There is a burgeoning group in the West who are sceptical about Tibetan Buddhism and its most prominent member, the Dalai Lama. They say they are suspicious of the increasing number of wealthy and glamorous people who flock to teachings by an ever more visible number of Tibetan lamas around the globe. Surely, they reason, there must be something rotten in the state of Denmark. Perhaps pre-invasion Tibet was an oppressed feudal society headed by …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…featured is footage of Trappist monk and poet Thomas Merton who, the Dalai Lama said, opened up his mind to the greatness of Jesus Christ, whom Buddhists consider to be a manifestation of Buddha or a Bodhisattva - a fully developed altruistic being. As for Richard Gere, I have it on good authority that he is a Buddhist who earns his money through acting rather than an actor who chooses to cloak himself in Buddhism.