'I'm a Marxist' says Dalai Lama, but agrees capitalism has helped China

AFP ^ | May 21, 2010 8:42AM | From correspondents in New York

[kbennkc]

TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he's a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to China, the communist country that exiled him.

"Still I am a Marxist," the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived today with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures.

"(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said.

[kbennkc]

Who did not know this ?

[deadrock]

Well that explains Hollywood’s interest in him.

[dblshot]

Apparently Obama didn’t know. If he had he’d have let him in the front door.

[WayneS]

I thought true marxists had to be atheists.

[WayneS]

"(Marxism has) moral ethics...

No, it most definitely does NOT, Mr. Llama.

[WayneS]

“Big hitter, the Lama...”

[a fool in paradise]

Why redistribute if you are only going to be reincarnated? Keep your stuff for your next life.

[SnakeDoctor]

Why anyone listens to this guy ... or Desmond Tutu ... or Nelson Mandela ... or any other of the supposed “gurus” around the world, is beyond me.

SnakeDoc

[OldNavyVet]

The fact that China is a communist slave state means that capitalism does not exist in China.

Any Rand writes that ...

Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

And this is the pinnacle of enlightenment?

[Huskrrrr]

FOR A DALI, YOU SURE SOUND STUPID!!

[a fool in paradise]

[Richard Kimball]

Am I the only person here who’s never been impressed by the Dolly Llama?

[QualityMan]

LOL

The robes, the grace......

[Psycho_Bunny]

First class fraud.

[two23]

""(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said

Boy is that a shallow statement from such a "wise one". Go back to your Buddhi Bubble in Exile.

[Deb]

Buddhists can be atheists because Buddhism is a philosophy not based on any interpretation of God. Buddha himself was just a teacher and demanded his followers not worship him when he died.

[JPG]

Well, at least the result of Marxism hasn’t cost any human lives. /s

[WayneS]

“...he didn’t tip me — but he told me that on my death bed I would achieve total enlightenment. So I got that going for me... ...which is nice!”

[Arthur McGowan]

Buddhists ARE atheists.

When JPII said this in an interview, the press rushed to the Dalai Lama, hoping to start a catfight.

The Dalai Lama said, “The Pope is correct.”