February 22, 2010, 5:35 PM
Dalai Lama Now Knows Who Tiger Woods Is
By ROBERT MACKEY
The Dalai Lama said he did not who Tiger Woods was
Buddhism is not newsworthy subject until is becomes connected to controversy, sports, celebrity or sex. In most recent weeks Buddhism was discussed in relation to Tiger Woods and HH the Dalai Lama and thus generated very large media interest. The sad thing is that Wood's Thai Buddhist heritage and the associated mediation and philosophy will soon drop of the media radar and Wood's scandal will remain. How can Buddhists make themselves heard in a serious way?
Related issue that I am really interested in is explored in this Guardian Weekly article:
Can philosophy save us? | Darragh McManus | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...
Our culture – the media and the broader populace – is obsessed with the economy. And since Lehman Brothers went kablooey in September 2008, our fascination has gone to a deeper level. Googling the word "business" gets a scarcely feasible 1.6 billion hits. ...
In this article the author suggest that we should ensure that western style of rational philosophical discussion in the media and at schools can in fact save our lives in some weird way. He is against including narratives and religious philosophy and instead thinks that philosophy makes us ask questions such as "who am I?". This is very important questions but if asked in isolation from culture is meaningless and only leads to nihilism. If asked in complete oppression of culture leads to obsessions. So we need to strike a balance and raise philosophical questions in relation to their practical cultural context. Good example is the fact that Tiger Woods is wanting to apply his Buddhist heritage to his current situation. If this is discussed in greater depth and in relation to the Christian heritage of the US society it becomes useful ....
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