The Dalai Lama loves Bush

The Dalai Lama, the beloved leader of the beleaguered Tibetans, is a man who often speaks in sweeping terms. As would be expected of a spiritual man.

So it is not surprising that while on a weeks-long teaching tour of the United States, the 73-year-old Buddhist leader recently waxed exuberant about how much it meant to him to have President Bush's support from the moment the two first met in the White House on May 23, 2001. He told CNN's Carol Costello:

I love him. Because since my first visit, I noted he as a human being [was] very nice, very open, very straightforward. My first call at that time, within a few seconds, we became very close friends. So I love him.

The Dalai Lama suggested that Bush "lacked understanding of reality" in launching a war in Iraq where it turned out there were no weapons of mass destruction. And he said Americans in general need to learn "the reality of limitation," because raw consumerism can led to "too much stress, too much competition and too much desire."

But the Tibetan leader, born in China but exiled to India after the failed Tibetan uprising in 1959, also said he is happy that China is the host of this summer's Olympic Games and has no quarrel with world leaders who plan to attend. In fact, the Dalai Lama himself has asked to attend, but has so far been turned down by the Beijing government.

-- Johanna Neuman

Photo: Eric Draper / White House

Comments

[Rod Miller]

Check your history. Tibet was not part China prior to the Chinese invasion during the 1950's. Tibet had an independant government from china for many hundreds of years. Culturely, Tibets are very different from Han Chinese.

This is why Tibetans want their independence returned!!!

[John]

Of course Dalai Lama loves President Bush. Bush supports his activities against the Comminst Chinese Government. In return, Dalai Lama, as a so-called world spiritual leader, keeps silent and never criticises Bush for his Iraq war, which has cuased thousands of deaths of the American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians deaths. We all love this "simple monk" who happens to be the god king of the Tibetans.

[Ken]

John, apparently you do not realize that the Dalai Lama himself wrote a letter to President Bush, suggesting that he reconsider his plans for retaliation. The letter has been publicly viewable on the web for some years now. Your claim that he "never" criticizes Bush is incorrect, just as your sarcasm is unwarranted.

[Buddhisama]

The Tibetans are NOT Chinese. They are and always have been independent. Genghis Khan was Mongolian NOT Han nor Manchurian. China was a part of Mongolia NOT the other way around - Johanna Neuman you need a lesson in history. The Dalai Lama is NOT Chinese.

[Marcus Richland]

Two comments:

1. The article: The Dalai Lama was born in Tibet, not China.

2. To the John who says the Dalai Lama "keeps silent and never criticises Bush for his Iraq war". Check your facts. Google around and you will see strong criticism from the Dalai Lama for the Iraq war.

[Ivona Vujica]

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[Adrian]

The biggest enemy to the Tibetans are not the Hans (largest ethnic group in China), but modernization. Globalization is part of modernization of the whole world. A country as large and as populous and as historical as China and India have been forced by this historical trend to make numerous adjustments for their own survials. The US, EU are changing as well. I don't really see much hope for the Tibetan culture to out-live this process. Aterall, the fittest survives. The Tibetan Culture just doesn't fit anymore, unless they can make some fundamental changes to catch up. When nobody had a car, nobody's using a computer, the old Tibetan ways of life were survivable. People don't live in that way any longer. Think about the Mongolians in Mongolia, when they broke away from China nearly 100 years ago, they thought they could make it on their own. What happened later was that it had become a virtual Soviet Republic until the collapse of the USSR in early 1990's. What was even worse was that they (were forced to ?) adopted Russian alphabets -- that is the Mongolians in the country of Mongolia don't recognize their own written script, which was invented during the Kingis Khan time, anymore. There are more Mongolians living in the Chinese Provice of Inner Mongolia. The Chinese Mongolians are still using the same old script. Mongolia today is one of the poorest in Asia. The Chinese Mongolians are far better off. What a shame, what a fate.
Thank god that Tibet remained part of China even though it declared independence from China at the same time Mongolia did so. Otherwise, Tibetans may speak British Engilish, Hindu-English or anything else but Tibetan. BTW, Have you ever heard American Indians?

[Ivona Vujica]

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[Patti Morey]

John McCain showed his support for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans. He met with the Dalai Lama, and I think that was a very righteous and courageous action. Seeing as how China does not approve. Moreover, McCain called for China to release Tibetan prisoners and to grant Tibet autonomy. I thank God that someone in this country still has the balls to stand up for what's right. The Tibetans need our support. I greatly respect John McCain for his good action. The July 25 event is what decided my vote from Democrat to Republican, for McCain. His actions reflect courage, integrity and strength that best exemplify American qualities

[Ivona Vujica]

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