Lobsang Sangay - burning passion, dying cause

Eloquent, well educated and good looking Dr Lobsang Sangay, appears to be the front guy and figurehead, surrounded by an inner circle of Dalai Lama's extended first family kitchen cabinet. If he has "power" it is endowed by His Holiness who has a strong influence over exiled Tibetans emigres.  It is an improvement from the theological serfdom left behind when the current Dalai Lama escaped from his palace after a failed coup staged with CIA help, but nonetheless, far from being a democratic representative government.

Those who understood Lobsang Sangay should be credited with a prize. Religion and philosophy comes across as ambiguous for one to find the right interpretation and path for situational and individual circumstances. In other words, there is no such thing as one size fits all. However, when it enters the realm of equivocal and suggestive mode, it is not as innocent as it seems.  

Religious and political leaders implicitly but publicly endorsing extremist activities is quite disturbing. There is no justification for suicide and destruction even if the parties involved believe that it is a good cause and they would be better off dead. Though less damaging than suicide bombing, the intentions and manifestation are highly questionable. Immolation victims need medical help more so than encouragement. The result is inevitably increase in loss of human lives. To a small minority, economic wealth and freedom of religious practice may not help to alleviate pain and dissatisfaction. Their only hope of religion does not seem to help either. 


There are contradictions in what Sangay and his company adovcate. The notion of persecution and Tibetan culture according to overseas Tibetan definition is broad and flexible. Indeed, exiled Tibetans are culturally more Indianised and Westernised than traditional. Lobsang Sangay is encouraging belated lame policies to multiply Tibetan population outside China. He is probably aware by now that ethnic Tibetans in Chinese territory have due to preferential population policy and affirmative action. Just as urgent is to reverse the losing of Tibetan culture among overseas Tibetans. 

Religious beliefs can be bent especially when time is running out for Lobsang Sangay's followers. Desperation can drive leaders to think of drastic policies that necessitate sacrifices on the part of junior followers. Respect for human lives and human rights does not apply universally and justly to all species. Lobsang Sangay cannot be relied upon to protect the Tibetan people. It is unfortunate that when power supersedes religion, practitioners are still stuck in the mundane level of existence and prevented from moving on to a higher level. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/lobsang-sangay-immolation-tibetan-buddhist-monks_n_1231954.html

http://www.dorjeshugden.com/forum/index.php?topic=1766.10;wap2

http://www.in.com/news/current-affairs/tibetans-encouraged-to-have-more-children-lobsang-sangay-interview-50182488-in-1.html

Rise and Fall of "Sun King" Shi Zhengrong

Shi made his fortune by harnessing solar energy with his strong technical and business skills has met his downfall.  A victim and scapegoat for the company's falling profits, his past achievements could not save his position as chairman of the company he founded.

You wonder how some financial and other corporate executives who were largely responsible for fleecing customers and losing billions within a short few years could continue to keep their pay and positions intact.

Let's see if  Shi would make a comeback in his company or in another new venture.

Dubbed the "Sun King", Shi Zhengrong converted a PhD in electrical engineering in solar technology at Sydney's University of NSW into a fortune worth $3 billion when he debuted on BRW's rich list in 2006.
 

By last year, though, Shi had dropped off the rich lists altogether, missing the BRW's $210 million cut-off as his holdings wilted to $170 million.

 Shi, born on Yangzhong Island in the Yangtze River in 1963 to farming parents, was lured back to China by a $6 million grant from authorities in Wuxi, located in one of its most prosperous regions.

As UNSW's solar guru Martin Green recalled in the 2007 Time 'hero' article, Shi's return from Australia was in marked contrast to his tough upbringing

http://www.theage.com.au/business/carbon-economy/rise-and-fall-of-the-sun-king-20130307-2fmor.html