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| The Dalai Lama on Bush: "He was honest and straightforward, and that is very important." |
| 2009-05-01 |
| Jay Nordlinger, "The Corner" @ National Review The Dalai Lama has been visiting the Boston area, and I’d like to mention a few reports. First, a note from an NRO reader: Hi, Jay, And here is an item from The Tech, an MIT newspaper: After his speech, the Dalai Lama answered questions, including one about model leaders. He singled out President George W. Bush for his straightforwardness, but stopped short on complimenting him for much else. Full article, here....And here is something from the Boston Globe: “. . . the Dalai Lama said, referring to former President George W. Bush, ‘I love President Bush,’ acknowledging serious policy disagreements, but citing Bush’s warm personality.” (Full article.) Finally, a blogger, whom Google brought up: . . . he came out and told people he and Bush instantly hit it off and he loved the warmonger. He said he would withhold judgment on the attack of Iraq. He also said he supported Bush’s “war on terror” because, according to him, some humans are just inherently evil, referring to the Muslim “extremists” Bush branded for the kill. Bush is evil but the Dalai Lama proclaimed he loved him. The Dalai Lama is no Buddist. (Full piece here.) In my experience — and I’m just generalizing here — the better the person, the more positive he is about George W. Bush. Certainly the less snarky and narrow. Most of the people I admire most, admire the 43rd president. (Please note that I said “most of the people,” not “all of the people.”) This is particularly true of those who know something about tyranny, and the need to resist it: e.g., the Dalai Lama. Anyway . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #16 Anonymoose's story was an enjoyable read. No elbow patch tweed jackets are required to be a teacher or a student at life. The Dalai Lama seems to know this better than most. He was presciently observant about Bush's strong points. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-05-01 21:44 |
| #15 Tibetan Buddhism is far different from Japanese and Chinese. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-05-01 21:34 |
| #14 Does 'Moose's story imply that the forthcoming release of Windows 7 is actually the reincarnation of Window 3.1? My understanding of the WWII Japanese is they practiced a combination of Shinto, Buddhism and worship of the Emperor as a god. I suspect it was the latter that got them into the most trouble. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-05-01 20:50 |
| #13 mojo, I believe the majority of japanese soldiers at that time adhered to shinto principles. There are several strains of budhism. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-05-01 17:55 |
| #12 The reception to the Dalai Lama's statement about George "McChimpBushhitler" is proof positive of both the pure brainwashing taking place in our colleges today, and the arrogance of college students in this country. It never seemet to occur to these arrogant students that a man who has lived three or four times as long as they have, who has many times more experience in the real world, could be right, and they, in their state of ignorance and arrogance, could be wrong. They attacked the Dalai Lama because he didn't parrot the politically correct nonsense they'd been subjected to in our "public schools" since they were five years old. I offer a sincere apology to the Dalai Lama for being accosted by such mental midgets. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-05-01 17:51 |
| #11 Many, if not most, Japanese were Buddhist during WWII. Didn't stop them from razing Nanking and slaughtering tens of thousands of Chinese. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-05-01 17:51 |
| #10 'Moose, that story is just completely Twilight Zone. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-05-01 17:00 |
| #9 One of the important elements of the most respected Buddhist leaders is that they are totally unpredictable. They neither engage in idle chatter, nor countenance political correctness or polite expediency. They tailor what they say and do based on the impact they want to have on that particular audience, individually or in a group. One hilarious tale was of a group of diplomatic monks arriving at LAX, one of whom was an aged, senior monk brought as a courtesy. As they were walking through the concourse, a 10-year-old Mexican girl who was at the airport with her mother went up to the group of monks, turned to the senior monk and started loudly cussing him out, in English. She called him a bad student who was always slacking off, sleeping in class, late with his assignments, and a generally worthless excuse of a monk. Snarl, snap. He looked at her puzzled for a second, then his eyes got very big and he started profusely apologizing and promising, babbling that it would never happen again, and that it wasn't his fault, while the other monks looked at him like he had lost his marbles. The imperious little girl stomped her feet and was going to give him more of the same, when the old monk blurted out that she was his teacher back when he was a novice, and had reincarnated. The diplomatic mission was sidetracked. After considerable negotiations with her parents, she took to spending her summers in Nepal. In the article about the phenomenon, there was a picture of the still ferocious looking girl sitting on a high chair, wearing robes far too big for her, as a bunch of wary looking novice monks attended her class. In recent years, a lot of senior monks has expressed their intent to reincarnate to Seattle, as they particularly like the place. Enough so there is now a permanent delegation in the area, to keep watch for any who show up. Typically, they leave a list of omens for them to look for when they will be arriving. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-01 14:52 |
| #8 What do many Jews and Buddhists have in common? They like Christians. What do Muslims and Democrats have in common? They hate Christians. |
| Posted by: Tarzan Greagum5059 2009-05-01 14:30 |
| #7 Buddhists have done their fair share of suffering at the hands of Muslims, Chicoms too. Dunno much about Buddhism but the Dalai Lama comes off as a reasonable sort of a fellow who would tolerate Christians. As the leader of one of the world's main religions and a man who's been around for quite some time, it's too bad the college students could just listen respectfully instead of expressing shock when he says something positive about a former president of the United States. He might just know a thing or two that they don't. You'd think that in an institution of higher learning they'd be a little more open minded. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-05-01 14:18 |
| #6 So Bush gets a fairer shake out of the Dalai Lama than the current administration and all its Bush bashers. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-05-01 14:00 |
| #5 The Dalai Lama is no Buddist. Nossir. And the Pope's no Catholic. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-05-01 13:43 |
| #4 excellent, let Nancy chew on that for awhile.... |
| Posted by: go Tibet 2009-05-01 12:49 |
| #3 Dalai Lama has made a habit of surprising folks. He also {supposedly) said something like 'if some one is trying to kill you with a gun, it is reasonable to stop him with your own gun'. how.....enlightened.... |
| Posted by: Hupeter Scourge of the Geats2483 2009-05-01 12:33 |
| #2 And Bush didn't sell Tibet to bailout GM. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-05-01 11:53 |
| #1 Bush is evil but the Dalai Lama proclaimed he loved him. An intelligent person would pause and self reflect, but the cited poster can't examine his/her own 'truth' of the blind linkage of Bush=evil. As noted a couple weeks back on the Dalai Lama's view of terrorists, that their minds are closed and therefore pacifism won't work is beyond reaching that particular mind either. So to make his/her world fit he/she must proclaim the Dalai Lama not to be a Buddhist. And the earth/self is the center of their universe was well. /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-05-01 10:50 |