--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 2, 2007, at 10:46 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > >> > >> Do you really think that peons get a chance to see the > >> Dali Lama these days, unless it is a publicity gimmick? > > > > Uh...Dalai Lama. The Dali Lama was a surrealistic > > figure in one of Salvador Dali's paintings, this > > melted guy in ochre robes dripping over a table. :-) > > > >> Past a certain size, organizational structure disallows > >> the boss from getting his hands dirty with the peasants. > > > > The last time the Dalai Lama was in Paris, I (whom > > one could pretty well class as a "peon," since I > > am not rich and am not a member of any established > > Tibetan Buddhist sangha) was able to see him in > > public several times and meet with him privately > > for a few moments. He didn't ask me for a centime. > > > Same here. He was very accessible. >
Really? How many people are asking to see him? And to suggest that he doesn't want cash is silly. He has his uses for cash, just as MMY does. He uses pomp and circumstance quite well: http://www.dalailama.com/images/pgallery/printable3.jpg
