picketing the Dalai Lama is so unneccesary and unseemly

[vlyons]

3. I don't think that you can stop them

They have to discover for themselves that they are not practicing the dharma about right speech. We are not supposed to disparage others with our words. Or use words to create disharmony and stir up anger and outrage. Rather our words are supposed to help bring reconciliation between people, who disagree and bear grudges. I guarantee you that HH the DL is not harmed by their protests and slanders, except that he might feel sadness for them to be stuck in such ugliness. If it weren't the DL that they were protesting about, they would find another target to vent their outrage on. Their anger and outrage exists only in their minds. It's not inherently in the DL. Don't turn them into your target. Don't set up a target for the arrow.