Posted on 01/18/2009 11:43:04 AM PST by Nachum
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence on Saturday candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed.
"It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence," the Tibetan spiritual leader said delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture here.
He also termed terrorism as the worst kind of violence which is not carried by a few mad people but by those who are very brilliant and educated.
"They (terrorists) are very brilliant and educated...but a strong ill feeling is bred in them. Their minds are closed," the Dalai Lama said.
He said that the only way to tackle terrorism is through prevention. The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile left the audience stunned when he said "I love President George W Bush." He went on to add how he and the US President instantly struck a chord in their first meeting unlike politicians who take a while to develop close ties.
No...you can't make "peace" with such abject killers and tyrants. We learned that in World War II well enough, and how to abjectly defeat them so that it sticks...but are now forgetting it.
Dalai Bama meet Dalai Lama.
Can I call this a miracle?
so in other words, he believes in non-violence, except when it doesn’t work. sounds fair enough. how is that different from me? where’s my international acclaim?
Ping.
I was also heartened to read that he was a fan of the President. How will the "talker-elect" come off amongst world leaders?
Historically, the Tibetans are not a pacific people, not so?
Usually, when your culture has a body of men devoted to peace, love, and meditation, there are also other organizations who specialize in something quite different.
Hey Richard Gere, are you listening?
Sounds just like your average Congressional 'Rat, too.
lol...I bet. It'll give them a good subject for their meditation practice.
/mark
We need to nuke Mecca and carpet bomb Medina and then create an international occupation force to take over Islamic lands and over several generations just wipe the cult off the face of the Earth.
I loved this line. Journalists and leftists from around the world have failed their mission to convince everyone that George Bush is Satan incarnate.
First the miracle on the Hudson, and now the miracle of the Lama. Is it possible Barry will confess just before the inauguration?
“They (terrorists) are very brilliant and educated...but a strong ill feeling is bred in them. Their minds are closed,” the Dalai Lama said.
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That would be the ‘Liberal Elite’ in this country.
I’ve always been a bit worried about a deity that has to wear glassees.
The Tibetans did have an army of sorts—rag-tag and antique weapons that stood no chance against the Chinese.
The Dalai Lama makes liberal heads explode . . . .
But Gandhi agreed -- in order for nonviolence to work, you have to have civilized opponents. If they're barbarians, all bets are off.
Read Kipling's Kim for the Lama's account of a war between monasteries in his youth . . . .
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