I am the 'merely curious.' Describe in detail, please? :)
2006-08-03 16:40:58 · 9 answers · asked by Snickles 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I met him in San Francisco...I am Buddhist though I am a white American living in China. He is urbane and good humored, his voice sounds squeaky to me but his English is quite good...( I had even learned some phrases of Tibetan to greet him...but I didn't have the chance to use them). I gave him an enlarged photo of the Potala Palace where he used to rule and another of a Xigase monastery. He is an intelligent person and very knowledgeable in worldly affairs.
2006-08-03 16:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've seen the Dalai Lama in person a couple of years ago, when he visited Toronto Ontario. I was at a convention right by the hotel he was staying at, so after it was finished, I popped over there to see if I could see him.
When he returned, I called out 'hi' to him, & he turned around & smiled & waved at me.
It was a pretty cool experience, alright. However, as a Catholic, I much preferred when I got to see Pope John Paul II a couple years before seeing the Dalai Lama, when the Pope was in Toronto. I went up to the Convent where he was staying, just before he was heading off to Mexico, & he came up in a golf cart to the gates, to see all the people who came. I was only a few inches away from him.
For me, that was a much greater experience.:-)
2006-08-03 23:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't met or seen him in person, but I've read his "Ethics for the New Millenium," and despite being an atheist I admire not only the Buddhism but the Dalai Lama in particular. He's a truly great man.
2006-08-03 23:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by SecondStar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although deeply spiritual, he is still a man. Just a man. A mere mortal. Just another of God's creatures. But he doesn't molest little boys like priests do.
2006-08-03 23:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've met him when I was like 6-7 in my Primary School in Singapore... he visited with our Prime Minister.
2006-08-03 23:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by lolitakali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not seen him. He is a good lad. working for the peace of the world.
2006-08-03 23:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw him. He needs better glasses
2006-08-03 23:44:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dressed up as him for Halloween, does that count?
2006-08-03 23:44:39 · answer #8 · answered by 1hunglo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wHEN I SAW HIM, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS
2006-08-03 23:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋