Tibet and the attraction of Buddhism

[Peter Kilander]

My rather unenlightened -er, simplistic - view is that Tibetan Buddhism
offers Americans an alternative to the two dominant religions or world
views: greedy capitalistic secularism or the tainted Judeo-Christian
tradition. Tibet offers a way for people to be political and differentiate
themselves from the rest of the apathetic masses and corrupt elite.  I
almost forgot the New Agey crap. I don't know if I'll be able to handle the
bubble bursting here in the U.S. at the turn of the millenium, ushering in
Great Depression Two to the tune of a tsunami of New Age babbling. It's
possible I'll just sit in front of the TV, left and right lobes of the brain
fused, unable even to roll my eyes in knowing dirision, my mind stumped by
the unfolding historical koan, a koan equivalent to " what's the sound of
one hand clapping?" raised to the 10th power.