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Kevin Leavitt wrote:
Yea for many that identify with buddhism, like myself, would point out to you that they don't consider buddhism to be a separate and distinct religion!
In fact, many will tell you that buddhism can encompass all religions and can be practiced right along beside them.
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Buddhism is very sneaky that way.
The Tibetan variety also has its own form of debate that may seem very familiar to aikidoka in a number of respects:
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Tibetan debates involve two parties: a defender (dam bca' ba), who answers, and a questioner (rigs lam pa). The roles of defender and questioner imply very different responsibilities.
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Follow the link and then scroll half-way down the page for an account of "The Thrilla in the Chilla," a 2003 dharma-combat between Robert AF Thurman and Gehlek Rinpoche.