do four years ago.

"I don't care what people have to say about me," he said. "I've got thick skin."

Salvati, father of two grown children, said his idea to make 2-foot-long paddles and give them away came to him during his normal prayer time in the shower in 2002.

"It came, 'Make paddles.  Give them away,'" he said.  "I blew it off.  The fourth time, it came real hard."

Salvati began giving away paddles locally. Then he turned to the Internet, offering the paddles in exchange for $5.75 shipping.

"I'm not trying to make money on it.  I don't care about the money," he said. "I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do."

Salvati's Web site, along with a guide he sends with the paddles, detail paddling rules.  He doesn't recommend using the paddle on children younger than 6. . . .[James Dobson recommends whipping infants, in case you were wondering.]  He tells parents to use the paddle on themselves first to test their strength.

Salvati also put together appointment slips so kids and parents can schedule spankings.

"It's so the parents aren't angry when they do it," he said.

He tells parents to hug their children and tell them they love them after a spanking.

 

God told him to do it?

Really?

Full link here.