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Barnabas meets the Dalai Lama

by Barney

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama with senior faith representatives at Lambeth Palace [Photo: © Lambeth Palace]

Here’s a picture of the Dalai Lama with the religious representatives at Lambeth Palace on 23 May. You can find my post about this wonderful encounter here.

I’m in the back row on the left of the line-up, next to Cardinal Cormac Murpy-O’Connor.

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Related posts:

  1. Meeting the Dalai Lama
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  5. Dining with the Lord Mayor and a room full of bishops

6 comments

1 Gerald { 05.30.08 at 19:12 }

I am very jealous. I am nowhere near nirvana I guess, because I greatly envy you.

Allah’u'abha.

2 Barney { 05.30.08 at 20:59 }

Jealousy will get you nowhere, Gerald, as well you know! I’m sure the Dalai Lama would have something punchy but sweet to say about jealousy and envy.

3 Phillipe { 05.30.08 at 22:00 }

Barney you must be one of the coolest Baha’is in the world, or at least in the top ten (or I guess 19).

4 Barney { 05.31.08 at 11:36 }

Not sure how cool I am, Phillipe, but I am certainly thankful to God for giving me opportunities for service and to meet very interesting people in the course of that service.

5 Gerald { 06.01.08 at 01:13 }

Phillipe,

I have to agree! He can’t be any higher than the tenth coolest though, the top nine spots are permanently claimed.

I have often wondered however, as I have with the Master, how taxing being such a public figure and celebrity must be for the Dalai Lama. Not to compare him to Abdu’l-Baha, but both were men with worries and responsibilities far outweighing their celebrity. A woman in my community once mentioned that Abdu’l-Baha must have had a divine patience, as to such a wise person, any question is a “stupid question”. I expect the Dalai Lama has the same divine patience, if in a more human manner.

God B;ess,
Gerald

6 Barney { 06.01.08 at 13:28 }

The Dalai Lama certainly seems to have that divine patience. Actually, to a wise person, no question is a “stupid question”, particularly if the question comes from the questioner’s heart and is not just an attempt to take up the time of the wise person. And even the most “stupid question” could give rise to the most wonderful answer - as we know from the stories of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

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