Astra
01-31-2006, 01:31 PM
In discussions with my friends I mostly don't discuss politics because it can ruin friendships. To give ya some background, I am tibetan buddhist with practice and all that jazz. (I'm glad that MCA is too but that has nothing to do with how I "became" a buddhist.) Anyhoo... I have an online acquaintance that I've been chatting with for 2 years. He's Chinese raised in Taiwan. Now, I'd never dicussed the political points of china with him too much before, but did so the other day after watching the discovery channel on the 1st emperor of china. His veiws conflict with mine and that is okay as I expected it and am not angered that he loves his errrr country (china.) But what he said after that lead me to believe that he is psycho.
He said that "the world would learn the power of china through their brutality and that all the world would bow at their feet." :eek: I stared at my screen reading his typing over and over trying to believe it was there!
I told him I bow only to buddha and that everyone is buddha. what he said is so sad that I cannot even cry.
(Now, please understand that I have many chinese friends and I also am learning mandarin to make the world smaller.) I don't really hate anyone. I'd forgotten in a sense that peace is not a common goal. I know, it seems stupid to have to be reminded, but I guess my "friend" saying this was a smack in the face..
Even a living Buddha can only do so much for this type of poison.
I'm not going to stop talking to him, b/c he's sick with the worst illness of all.
But I guess this is for all of us who have the common goal of peace and also for those who do not. Bodisattva's, don't give up.. The world cannot afford it.
He said that "the world would learn the power of china through their brutality and that all the world would bow at their feet." :eek: I stared at my screen reading his typing over and over trying to believe it was there!
I told him I bow only to buddha and that everyone is buddha. what he said is so sad that I cannot even cry.
(Now, please understand that I have many chinese friends and I also am learning mandarin to make the world smaller.) I don't really hate anyone. I'd forgotten in a sense that peace is not a common goal. I know, it seems stupid to have to be reminded, but I guess my "friend" saying this was a smack in the face..
Even a living Buddha can only do so much for this type of poison.
I'm not going to stop talking to him, b/c he's sick with the worst illness of all.
But I guess this is for all of us who have the common goal of peace and also for those who do not. Bodisattva's, don't give up.. The world cannot afford it.