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"Came across this more recent and thorough answer from HHDL that might shed some more light.2 https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2016/09/16/the-dalai-lamas-advice-to-buddhists-in-the-west/ Th… (View Post)
As a child, Black Beauty helped to stoke up my lifelong hatred of cruelty. Mid teens, George Orwell's 1984 and Summerhill by A.S. Neil both made me think about freedom and what shapes us. I am foreve… (View Post)
(Quote) > (Quote) Yes Kerome I have heard this from both Buddhists and Muslims. It is not, for me, a convincing stance. Why should the new name reflect a certain ethnicity or language? I also feel… (View Post)
Many people, it seems, feel compelled to change their names upon taking up a new religion. Indeed I believe that some organizations insist upon it at certain levels. Am I alone in finding this practi… (View Post)