Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolation protest
As a zen Buddhist, I&#x27;ve always kinda felt our Tibetan &#x27;dharma brothers&#x27; style of buddhism (admittedly, I don&#x27;t know a lot about) feels much more like a proper religion than the kind of thing I&#x27;ve been into.. Which put me off quite a lot of it, I still hope to someday visit the place.<p>It’s pretty sad that such an essentially peaceful and introspective group of people are abused thus, even if they believe in some pretty mad shit.<p>I’ve never worked out what china wants in Tibet tbh though, does anyone have a clue? Chan is bigger in .cn than Tibetan Buddhism (and chan (which became zen) also rejects any kind of eternal self &#x2F; reincarnation &#x2F; non-impermanence) and so thus there are no such thing as a lama.<p>So I guess the restrictions &#x2F; bad business china got unto in tibet are related to some kind of territorial dispute? But what’s there? What do they gain?<p>I can’t see how it’s making them a profit..