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hrmjustin

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Thu Nov 6, 2014, 10:00 AM Nov 2014

The Dalai Lama Gives New Yorkers A Lesson On Wisdom As Opponents Protest Outside

Carol Kuruvilla and Antonia Blumberg

NEW YORK -- As protesters milled on the sidewalk outside, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama took center stage at the Beacon Theater on Monday with a lesson on how to find wisdom and recognize "ultimate truths."

Surrounded by faithful monks, nuns and an audience of supporters, the Tibetan Buddhist leader urged his disciples to use reasoning when examining both scriptural texts and teachers. "Ultimate truths" can be evidenced in religious teaching, but can also be inferred through logic, he said.

"Anything that is violating norms of reason or is contradictory should not be accepted, even though it is coming from a high lama," the Dalai Lama said through an interpreter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/dalai-lama-new-york_n_6097362.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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The Dalai Lama Gives New Yorkers A Lesson On Wisdom As Opponents Protest Outside (Original Post) hrmjustin Nov 2014 OP
Wow....he is a revolutionary! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #1
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