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The Dalai Lama, Again
3 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in philosophy, politics, Religion
Usually what we hear from the Dalai Lama is an insistant yet soothing voice for compassion and peace. So Tsering Namgyal, a journalist based in Minneapolis, was jolted by the Dalai Lama’s talk to 150 Chinese students this month at the University of Minnesota. Writing at Religion Dispatches, he says:
“Midway through the conversation, His Holiness, much to their surprise, told them ‘as far as socio-political beliefs are concerned, I consider myself a Marxist … But not a Leninist’, he clarified.”
Well, I suppose that we should be grateful for the clarification…
tim · June 11, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Why would he be jolted? The Dali Lana has said this a dozen times before. If you have done any research into his beliefs he should of already known this. This is simply bad reporting.
Author comment by Andrew Stuttaford · June 11, 2011 at 8:12 pm
well, certainly the journalist doesn’t read this blog…http://secularright.org/SR/wordpress/2010/05/21/the-dalai-lama-marxist/
Walenty Lisek · June 12, 2011 at 3:10 am
I always suspected the Dalai Llama was a moral monster.