Shangri-La?

Catholic Church in Cizhong, near the Tibetan Border

When people discuss religions and their respective good points and bad, people often point to Buddhism as a exception to the religious history of war and intolerance. However, I often said that not every Buddhist is smiling, no matter how many times one see the Dalai Lama doing so.
I am studying the teachings of the Lord Buddha, as well as the logic and natural philosophy of the early Buddhists - with a view to understanding them in comparison to early Greek natural philosophy - and I do not seek to criticize anyone. However, in all things religious, it is important to remember that religion seeks to transform particularly obdurate cathecumens: the human race !

The Lord Buddha was not under any illusions that the future of his teachings would undergo the common shredding, threshing, rending and tearing, and patching back together that all religious teachings have been subject to.

To read an interesting, short history of the interplay of Catholicism and Tibetan Buddhism, read the following:

http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2005/05/cizhong-christian-shangri-la-in-tibet.html

A most interesting place!