Please think again when mote drops placidly

Third, what will theocracy bring? There is an old saying "Do unto others as you would be done to yourself."

Several western countries had the same painful experience of getting rid of dark theocratic rule in the Middle Ages on their path to become modern nations.

Half a century ago, the Dalai Lama sat at the top of the theocratic hierarchy in Tibet and now the "constitution" of his "government-in-exile" still holds that Tibet is a theocratic "country."

By comparison, today's Tibet is striding into modern society after shrugging off theocratic feudal serfdom. Its economy grows fast and people's living standard greatly improve. The average life-span has increased to 67 years from 35.5 when the Dalai Lama ruled Tibet.

Based on these facts, the Tibetan language and culture receives support from both central and local governments. About 120,000 monks and nuns are living in 3,700 monasteries in Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited regions, some of the largest ones of which hold several thousand monks. If there was no religious freedom, how would things be this way?

The Dalai clique is not willing to see Tibet modernized. They tried to restore the old serfdom, attacked every new move in Tibet's economic and social development including the Qinghai-Tibet railway, and threw muck at the rest of China for giving financial assistance to Tibet.

Why doesn't the West find out what the Dalai clique did in the past and their intention to restore the feudal ways? Is anyone in the world willing to return to the dark Middle Ages? How could we let serfdom harm people again, and theocracy to cast its shadow on the region again?

Buddhists admire meditation. Please think again when the mote drops placidly and don't forget, Tsongkhapa, the Tibetan Buddhism master and teacher of the 1st Dalai Lama, who said "You should not kill, because all existence cherishes life the most."

(By Ye Xiaowen)

Editor:Zhang Ning