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[Sumedho]

iya si "osel" itu masih tetep yah.

[GandalfTheElder]

Tampaknya kita memang benar-benar ber-ehipassiko dengan berita-berita yang bermunculan selama ini. Bahkan terkadang kita dan Bhante Dhammika pun bisa juga luput.

Q & A with Osel Hita Torres
By Justin McElroy | June 25th, 2009 | 7:30 pm

Maclean's OnCampus: What is your response to the media reports claiming you've renounced your religion and calling?
O: It's not true. A newspaper found out about an original interview [I did], and they said we're going to do an article on you, whether you want to or not. They didn't have much information. But I agreed, which I regret a lot. They changed everything. I said so many positive things they didn't put, they blew things up and exaggerated facts, and it bugged me, because they were really nice at the beginning, saying it would be good for my image.

But is it fair to say you aren't directly involved with your religion as one might expect?
O: I'm actually really involved with them and in contact a lot, we do have brainstorming...It's not like I'm a renegade at heart, or a runaway.

Your relationsip with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition [the organization Osel is slated to lead] and how you deal with your responsibilities is different, though.
O: You could say that. But I'm still treading on my own path, I'm chilling out. I'm working really hard to accomplish things...I'm working on a masters degree on documentaries, afterwards maybe next year I'll do some course on cooking, become a cook, and then maybe I'll start doing something there, you know. But I'm taking it slow.

What do you make of all this attention?
O: I'm trying to live a really normal life, the friends I have know the stories but they don't make a big deal of it, I'm really chill with it. I don't have people saying I'm so disappointed in you, because the people I'm around don't really recognize me, so it's cool. I hope it doesn't change.

Let's talk about your time in Canada. To be clear, after years of studying in monasteries, you decided you needed a western education?
O: I left, and decided I needed a different education, because while I had the philosophy down, I really didn't know much about the outside world.

Sumber: http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2009/06/25/q-a-with-osel-hita-torres/


The Siddha Wanderer

[markosprawira]

Menurut saya, tradisi pencarian Lama perlu sedikit-sedikit ditinggalkan karena sangat mudah disalahgunakan.

khan skrg aja udah disalah gunain oleh pemerintah penguasa.... he3