On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:56 PM, sparaig wrote:
Really? How many people are asking to see him?
A crowd of people (about a hundred or so people), dharma bums,
various cardinals and religious dignitaries, etc.
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
It looks like a formal teaching to me, in which case, he does get all
decked out and often is in an environment much like a mandala.
