Many young people are rising to that challenge.
Many have accepted that challenge, and many have given all, to make that dream of peace a reality.
God Bless our troops.
Posted on 09/26/2005 3:12:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Dalai Lama told 36,000 people at Rutgers Stadium that the concept of war was outdated and young people have a responsibility to make this century one of peace.
"This whole planet is just us," the 70-year-old exiled monk said Sunday. "Therefore, destruction of another area essentially is destruction of yourself."
Tibet's spiritual leader also urged the audience to develop a wider world perspective, not just focus on "America, America, America."
"His quiet mind is the kind of serenity New Jersey, home of strip malls, could use," Arielle Gomberg said.
The speech was the largest nonathletic event in Rutgers history, topping visits by former President Clinton and former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
A row of monks, wearing traditional gold and maroon, sat near the stage on blankets, pillows or mats spread across the 10- and 20-yard lines on the football field.
The Dalai Lama, who won the 1989 Nobel peace prize, accepted an honorary degree from Rutgers President Richard McCormick. He said it was an honor to receive it without having to work hard and study.
In his lecture, "Peace, War and Reconciliation," the Dalai Lama said society's dream should be a world free of nuclear and biological weapons.
He noted their danger — and their expense, saying some African states have an abundance of weapons, but not enough food.
Also Sunday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the Dalai Lama the key to the city, calling him "a moral beacon to millions around the world, with a clear and constant voice for human rights."
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 following an aborted uprising against Chinese rule in the territory and now keeps an office in exile in the Himalayan town of Dharmsala, India.
Yep......that'll work!! Count me in!!
Obviously you are not Muslim.
I seemed to remember him supporting some Asian rebels at one time also. He's just talking fluff, like most religious leaders with no balls. There's sad few exceptions.
Now that September the 11th is fading away to many, he's again throwing out the buzzwords to all the unbathed who have Free Tibet bumper stickers on their old school buses.
Exactly. If it were up to us, we would have peace, unfortunately not everybody else is on the same page. Dalai is barking up the wrong tree.
He says we should not just focus on "America, America, America." Yet when we do the world screams "Imperialist Warmongers!", or "No blood for oil!"
Yep, must be nice to hide within the secure walls of America and lecture us on our blood-thirsty ways.
Jesus said there would be wars and rumors of wars all the way to the end of days, and I certainly believe Him.
Sorry about that, Dalai.
This is revisionist history. Actually the Dali Lama was kidnapped by the Tibetan patriots and moved to India because they feared his pro Chinese central government position would defeat their cause.
Get your peace-lovin' exiled @ss over to Red China and try shoveling your crap over there. And take that POS drama queen Bloomberg with you.
I'll be pressing my nose against the TV screen as CNN reports that you two delusionalists have been given the Key (to the Prison) of the City of Shangai.
*** Now that September the 11th is fading away to many, he's again throwing out the buzzwords to all the unbathed who have Free Tibet bumper stickers on their old school buses. ***
After we defeat the left and the terrorists, I would love to send the military in to do just that: 'Free Tibet', and Africa too!
What he is saying is merely an ends without a means. World peace would be nice, but how do we get there? Certainly not by appeasing the UN, the French, and all the Jihadistas in the world who would love to see us dead.
The Dalai Lama is a man of peace, he can be no other way.
One must meditate on compassion, THEN kill your enemies
in the most compassionate way.
Knowing this clear light of reality as your own intellect, blissful and shining, and thine own concousness
unobstructed and inseparable from it, is the Dharma-kaya,
the state of Perfect Enlightenment.
Jesus would kick his ASS!!!
Fine by me, just could he please tell AQ et al and get them to cooperate first?
I don't think it exists, quite frankly. If we got rid of our Enemies, we'd soon begin fighting amongst ourselves. Peaceniks don't feel any hunger to reach for the stars.
Why did this POS leave out "Terrorism is outdated"?
Screw you, you Jiminy-Cricket looking turd!
***"Jesus would kick his a#@#"**
No,
Satan will burn him eternally
Yeah, why isn't he in Islamabad, or Mecca, or...
Beijing?
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