http://chagchen.org/2009/11/25/gadhimai/ Enlightenment or bust Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://chagchen.org/2009/11/25/gadhimai/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 john foley Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:33 +0000 http://chagchen.org/?p=873#comment-1018 As a former student of Vedanta, then Kashmir Shaivism I was shocked by the brutality. Myself and other western practitioners tend/tended to turn a blind eye to the darker side of "Hinduism." My understanding is that the Nepalese government actually contributed monetary support to this slaughter. Spiritual materialism is not always as subtle/benign as simple "shopping for buddhas." As a former student of Vedanta, then Kashmir Shaivism I was shocked by the brutality. Myself and other western practitioners tend/tended to turn a blind eye to the darker side of “Hinduism.”
My understanding is that the Nepalese government actually contributed monetary support to this slaughter.
Spiritual materialism is not always as subtle/benign as simple “shopping for buddhas.”

]]> http://chagchen.org/2009/11/25/gadhimai/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Angela Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:13:49 +0000 http://chagchen.org/?p=873#comment-1017 How sad. How bad for Nepal. Buddhism (and many other religions) grew beyond this thousands of years ago. It just shows - ignorance and stupidity *is* a sin. How sad. How bad for Nepal. Buddhism (and many other religions) grew beyond this thousands of years ago.
It just shows – ignorance and stupidity *is* a sin.

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