I was hanging around with my friend Dan yesterday, just watching TV. A commercial for the new Harry Potter movie came. Then Dan told me that his Mom was going to go see that movie opening night. She was, he explained, a huge Harry Potter fan. She's read all the books and seen all the movies.
After hearing this, you could've knocked me over with a feather. I'd always lumped Dan's mom in with that group of "bourgeois Catholics" who think that reading Harry Potter will incite children to take up witchcraft. But I guess people really can surprise you.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Friday, July 6, 2007
Happy Birthday Dalai Lama
Today is the Dalai Lama's , the spiritual leader of Tibet, 72 birthday.
I was raised Catholic, but after high school I lapsed and didn't actively "practice my faith". Then I began studying Tibetan Buddhism and the teachings of the Dalai Lama in particular. I learned that he and many other Tibetans were forced to leave to escaped persecution from the occupying Chinese. As all theses things were happening to him the Dalai Lama still maintained a non-aggressive stance towards his persecutors. His peaceful attitude was and still is an inspiration to me.
While I did eventually come back to the Catholic faith, a move I often credit to my studies of the Dalai Lama, I still continue to be entranced by the Buddhist way of life.
I was raised Catholic, but after high school I lapsed and didn't actively "practice my faith". Then I began studying Tibetan Buddhism and the teachings of the Dalai Lama in particular. I learned that he and many other Tibetans were forced to leave to escaped persecution from the occupying Chinese. As all theses things were happening to him the Dalai Lama still maintained a non-aggressive stance towards his persecutors. His peaceful attitude was and still is an inspiration to me.
While I did eventually come back to the Catholic faith, a move I often credit to my studies of the Dalai Lama, I still continue to be entranced by the Buddhist way of life.
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