The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has decided not to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a visit by the Tibetan leader in 2017. This is not a surprise because there is a growing trend amongst the world’s nations in realizing that it is bad to be seen with the Tibetan leadership (CTA; Central Tibetan Administration). Continuing with his track record of never meeting with the religious leader, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has chosen to increase ties with China instead. And rightly so.
- Why would a leader pander to Tibetan sympathies when he could make real progress in improving the lives of his own people and securing ties that could lead to years of economic stability for his country?
- Others such as the US State Department denounce China for a lack of human rights in Tibet. However, the US State Department do not police the world and other nations are under no obligation to accept their decision of who commits human rights infringements or not. In fact the USA needs to take a good look at their own history and continuing violation of human rights against their own citizens of color. The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia clearly shows that the USA has not come to terms with civil, human and cultural rights infringements perpetrated on its own people. So why should they get to pass judgement on others?
- But this issue is more than just about politics or equality, it is about the waning of the CTA’s power and prestige that they once held within the international community. As a leadership supposedly based on Buddhist principles, they should realize that this is their karma coming back to wreak its chaotic vengeance for all the years of corruption, financial mismanagement, and schism-making within their own community to retain their own political power and wealth. They even steep so low as to use religion to keep their people separated, such as the divisive ban on the Dharma protector Dorje Shugden, or even their silence on the forced conversion of the Kagyus. They line their pockets with blood-stained money gained from the blatant use of the tragic self-immolations of their own people for financial gain, or even deny their people the very same rights that they themselves enjoy, such as Indian or foreign nationality.
- All the while the Tibetans maintain a sense of entitlement, but what does Australia owe them? The Tibetans have not done anything for the great country of Australia. So why should Australia even bother about the Tibetans? What does any other country owe them, including India and Nepal, where they have built their homes but do not contribute back to repay the kindness of their host countries? They left their country 60 years ago to start their lives anew away from China, which was their right. You would have thought they would have integrated into their host countries by now and be citizens that make their own way in life rather than living off a sense of entitlement and expectation.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s actions add to the growth of indifference towards the Tibetan people and their supposed cause. This indifference is not due to something negative on the part of these countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Sweden or Africa, who have outright rejected the Tibetans. Rather it is due to a sense of purpose in providing for their own people from an economic standpoint, by creating closer ties with China. Or perhaps even the understanding that the Tibetans are not worth the trouble caused, because of their lack of involvement within their host country’s affairs. When the CTA feel the full brunt of their negative karma, perhaps then they will finally realize the role their ineptitude played in rendering the Tibetan cause an utterly hopeless one.
Australian PM has no plans to meet Dalai Lama as China warns
Click to read the full report. Source: https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2017/08/31/australian-pm-has-no-plans-to-meet-dalai-lama-as-china-warns
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