The Dalai Lama is 75 today

Today, 6 July 2010, is the Dalai Lama’s 75th birthday. For decades, he has been a purveyor of hope, setting a generous example of wisdom, non-violence and compassion for a better world.

I felt the need to highlight a bit of the Dalai Lama's wisdom after reading this disgusting bit of horse crap on Malcontents blog...

Yes, my good friends, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said that President Barack Obama has asked him to “find ways to reach out to dominantly Muslim countries.
There is absolutely nothing to support or justifying this insanity.
Now why on earth would the President of the United States want to sent the head of NASA, to be interviewed by Al Jazeera? Do we now want to sent the first Muzzie to the moon? If we do, then I suggest that we leave him there! And possibly take Obama with him!
I seriously think that we have to ask ourselves if this strange man sitting in the Oval Office is posing as President of the United States or not, or is he just a Marx-leaning anti-American, and really actually mentally ill. This sort of perverted thing has become a regular daily occurrence.
Or maybe he wants to teach the Muzzies to operate our space shuttles and then let them fly into buildings, now that airport security is too tight. And another thing! Wouldn’t this be considered “Racial Profiling? You can’t specifically pick on a Muslim in an airport security line, or stop them or a Mexican on the street to ask them if they are a citizen? So tell me why should you be able to give them special favors in NASA?
Why is the Magic Negro reaching out to Muslims to build up their self esteem? Why should we even give a crap about their self esteem? This is more evidence, as if we needed any more, of Obama's lack of interest in American achievement and American Greatness. Now he wants to spread America’s achievements and America’s Greatness, so that we could bring self esteem to the Muslim world!


 This post on the Dalai Lama is not about religion it's about tolerance for all religions, which the conservative right shows us in their ignorance they have none!


A few of the Dalai Lamas words from the New York Times.....

Many Faiths, One Truth

By TENZIN GYATSO

Though intolerance may be as old as religion itself, we still see vigorous signs of its virulence. In Europe, there are intense debates about newcomers wearing veils or wanting to erect minarets and episodes of violence against Muslim immigrants. Radical atheists issue blanket condemnations of those who hold to religious beliefs. In the Middle East, the flames of war are fanned by hatred of those who adhere to a different faith.

Such tensions are likely to increase as the world becomes more interconnected and cultures, peoples and religions become ever more entwined. The pressure this creates tests more than our tolerance — it demands that we promote peaceful coexistence and understanding across boundaries.

Granted, every religion has a sense of exclusivity as part of its core identity. Even so, I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding. While preserving faith toward one’s own tradition, one can  respect , admire and appreciate other traditions.


And I'll close with this from Huffington Post writer Bhuchung K. Tsering...

 During the Dalai Lama's May visit to the United States that included trips to Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and New York, I was struck by his categorical assertion that the world is becoming more gentle and positive. This is quite contrary to popular feeling of the world becoming more violent and crisis-ridden. It has certainly provided much food for thought to students of the developing society.

His Holiness was adamantly clear during his lectures, his brief appearance on NBC's The Today Show, and during his meetings with the press in general that the world is becoming more positive. The indicators of his world view were the broader human concern for man-made or natural calamities worldwide (shown in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Tibet), the existence of peace movements throughout the world (which was visible prior to the United States' war in Iraq, for example); the emergence of an environmental movement (there was no such movement in the beginning of the previous century); and the increased interaction between science and religion (science is showing interest in not just external matters but also in the study of mind). In short, through a comparison between the 20th century and the 21st century so far, the Dalai Lama feels the world is becoming more positive.

The Dalai Lama feels that much of the blame for the popular view of the world becoming worse should be placed on the media, which tends to always highlight the negative (even though it involves only a miniscule amount of the world's total population) while taking the positive for granted.

I just stole this from MadMike....
Released today by France 24 and Radio France Inter­na­tionale, the Har­ris Inter­ac­tive Poll asked 6,135 adults between the ages of 16 and 64 who live in the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Ger­many or Spain to name their favorite world leaders.
Seventy-seven per­cent of those sur­veyed chose Obama, which is one per­cent­age point higher than when Har­ris Inter­ac­tive asked the same ques­tion in November.

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Close on his heels is the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spir­i­tual leader, who was men­tioned by 75 per­cent of those polled. U.S. Sec­re­tary of State Hillary Rod­ham Clin­ton came in third at 62 per­cent,

stick that where the sun don't shine Obama haters!

Thanks BJ for the post idea! ;)