Posted on 02/21/2010 1:20:05 PM PST by Daffynition
The Dalai Lama said Saturday that he had - somehow - never heard of Tiger Woods.
When Woods' sex scandal was explained to him, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader emphasized the importance of self-discipline.
All religions have the same idea "when it comes to adultery," he said.
"Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. . . . Self-discipline with awareness of consequences."
Woods, in his carefully scripted apology on Friday, struck a similar line.
He said that in recent years he had "drifted away" from the Buddhist values of his upbringing.
"Buddhism," he said, "teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint."
The embattled golf great said he was planning to rededicate himself to the Eastern religion, and that he owes it to those closest to him "to become a better man."
There was that white tiger in Las Vegas that munched fruit.
Thank you for spreading the same ChiCom propaganda that Beijing has been writing for the western press since 1959. How much do they pay you? I heard that PLAN agents recently took a serious pay cut for internet trolling.
welcome to America, Mr. Lama. Now you see why everyone else hates us?
"After a hard day of chanting, ringing gongs, talking to the janitor in the White House, and walking through garbage, the Dalai Lama has to relax and unwind at one of the trendier Manhattan nightclubs."
I hope the fact that at least one person on earth has no idea who Tiger is gets back to him and reduces his self-importance by 0.001%. Hey, I can dream.
Oww! That one's gotta hurt! LOL.
Indeed. Stones come to mind.
They feed the tigers vegetarians? That's downright mean!
uhhh...still posting from the PRC/CCP playbook we see.
No, that would be like feeding Christians to the lions. And I don't advocate that! (except maybe for some of those tv preacher-crooks)
Buddhist TV Preacher-crooks? My Taiwanese friends tell me they exist.
That might be more than he could bear.
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