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Dalai Lama in NY– why pay some US$400 to hear him speak when what he says is no diff from what any spiritual/religious person would say?

Don’t our *genuine* local parish priest, our local rabbi, or our local iman talk about tolerance, forgiveness and acceptance – and humility?

Surely, he does not need them for reassurance, so why does the DL need to be surrounded on stage by 200 monks?

I imagine that maintaining such a retinue on the road would eat in a few 1000s of donated dollars.

Would it be fitting for Obama or any other *luminary* to come on stage accompanied by such a cohort of their own people? I wasn’t there myself, so were these monks the entertainment factor? Did they chant and dance? Uh … do monks dance?

Why are we, in the West, so mesmerized by the DL?

In spite of a lifetime of hand shaking with a myriad of presidents and CEOs and crisscrossing the globe to fundraise for the Tibetan cause, what has he achieved besides inspire a few thousands of devoted converts in the West and 100s fo honorary conferments and major awards?

If charity starts and home, as the saying goes, I believe so does *enlightenment*.

Are the run-of-the-mill monks and Tibetans in the Kangra valley, around Dharamshala, more genuinely deep down caring, deep down accepting of their karma and enjoying inner peace, deep down in the moment, deep down forgiving of the Chinese, deep down more altruistic than any other people?

If not, then shouldn’t the Dalai lama stay home and enlighten his people first?

Dear Reader, all these are honest questions and I would love to hear back from you – in peace – deep down

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