[Buddha-l] The battle of Lumbini

[Jo]

Ban Ki-Moon is a danger to the planet. 
Anything designated a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE is the kiss of death for
it.
That Japanese stupa is probably one of the many Peace Pagodas dotting the
earth today. Looks like a congealed bunch of white sheet laundry lines,
molded in cottage cheese. 
"The Chinese government should be kept away from any involvement in
re-developing Lumbini..." agreed. Moreover, any government at all should be
kept away from Lumbini. 
So-called "development" should be opposed by all Buddhists everywhere who
are not mentally commodified. (Maybe there aren't many of those left.)

Joanna
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The Chinese government should be kept away from any involvement in
re-developing Lumbini, since they are still destroying Buddhist monuments in
Tibet.

A couple of years ago they destroyed a huge image of Padmasambhava which had
been constructed at Samye.

There are many needy people in Nepal - if they really want to help the
people of Nepal there are plenty of other things they could be spending
their money on. Does Lumbini really need a six lane expressway connecting it
with Nawalparasi when much more vital road links in Nepal are in a terrible
state?.

I remember a couple of earlier grand proposals to redevelop Lumbini - one of
which involved Trungpa Rinpoche's organization - but nothing ever came of
these, though I suspect a fair bit of money found it's way into the pockets
of corrupt government officials.

For about 30 or 40 years the only continuously active Buddhist establishment
in Lumbini seemed to be the small Sakya monastery founded by the late
Chogyey Trichen Rinpoche - which was probably built with the help of his
patron, the hereditary ruler of the Nepalese principality of Mustang on the
border with Tibet. Since they have shown a real long term commitment to the
place perhaps any re-development project  should be put in charge of the
Nepalese monks of that monastery - rather than with some PRC front
organization.




On 10/04/2012, Joy Vriens <joy.vriens at gmail.com> wrote:
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