Dalai Lama

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I went to a Kalachakra initiation given by the Dalai Lama last August in

Indiana. The monks, every piece of literature on Tibetan Buddhism,

everything I saw, heard or read indicated the importance of vegetarianism in

respecting life. I will have to see for myself, in something the Dalai Lama

has written himself, before I can accept as truth that he occasionally eats

meat. The " being polite " doesn't make sense. The Dalai Lama is an important

person and all protocols regarding him are given to people in advance. The

Dalai Lama's preferences are always given in advance to anyone or any group

that he is visiting. I cannot imagine that it would be possible for him to

be served any food without the prior knowledge and approval of someone in

his service. Also, the Dalai Lama is the incarnation of the Buddha of

Compassion. If any of you saw " Kundun " , the movie about the life of this

14th Dalai Lama, there was an incident (I'm going on memory here, so please

correct me if your memory is better) where work on a building was held up

because he would not allow worms to be killed. To solve the problem, the

worms had to be relocated, unharmed, to another area. Sorry, but this " being

polite " issue just doesn't ring true for me. If someone has the name of the

book, written by the Dalai Lama, and the page number where he admits to

eating meat, I will look it up myself. Until then... I'm not convinced.

Blessings to you all, Sherry