Should Buddhists be Alarmed ?
Like everyone else, authorities too sometimes take decisions, not basing their mind but heart. The important thing to look for on such occasions is to look for the intention behind such decision and if the intention is right, then no one should be blamed unfairly. Recent deportation of a British woman from Sri Lanka, simply because she had a Buddha Tattooed on her arm is getting so much attention especially in the social media sites. Most posters, post things in some way related to this incident without expressing their true intention of posting such postings or expressing their true stand on this issue. If you ask me what my position on the deportation of that woman, I say it was a foolish decision. Some years back, a pop singer was denied entry because the local authorities feared his behaviour towards the most revered figure of more than 70 % of the people in the land amounting to nothing but disrespectful and allowing such a figure into the land could create chaos. In d...
