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Dalai Lama
Hello Friends,
I just wanted to share with you that I did attend His Holiness' speech at the University of Buffalo on the 19th; Promoting peace across borders through education. I also joined the procession with the Monks from the Dreprung Loseling Monastery to disperse the sand from the Mandala into moving water to convey its special healing blessing to the world. Last was a talk by Lama Surya Das, a UB grad, and student with HHDL for eight years in India. This was the bigest event in the history of the university. It lasted all week, and thirty thousand people filled UB stadium to capacity to hear the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness talked for over an hour mainly about warmheartedness being the key to deeper satisfaction and happiness. He also said that the last century was a century of violence, and that we should make this century a century of dialogue. The local paper had this quote; "We need religous spirituality. Please practise sincerely and seriously. Religious teaching should be part of our daily life."
I just want to add what Lama Surya Das said about something I had noticed as well. That is the lack of media coverage, even though the Dalai Lama has been all over North America speaking for weeks now. He said their policy is "If it bleeds it leads."
My policy is share the good stuff.
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Have a beautifull day!
I just wanted to share with you that I did attend His Holiness' speech at the University of Buffalo on the 19th; Promoting peace across borders through education. I also joined the procession with the Monks from the Dreprung Loseling Monastery to disperse the sand from the Mandala into moving water to convey its special healing blessing to the world. Last was a talk by Lama Surya Das, a UB grad, and student with HHDL for eight years in India. This was the bigest event in the history of the university. It lasted all week, and thirty thousand people filled UB stadium to capacity to hear the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness talked for over an hour mainly about warmheartedness being the key to deeper satisfaction and happiness. He also said that the last century was a century of violence, and that we should make this century a century of dialogue. The local paper had this quote; "We need religous spirituality. Please practise sincerely and seriously. Religious teaching should be part of our daily life."
I just want to add what Lama Surya Das said about something I had noticed as well. That is the lack of media coverage, even though the Dalai Lama has been all over North America speaking for weeks now. He said their policy is "If it bleeds it leads."
My policy is share the good stuff.
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Have a beautifull day!
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your absolutely right.. this stuff should be all over the news, in papers, on the nightly news, billboards that he is coming to visit, should be adds on the pc... and more. you are doing your part by spreading the good news, the hopfullness, the guidence thats so needed out there.. im sure some of the troops family would take comfort in hearing the highlights on the nightly news what the DL had to say..
we had him here in vancover.. and they showed highlights everynight.
unfortunetly i missed it.. but there is another viewing of all the nights put together.. i can catch that.
anyway.. again i thank u for passin a comforting email.. i will pass along what you shared as well..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14921316/
and this for his stop in Denver...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14827209/
I found nothing on CNN.com
Having spent the last few years trying to raise the Dalai Lama's profile in the national press, I can confirm that they do not want to know. I fear that I have had to come to the conclusion that there is another agenda here. Lama Surya Das has a point and I would also add another: editors depend, for their jobs, on advertising revenue and publisher goodwill. Here, in the UK, much of our media is dominated by the Murdoch Organisation which makes no secret of its support for Beijing. The media, aware of public love for HHDL, will allow an occasional picture and report, but avoid regular reporting.
If you want to construct a wider 'conspiracy', you could add the fact that Tibetan Buddhism is still seen through the lens of the exotic and the occult by illiterate editors who fear upsetting the increasingly vindictive neo-Christian extremists.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Sep17/0,4670,PeaceJam,00.html
Another from Fox news
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215941,00.html?sPage=fnc.world/iraq
I had to really get down and search for these articles. It is a shame his visits do not get more attention. The events that he attends pretty much all sell out as far as tickets go so I don't understand it. Yes I know that people hide it if they do report it, but then why report it at all? When are people going to stop bowing down and think for themselves??
STP: The Murdoch group you speak of, is that the same as the Rupert Murdoch that runs most networks in the US?
Exactly the same!
that makes perfect sense then...
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metta
There's a lot of articles on this subject on the google search I ran, though most of them aren't from the major press.
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metta
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Also, lot's of good stuff here.
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metta
Now if the Pope came to the US it would be all over the news, on EVERY station and newspaper!
great I'll have to check it out at home later, thanks for the link!
Kim
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/09/07/bc-dalai-lama.html