picketing the Dalai Lama is so unneccesary and unseemly

[vlyons]

The link is one person's viewpoint about the New Kadampa Tradition's disagreement with the Dalai Lama.

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/angry-white-buddhists-protest-dalai-lama

It just seems so unneccesary and UNSEEMLY to accuse the Dalai Lama of being a "tyrant" and a "liar." The fact is that no one can prevent another person from sitting down and meditating on any yiddam or deity. Right speech in Buddhism is SUPPOSED to use words to reconcile people to peacefulness and tolerance. Secondly, for the NKT to claim that they, and they alone, have the correct pure Vajrayana tradition, and everyone else is wrong, is rather arrogant. It is not possible to maintain Tibetan Buddhism unchanged as it moves into the West. Tibetan Buddhism, is a dependent arising, and as such is subject to impermanence and change. One of the great benefits of Buddhism is that there are a myriad of traditions and lineages from which one can choose a path to an awakened mind. You pick the path(s) that best fit your circumstances and personality. The NKT's constant protests against HH the DL just seem so silly and pointless. If they want to break off and do their own thing, so be it. No one is going to throw stones at them. Where are the lamas to teach them about right speech and calm abiding?