[personal profile] napoleonherself
For the record, it was apparently the Dalai Lama.

Date: 2007-10-26 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nidoking.livejournal.com
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah... forgot that guy was coming to town.

Date: 2007-10-26 04:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wing-zero-ew.livejournal.com
I saw him speak in Indianapolis a few years ago with two friends of mine. As religious figures go, the guy's all right. Not that I find the Buddhist cosmology any more credible than the Christian one, but at least he isn't out there saying I'm a bad person for not believing in his sky-god.

(In point of fact, the speech I saw him give was on the merits of multiculturalism and religious plurality. He specifically addressed and defended atheists, which makes him, to date, sole religious figure I've ever heard do so.)

Date: 2007-10-26 12:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nidoking.livejournal.com
I figured Buddhism was about accepting things as they are. Those who don't seek enlightenment in this life will have another life afterward in which to find the true path, as many times as it takes. That's just the way it is. So there's no "evil" anyway... just humanity and then enlightenment.

Sounds like a good speech, though.

Date: 2007-10-26 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ryl.livejournal.com
Buddhism is very accepting of atheists. There are atheist Buddhists who don't believe in any gods or bodhisattvas or whatever. They're cool like that.

Date: 2007-10-26 12:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ryl.livejournal.com
Dalai Lama.

Assault rifles.

Ow. Brain hurts.

Date: 2007-10-27 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] napoleonherself.livejournal.com
I know, right?

Date: 2007-11-03 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] napoleonherself.livejournal.com
I totally cognitively skipped over that link until just now, mainly because I am teh suck.

ESCARTOE

Date: 2007-11-01 01:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emsworth.livejournal.com
Maybe he's in town for the opening of the new amateur musical based on his life: "Hello, Dalai."

Date: 2007-11-03 07:06 pm (UTC)

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