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>You can travel anywhere in the world, yet you don't bother to cross the
road to meet your neighbors," he said. "I >don't think people have become
more selfish, but their lives have become easier and that has spoilt them. They
have >less resilience, they expect more, they constantly compare themselves
to others and they have too much choice -- >which brings no real
freedom."
My God! How true he
is!!
I am so pround of him.
I say the Voice of the
East.
RB
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Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:16
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Subject: [Assam] Dalai Lama Speaks On
Dealing With Terrorism
Dalai Lama speaks for the East.
www.breitbart.com
LONDON, ENGLAND, March 31, 2006: The exiled Tibetan spiritual
leader told The Daily Telegraph that terrorists should be treated humanely. He
also revealed the workings of his relationship with US President George W.
Bush, said Westerners had become too self-absorbed and repeated his opposition
to homosexuality in a wide-ranging interview. The Dalai Lama said modern
terrorism was born out of jealousy of Western lifestyles. "Fundamentalism is
terrifying because it is based purely on emotion, rather than intelligence,"
the 70-year-old monk said at the seat of his government-in-exile in the
northern Indian hilltop town of Dharamsala. "It prevents followers from
thinking as individuals and about the good of the world. "This new terrorism has been brewing for many years. Much of it
is caused by jealousy and frustration at the West because it looks so highly
developed and successful on television. Leaders in the East use religion to
counter that, to bind these cou ntries together. " Terrorists, he warned, must
be treated humanely. "Otherwise, the problem will escalate. If there is one
Bin Laden killed today, soon there will be 10 Bin Ladens. Awesome. Ten Bin
Ladens killed, the hatred is spread; 100 bombed, and 1,000 lose members of
their families."
Although he appeared not to approve of the war
in Iraq, he was admiring of Bush. "He is very straightforward," said the monk.
"On our first visit, I was faced with a large plate of biscuits. President
Bush immediately offered me his favorites, and after that, we got on fine. On
my next visit, he didn't mind when I was blunt about the war. "By my third
visit, I was ushering him into the Oval Office. I was astonished by his grasp
of Buddhism."
He told the broadsheet that Westerners had become
self-absorbed, burdened with too much choice. "It is fascinating. In the West,
you have bigger homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences --
yet you never seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet
you don't bother to cross the road to meet your neighbors," he said. "I don't
think people have become more selfish, but their lives have become easier and
that has spoilt them. They have less resilience, they expect more, they
constantly compare themselves to others and they have too much choice -- which
brings no real freedom."
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