Slog - Comments on Dalai Lama to Journalists: "My Hope is That You're Also Part of Humanity" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha I don't know if all of his press conferences are like this, but the early-morning media availability that the Dalai Lama held in Seattle on Sunday (I was there, randomly, as the invisible hand of AFP) turned out to be quite a remarkable deviation from every other presser I've attended. The Dalai Lama opened with this: Good morning, everybody. I have nothing to say. He then spent about five minutes talking to the assembled journalists about the ways in which we might live more successful, happy lives—also unusual, but rather apropos given the state of our industry. "Anger, hatred, jealousy,... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:10:37 -0800 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by bma At any point did he say, "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and Hate leads to suffering."

?

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997533 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:18:37 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Media types? Part of humanity? Only if you get them drunk.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997534 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:19:18 -0800 Comment by Chris B Does he also believe that the children are the future?

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997553 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:24:53 -0800 Comment by raymond bma - is fear EVER justified? Perhaps if someone was walking around your bed at night with a raging chainsaw, you'd be...a little afraid and fearful, which would lead to running, not the dark side. the running would lead to optimism and hope...that you wouldn't get chain sawed, which would lead to life, which would be good. love and light. so, therefore, "fear" as a solitary notion being "all bad" is total horseshit.

Now, more interesting is the notion of "unwarranted fear". thats an interesting conversation. Most fears are...unwarranted. but some are. thats why we have things like radar and insurance and traffic lights. otherwise, we'd have a lot more warranted scenarios of fear.

"oh yeah, did he by any chance mention that love is good?"


]]> raymond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997559 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:27:57 -0800 Comment by bma @4: Missed that reference by a mile, eh? :)

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997577 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:36:27 -0800 Comment by SeMe humans? no way, one only needs to read the journalist and the murderer to understand the predatory manipulative mind of the journalist.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997592 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:40:48 -0800 Comment by bobcat how to I get to be a Lama and tour the world Rock Star style? I mean he's the spiritual leader of a country he's not allowed in, but still manages to pack arenas and stoke out millions of people daily!

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997598 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:43:16 -0800 Comment by PopTart @1 Ah, the Dalai Lama is Yoda. Clearly I see now.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997608 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:47:53 -0800 Comment by raymond @1 - yes, yes, now I see...yeeees. I did miss that one by a mile. Not fear you were speaking of, but...something else veeeery profound and deep, deep enough for the slog. Thank you. my buddha friend.

]]> raymond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997629 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:53:27 -0800 Comment by Joe M Does all of humanity keep a bottle of Wild Turkey in the lower desk drawer?

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997699 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:14:51 -0800 Comment by max solomon yoda is a pale reflection of the enlightened buddhist leader.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997738 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:28:26 -0800 Comment by tomcat98109 In the words of Carl Spackler, "Big hitter, the Lama."

]]> tomcat98109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997744 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:30:14 -0800 Comment by COMTE @10:

Not so much anymore.

For example, instead of Wild Turkey, my lower desk drawer now only contains a jar of Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997771 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:41:57 -0800 Comment by left coast Why exactly would someone who supports the NRA and keeps company with the perpetrators of the killing 600k-1m innocent Iraqis be in a position to comment about humanity?

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997818 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:31 -0800 Comment by raymond @ 14 - do you get to drop yourself off at the dumb shit park on the way home, or do you have to take you home?

]]> raymond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997846 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:08:26 -0800 Comment by left coast Good one dickwad, I'm guessing you're the other Raymond that everyone avoids.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997883 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997883 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:22:35 -0800 Comment by squeezing my brain America....are you bitter?

]]> squeezing my brain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c997919 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:40:01 -0800 Comment by David Wright Sounds to me like he has about the same take on journalists as the rest of us -- right down there with politicians and personal injury lawyers.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998005 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:28:23 -0800 Comment by Andrew Question for Mr Lama: If China freed Tibet today would you expect that Tibetians would hold open and free elections to determine their own destiny based on democratic ideals?

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998012 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:05 -0800 Comment by raymond Answer the fucking question, LEFT COAST!

I'm sorry - I'm very much kidding. Left Coast, I have compassion for both you and me. I didn't know the Dalai Lama supported the NRA nor did I know he commiserated with evil empires such as us. what does that say for you? or are you paying taxes in Canada and just cherry picking comments in america?

]]> raymond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998042 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:49:23 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 @1 - Yoda is a mish-mash of every Eastern philosophy that George Lucas has ever heard of. For chrissakes, his name is one letter away from being Yoga. That's some real hippy shit right there.

"Mickey Rooney, maybe? OVER THIS INTERVIEW IS!"

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998112 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:31:09 -0800 Comment by left coast I guess that was a little cryptic Raymond. I was referring to 5280 @2 sock puppeting a human being.

I hold the Dalai Lama in high regard. I do think that Tibetans can be trusted with democracy. Steven Hadley is one of the dumbest men alive, and it's a joke to claim the Olympics are just about sports. There is no excuse for dipshit cowboy to be sitting at the opening ceremonies wondering if they'll be Chinese food after.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998134 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998134 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:46:07 -0800 Comment by bobcat do you think the microphone that the Dalai Lama spoke into was made in China?

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dalai_lama_to_journalists_my_hope_is_tha#c998198 Media Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:04 -0800