Bertrand Russell on Tibet

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Bertrand Russell on Tibet

Found the following from Bertrand Russell (1872 to 1970):

What is true of Christianity is equally true of Buddhism. The Buddha was amiable and enlightened; on his deathbed he laughed at his disciples for supposing that he was immortal. But the Buddhist priesthood — as it exists, for example, in Tibet — has been obscurantist, tyrannous, and cruel in the highest degree.

From Bertrand Ressell's essay Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization? By Bertrand Russell

Tibet and Dalai Lama