Word: lama
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
They supposedly share an interest in the principle of compassion, but that doesn't explain why President Bush is meeting the Dalai Lama on Wednesday. After all, Bush administration critics would be quick to point out that we haven't yet seen much of the "compassionate" in the President's conservatism, and it's not for purposes of ecclesiastic discussion that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader visits Western capitals. No, the purpose of the meeting - at least from the Bush administration's side - is to tweak China, and judging by Beijing's furious reaction, it has been a resounding success...
...President Clinton, of course, met the Dalai Lama, too, but he used the diplomatic fig-leaf of the "drop-in" visit - the Tibetan leader just happened to be meeting with Vice President Gore at the White House when the President "spontaneously" dropped in on them - to assuage Beijing. President Bush, however, is holding a scheduled meeting with the Tibetan leader, and China is accusing Washington of interfering in its domestic affairs...
...visit, however, is entirely symbolic. U.S. policy does not support independence for Tibet. The Bush-Dalai Lama meeting comes a day after Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian visited New York and attended a dinner with a group of U.S. congressmen - a substantial shift in the way U.S. administrations have dealt with the island's leaders. In the more hostile atmosphere that has characterized U.S.-China relations under the Bush administration - particularly after the Hainan spy-plane standoff - Washington is happy to find symbolic gestures through which to stand up to Beijing...
...world in which Richard Gere is the Dalai Lama's right-hand man and city-dwelling yuppies clamor for classes in Jewish mysticism at the Y, Sharon's predilection for spiritual fads is nothing new. And given her estranged relationship with her alcoholic mother and rigid father, Sharon's story is a typical one psychologically as well. What distinguishes Paradise Park from many of the other novels that explore spiritual questions is the fact that Sharon eventually gets her answer--she finds her bashert. Goodman's novel is an affirmation of spirituality and an exploration of the way in which...
...accused her of exploiting the culture; some protested outside the London office of her label Warner Records. Back in China, her songs became a sensation among Tibetans when they heard on the background track of her biggest hit the voice of a woman praising, in Tibetan, the current Dalai Lama?the government discovered the track two days after awarding Dadawa its equivalent of a Grammy. She had to recall and re-edit her album, and her videos are still banned in Tibet. Today, Tibet Chic has grown too hot for Dadawa. To avoid looking like a follower of trends...