Wow Ensapa, you are right about modern days serfs. The old Tibetans were born into serfdom. They didn't have a choice. This one looks like she volunteered to be one and became trapped into intellectual servitude by a propaganda she doesn't understand. Too bad because the whole idea behind learning Buddhism is to free our minds and to refuse to be shackled by our baseless perceptions and prejudices. And it also looks like there a new lineage coming up called the "wind rumoured" teaching lineage. Ensapa...looks like your ear-whispered teachings has competition. You think?
Actually, such things could be the result of a mental disorder as well. The writing of some of the debaters up there does not sound normal at all. It sounds more like a delusional disorder where they have a very firm belief in something that is not real and when people challenge that, they get hostile and angry. This is the more devastating effect on the ban: creating and causing people to have mental disease. Sometimes, it is not the actual belief itself that causes the mental disease but they act as a trigger for mental disease to manifest and take control of the minds of these unfortunate individuals.
Here's a brief writeup of it. Does it not match the disposition of some anti Dorje Shugden people?
Overview
Delusional disorder is an illness characterized by the presence of nonbizarre delusions in the absence of other mood or psychotic symptoms, according to the Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).[1] It defines delusions as false beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the contrary and these beliefs are not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture.
Nonbizarre refers to the fact that this type of delusion is about situations that could occur in real life, such as being followed, being loved, having an infection, and being deceived by one's spouse.
Delusional disorder is on a spectrum between more severe psychosis and overvalued ideas. Bizarre delusions represent the manifestations of more severe types of psychotic illnesses (eg, schizophrenia) and "are clearly implausible, not understandable, and not derived from ordinary life experiences".[1]
On the other end of the spectrum, making a distinction between a delusion and an overvalued idea is important, the latter representing an unreasonable belief that is not firmly held.[1] Additionally, personal beliefs should be evaluated with great respect to complexity of cultural and religious differences: some cultures have widely accepted beliefs that may be considered delusional in other cultures.
Unfortunately, patients with delusional disorder do not have good insight into their pathological experiences. Interestingly, despite significant delusions, many other psychosocial abilities remain intact, as if the delusions are circumscribed. Indeed, this is one of the key differences between delusional disorder and other primary psychotic disorders. However, the individual may rarely seek psychiatric help, remain isolated, and often present to internists, surgeons, dermatologists, policemen, and lawyers rather than psychiatrists. Despite this, their prognosis, while not good, is not as bad as other more severe disorders.
Case study
Mrs. K is a 39-year-old woman who was brought to the inpatient psychiatric unit by police after being arrested for trespassing on Mr. L’s property. Upon arrival, Mrs. K was adamant about being released, stating that she was simply entering her husband’s home, adamantly declaring that Mr. L was her husband. She elaborated a story about how much the two of them loved each other, when they got married, and how she was currently pregnant with his child. In actuality, Mr. L used to be Mrs. K’s boss, and had fired her because of her inappropriate romantic advances several years prior. Mrs. K was married to another man in Florida, with whom she denied any relationship, stating that she was kidnapped for 4 years, and after escaping, had come to California to be with her husband, Mr. L. Mrs. K was diagnosed with delusional disorder, erotomanic type, and was started on risperidone.
I wonder if they would be neutral about Dorje Shugden after the medications.
