http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/tibet-through-comics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tibet-through-comics Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/tibet-through-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-23136 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:36:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=103609#comment-23136 Yes, you SHOULD have been more CORRECT when STATING the phrase's origin.  Thank you. Yes, you SHOULD have been more CORRECT when STATING the phrase’s origin.  Thank you.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/tibet-through-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-23128 Terry McCombs Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=103609#comment-23128 Just for the record, the character called the Green Lama was all over the place in the 40s, not just comics, the character also appeared in the all text pulp Double Detective in a series of short stories, a brief run on the radio and there was almost a television series in the early 50s but it didn't go through. Just for the record, the character called the Green Lama was all over the place in the 40s, not just comics, the character also appeared in the all text pulp Double Detective in a series of short stories, a brief run on the radio and there was almost a television series in the early 50s but it didn’t go through.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/tibet-through-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-23127 Anonymous Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=103609#comment-23127 Thanks for your comment. Not sure I understand all of it, but you're right that I could have been more precise when characterizing the phrase's origins. Thanks for your comment. Not sure I understand all of it, but you’re right that I could have been more precise when characterizing the phrase’s origins.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/tibet-through-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-23113 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:34:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=103609#comment-23113 “Om Mani Padme Hum” is a most famous Buddhist mantra in Sanskrit, if not the most famous, but not “a Tibetan phrase” per se, nor therefore specific of Tibetan culture-- other ancient Buddhist cultures have transliterated it phonetically into their own languages; for example: in Chinese, “唵嘛呢叭咪吽”, which is associated specifically with a prominent Buddha “Guanyin 觀音” (also named “Guanshiyin 觀世音”).  In Tibean Buddhism, Dalai Lama is believed to be human incarnate of Guanyin, therefore “Om Mani Padme Hum” associated with Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet.  (According to Wikipedia: Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism; today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and an official language of the state of Uttarakhand; in western classical linguistics, it occupies a preeminent position along with Greek and Latin in Indo-European studies.)   In today’s world, certain ethnic and/or cultural groups resort to-- or even fancy-- SELF-stereotype in order to identify themselves in the (so-called) mainstream, to present themselves to the (so-called) mainstream, and therefore to be hopefully accepted by the (so-called) mainstream; whereas stereotyping is usually used by certain groups upon others for the purpose of oversimplification and maybe racism.  One type of SELF-stereotype is SELF-exoticism; furthermore, some proceeds to assume an exotic image of oneself by associating with a foreign ethnic and/or cultural group which is perceived to be exotic.   Hereby Ms. Tenzin Dolker is presumed to be studying under Dr. Robert Thurman at Columbia University.  The SS is known to be present in Tibet in 1920’s through 1940’s, while Nazi’s atrocities were happening in Western Europe, and Dalai Lama himself privately tutored in the palace of Lhasa in 1950’s by a blond-hair blue-eyed German man who was a remnant of the SS; Dalai Lama’s strong preference of the fair Germanic “race” to his dark Tibetan own has long been well-known to the discerning.  Robert Thurman, before all the Sanskrit and indigenous religious scholars in India and adjacent, was made the first non-ethnic Tibetan Buddhist monk by Dalai Lama. “Om Mani Padme Hum” is a most famous Buddhist mantra in Sanskrit, if not the most famous, but not “a Tibetan phrase” per se, nor therefore specific of Tibetan culture– other ancient Buddhist cultures have transliterated it phonetically into their own languages; for example: in Chinese, “唵嘛呢叭咪吽”, which is associated specifically with a prominent Buddha “Guanyin 觀音” (also named “Guanshiyin 觀世音”).  In Tibean Buddhism, Dalai Lama is believed to be human incarnate of Guanyin, therefore “Om Mani Padme Hum” associated with Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet.  (According to Wikipedia: Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism; today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and an official language of the state of Uttarakhand; in western classical linguistics, it occupies a preeminent position along with Greek and Latin in Indo-European studies.)
 
In today’s world, certain ethnic and/or cultural groups resort to– or even fancy– SELF-stereotype in order to identify themselves in the (so-called) mainstream, to present themselves to the (so-called) mainstream, and therefore to be hopefully accepted by the (so-called) mainstream; whereas stereotyping is usually used by certain groups upon others for the purpose of oversimplification and maybe racism.  One type of SELF-stereotype is SELF-exoticism; furthermore, some proceeds to assume an exotic image of oneself by associating with a foreign ethnic and/or cultural group which is perceived to be exotic.
 
Hereby Ms. Tenzin Dolker is presumed to be studying under Dr. Robert Thurman at Columbia University.  The SS is known to be present in Tibet in 1920’s through 1940’s, while Nazi’s atrocities were happening in Western Europe, and Dalai Lama himself privately tutored in the palace of Lhasa in 1950’s by a blond-hair blue-eyed German man who was a remnant of the SS; Dalai Lama’s strong preference of the fair Germanic “race” to his dark Tibetan own has long been well-known to the discerning.  Robert Thurman, before all the Sanskrit and indigenous religious scholars in India and adjacent, was made the first non-ethnic Tibetan Buddhist monk by Dalai Lama.

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