Bill Schwarz, familiar to Twitter followers as Ryder Japhy, has recently said that his health is deteriorating. As he has congestive heart failure, this is not a good sign. All anyone can really do is pray for him.
But, he is also claiming to be writing an article for the Elephant Journal "exposing" Kunzang Palyul Chöling (KPC), which is a favorite target of hate propagator, William Cassidy, whose behavior has been extensively catalogued online. In a tweet last night, however, Schwarz refers to KPC as "Karma Palchen Choeling" and also misspelled Palyul as "Payul". He corrected his error this morning, saying it was a "mis-tweet". One has to wonder about his mental state.
One wonders even more about his mental state when his claims against KPC are examined. If he cannot even get the name of the organization right, how can he possible claim to know anything about it? It would seem that he basically repeats everything fed to him by none other than Bill Cassidy, convicted violent felon, and a font of lies and disinformation if there ever was one. Since Schwarz has blocked anyone and everyone he doesn't want to listen to, there is no way that the lies and distortions he is parroting for Cassidy can be answered and corrected. So much for any pretense at accuracy. And he claims to be a journalist? What does that mean exactly? Maybe a North Korean journalist could identify, but certainly no journalist with any integrity would ever listen to only one side of a story, particularly one as transparently false as what Cassidy pushes.
Hopefully the editor of the Elephant Journal, can see through the lies and refuses to publish it. Further, that he is aware that knowingly publishing libelous material makes him as culpable as the author.
The question is, why Bill Schwarz chose to end this life (if indeed he is approaching death) as a tool for Bill Cassidy. He has not demonstrated the most basic requirement that a true journalist must have to be credible, the integrity to look at all sides of an issue rather than just one. Virtually all of Cassidy's outrageous accusations against Ahkön Lhamo and KPC are easily refuted. Why is Schwartz so afraid of the truth?
Perhaps another tweet from Schwarz gives a hint. In it he said that "free speech is the same as right speech." This is a ludicrous concept. If someone were to call for the execution of, say, all Christians, would that be right speech? Hardly. But it would be protected free speech under the First Amendment. Spreading malicious lies about someone is also protected free speech (within limits), but the teachings of the Buddha are clear on gossip and slander. It is definitely not right speech. Schwartz is simply bending the pure teachings of the Buddha to his own nefarious ends, which, it should be clear to anyone who has even the slightest knowledge of what the Buddha taught, is extraordinary negative karma which will have a very bad result. If Schwartz actually believes such drivel, he is in serious trouble when he reaches the bardo of the intermediate state. Please pray for him.
