@DuncanBarford The consequences of pre-1950 Tibetan politics for Western Buddhism is a *particularly* complex story... Fascinating though.
Trying not to write about how "traditional Tibetan Buddhism" was only invented around 1700—and cui bono.
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@DuncanBarford Would enjoy 'religion for beginners' if you do write it!
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@DerUnbuddhist Tibetans considered tantra primarily as power, including military power. So ruling class needed to control that.
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@DerUnbuddhist Long series of alternative strategies for subordinating tantric power to monastic power and/or secular aristocracy.
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@DerUnbuddhist These repeatedly and massively altered tantric practice and doctrine.
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@DerUnbuddhist The Tibetans are still working out feuds that go back centuries, and they use white Buddhists as pawns in that game.
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@DerUnbuddhist And, the
@DalaiLama has extensively distorted things as part of his campaign to use Western Buddhists against the Chinese.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@DerUnbuddhist Yes, although I actually don't understand either of those very well. Those are power struggles within ruling-class blocs; …
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@DerUnbuddhist … I'm more interested in ways the ruling class as a whole used tantra to maintain their position.
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@DerUnbuddhist I haven't read that.
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