Buddhist teachings not followed
By Zhou Yan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-25 07:31
I wonder what Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, would say had he witnessed the violence in Lhasa and other Tibetan-inhabited counties in Western China in the past week.
Though the commandments followed by Tibetan Buddhists vary, they are all based on "four precepts": no killing, stealing, adultery, or lying.
The Gelugpa School, or the yellow sect, of Tibetan Buddhism, headed by the Dalai Lama, is said to be observing these commandments strictly.
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