ex cathedra: Dolly wants to be Jane

Monday, July 18, 2011

Dolly wants to be Jane

A weird story of effeminate Thai lady-boys being taught masculine behavior by monks.

And the Dalai Lama --known locally among his fans as Dolly L-- said in an interview that in his next life he wants to be a Jain. Given that he is held to be the continuing reincarnation of a (Buddhist) Bodhisattva, that could provide some complexities for the Tibetan Buddhists who revere his position.

Jainism is a religion whose fundamental principle is Ahimsa, harmlessness. The Jain interviewer wanted to ask His Dollyness how he could justify his eating of meat, since that made him as murderously violent as any warrior.

Needless to say, Ex Cathedra, who loves a good burger, holds no truck with Jane-ism.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: It is curious to think of the doctrine of souls being reincarnated as people, animals, plants, and so on, according to their karma(s). Did my cacti used to be bad people once? Are they presently being good cacti or bad cacti? And what's the difference?

--Nathan; 7:41 PM, July 18, 2011

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