The Dalai Lama’s Daily Routine and Information Diet

Re:The Dalai Lama’s Daily Routine and Information Diet by torgoguys on Friday June 12, 2015 @05:18PM (#9708609)

Thank you. Somebody willing to work at answering the question. Those are some possible reasons. Not good enough for me in this case, but definitely worth pointing out.

I've seen him in person too. Yes, charismatic. I don't think it is my burden to say that you shouldn't, because it is fine with me that you do care. Obviously lots of people care about him. The whole point of my questioning is to get at, "why?" I don't know and so I ask the question. Really, no other motive. He seems to transcend and earn respect from people outside of his religion in a way that other spiritual leaders do not. I want to understand that.

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Re:The Dalai Lama’s Daily Routine and Information Diet by andrepd on Friday June 12, 2015 @06:09PM (#9708875)

I think it mostly has to do with Buddhism being seen by the majority of people, especially in the western world, as an oriental philosophy and less as a religion like Christianity or Islam. So people outside of Buddhism feel sympathetic to the Dalai Lama and Buddhism in general, in a way that, for instance, an Islamic does not feel for the Pope.

It also helps that his messages are in general agreeable. The whole peace and meditation and good-will stuff has a very low potential for controversy.

EDIT: Also let me add that I don't see why you are being buried. You aren't being disrespectful or rude or in anyway breaking the guidelines by asking these questions. You even stated in the first post that you if you came across as snarky it wasn't intended.

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