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**Finanziamento** · 12-04-2011, 03:44 PM

Also HHDL has said at every public teaching of his which I have attended over the years, that he is foremost a simple Tibetan Buddhist monk and it is not my understanding that he seeks to become a cult figure in the West.

Hardly a 'simple Buddhist monk' when he lived in the massive Potala Palace in Lhasa before his escape from Tibet. He was also involved in politics and head of the Tibetan government before and after his exile, until he retired from those duties quite recently.

His background and his many books and many TV and public appearances and announcements of one kind or another do actually make him a cult figure in the west. Such a fact can hardly can go unnoticed by him and his advisers.

I definately have nothing against the Dalai Lama as a person, by the way, and I've been to some of his public teachings myself and have a few of his books.

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12-04-2011, 03:44 PM	#9
Finanziamento Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	Also HHDL has said at every public teaching of his which I have attended over the years, that he is foremost a simple Tibetan Buddhist monk and it is not my understanding that he seeks to become a cult figure in the West. Hardly a 'simple Buddhist monk' when he lived in the massive Potala Palace in Lhasa before his escape from Tibet. He was also involved in politics and head of the Tibetan government before and after his exile, until he retired from those duties quite recently. His background and his many books and many TV and public appearances and announcements of one kind or another do actually make him a cult figure in the west. Such a fact can hardly can go unnoticed by him and his advisers. I definately have nothing against the Dalai Lama as a person, by the way, and I've been to some of his public teachings myself and have a few of his books. .
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