Damn those Buddhists! I knew they were up to no good. Had to be some malevolent plotting going on behind those serene smiles.
The Onion has revealed the truth in "Buddhist Extremist Cell Vows to Unleash Tranquility on West."
WASHINGTON—In a 45-minute video posted on Tibetan websites Thursday, Tsuglag Rinpoche, leader of the Buddhist extremist group Kammaṭṭhāna, threatened to soon inflict a wave of peace and tranquility on the West.
Speaking in front of a nondescript altar surrounded by candles, burning sticks of incense, and a small golden statue of the Buddha, Rinpoche did not specify when or where an assault of profound inner stillness would occur, but stated in no uncertain terms that the fundamentalist Buddhist cell plans to target all Western suffering.
“In the name of the Great Teacher, we will stop at nothing to unleash a firestorm of empathy, compassion, and true selflessness upon the West,” said Rinpoche, adding that all enemies of a freely flowing, unfettered state of mind will be “besieged with pure, everlasting happiness.” “No city will be spared from spiritual harmony. We will bring about the end to all Western pain and anxiety, to all destructive cravings, to all greed, delusion, and misplaced desire. Indeed, we will bring the entire United States to its knees in deep meditation.”
“Wisdom and virtue to America!” continued Rinpoche. “Wisdom and virtue to all living things on earth!”
Won't happen. Can't happen. We will resist.
An older friend of mine, currently an atheist, said he went to Catholic church for the first 65 years of his life, every week, because he wanted to go to heaven and he knew that his impure thoughts would keep him out.
I said, "How interesting. I have always thought of my impure thoughts as my heaven.
The Buddah believed that there was a way to end suffering and misery in this world. What if the world doesn't want to end suffering and misery. How cruel it would be "...to force a firestorm of empathy, compassion, and true selflessness upon..." people who need conflict and struggle, people who crave the adrenalin rush of pure hatred, bigotry and divisiveness, and people for whom life is all about constant upsets instead of workable relationships.
Oh, how cruel indeed.
Gene
Posted by: Gene | November 22, 2013 at 07:03 PM