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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.

Buddhist teachings not followed

Buddhist teachings not followed

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