“Who’ll be magnetised to a sect ruled by His-and-Her Majesties?”

Well here’s the answer:
(Newser) – Even Prince Charles got a taste of how angry British students are over a big hike in university fees. Protesters smashed a window of the prince’s Rolls Royce and splashed paint on the car as he and Camilla were being driven through London. The prince’s office confirms, in style: “Their royal highnesses’ car was attacked by protesters on the way to their engagement at the London Palladium this evening, but their royal highnesses are unharmed.” They arrived at the theater looking unruffled.

With the establishment and enormous expense of building the Stupa, we can see some things within the tradition are of value and worth great effort to preserve. The reasons for that go far beyond ego’s schemes. And of course some things are best let go of. In Buddhadharma, in any case, when speaking of letting go the basest level of material objects is virtually never what they are talking about. That’s a new age version of anti-materialism which Trungpa Rinpoche spent considerable effort and time speaking about.

In general if all vestiges of a previous generation are replaced, there can be no lineage and the development of culture becomes retarded, caught up in reinventing the wheel often in worse shape than it was before. Symbols, very much in Buddhism but also in secular vernacular culture, is very much an integral part of lineage and culture. Wipe those away and one can effectively lobotomized culture. For large scale examples look at the cultural revolutions in China or Russia. For gentler versions the New Age or hippie movement.

Lodzin, what exactly is it you are letting go of?
What is it you value?

Ladies and gentlemen, it is not only newer students who hold such views.

A classic example of the ‘new’ community spirit. And a demonstration of exactly why people are concerned about some of the directions Shambhala International has taken.

In the inspiration that loyalty cannot be measured by degree of agreement.

Don’t fall into the trap of being a junkie to transcendence. That’s not what AWAKE is all about.

Cults tell dissenting members to leave if they don’t agree with the party line. We’re trying for a dialogue here, not knee jerk superiority. It’s really rude to call your elders insane. You are talking to people with a 35-40 years history in the community. For us, it’s not just a picture. It’s a symbol, with layers of innner , outer and secret meaning.

Everybody talk!

Or,
do you wanna wrestle?

This has never been about just a picture. This is about a legacy and a lineage of teaching. If you can’t understand the valid concerns of those that are writing here, why don’t you at least keep your mouth shut and feel some gratitude for what they have built for you.

Well it’s nice to see that we’re getting back to our posting-Hitler-Videos-on-the-internet roots.