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Re: women's empowerment? Yes and no.
Re Adya on tribe Dark Goddesses:
"Do you think that women as a group are more empowered today?"
Depends very much on the context.
Under Islam, the answer is an emphatic NO. Benazir Bhutto was recently killed in Pakistan. That is a key example and key indicator. Under the Afghan mullahs, girls could not even attend school to learn to read. Taking education away from girls was not progress.
Within the Buddhist fellowships throughout the West, the answer is a resounding YES. Women from all walks of life now have incredible access to powerful and crucial Buddhist teachings and transmissions in many parts of the West. Some are becoming real spiritual doctors, and everyone respects this ( unlike in traditional forms of monotheism ).
The difference is HUGE.
The future is here, it is just not so well recognized . . .
Women under the yoke of Islam will have to free themselves. Let's wish them the best.
Re Lynne:
"I think women have always been empowered."
No, of course not. For the most part, women have been chattel, treated more as properties rather than as independent and worthwhile in themselves.
The Buddhist teaching clearly says "All beings have Buddha nature." This is a truly revolutionary statement, especially for women!
Free your minds. . . and the rest will follow.
"This precious human lifetime is an opportunity to be seized!"
--H.H. Chetsang Tulku Rinbochay
Acarya KT
Re Adya on tribe Dark Goddesses:
"Do you think that women as a group are more empowered today?"
Depends very much on the context.
Under Islam, the answer is an emphatic NO. Benazir Bhutto was recently killed in Pakistan. That is a key example and key indicator. Under the Afghan mullahs, girls could not even attend school to learn to read. Taking education away from girls was not progress.
Within the Buddhist fellowships throughout the West, the answer is a resounding YES. Women from all walks of life now have incredible access to powerful and crucial Buddhist teachings and transmissions in many parts of the West. Some are becoming real spiritual doctors, and everyone respects this ( unlike in traditional forms of monotheism ).
The difference is HUGE.
The future is here, it is just not so well recognized . . .
Women under the yoke of Islam will have to free themselves. Let's wish them the best.
Re Lynne:
"I think women have always been empowered."
No, of course not. For the most part, women have been chattel, treated more as properties rather than as independent and worthwhile in themselves.
The Buddhist teaching clearly says "All beings have Buddha nature." This is a truly revolutionary statement, especially for women!
Free your minds. . . and the rest will follow.
"This precious human lifetime is an opportunity to be seized!"
--H.H. Chetsang Tulku Rinbochay
Acarya KT
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Re: Women's empowerment? Yes and No. - - - An important instance to consider. May this tragic loss of life not be in vain.
Fri, November 21, 2008 - 12:47 PM
For those who care about humanity, the following information is of great importance. It is by no means unusual. It is in fact a common, widespread problem, just as much as it is shocking.
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November 6th, 2008
Girl, 13, stoned to death in Somalia
Posted: 05:19 PM ET
(CNN) — A 13-year-old girl accused of adultery was stoned to death last month in a soccer stadium in Somalia, witnesses told CNN.
The killing occurred October 27 after the girl, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow, told officials of al-Shabab, a radical Islamic group that controls the port city of Kismayo 500 km (300 miles) south of Mogadishu, that she had been raped by three men, said Amnesty International, citing sources.
The human rights organization said 50 men participated in stoning the girl, who had been placed in a hole in the ground, as about 1,000 people watched.
“It was absolutely appalling to be there, the girl was screaming and begging for mercy as she was being dragged to her killing hole,” said a Kismayo resident who did not want to be identified out of fear for his safety.
None of the men accused of rape were arrested, Amnesty International said.
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May this tragic loss of life not be in vain, but serve to awaken us to the dire problems facing us all.
Every day of freedom is an act of courage.
All Our Relations.
KT
