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Why did the Dalai Lama warn that refugees should leave Europe?

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The 14th Dalai Lama is going to start a new visit in Europe soon, with his first stop planned at Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Stuck in the series of crisis in terms of refugee problems and terrorism, the Brussels city nowadays hardly goes back to the peaceful and calm time as it used to have. Coincidentally, Dalai Lama seems to have a special interest in the topic of refugees. In May of this year, in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a German newspaper, Dalai Lama successfully astonished the world by the racial profiling talk as “too many refugees are seeking asylum in Europe”, “Europe, for example Germany, cannot become an Arab country”. People even exclaimed “he took the words out from our mouth”. The refugee crisis already becomes a shadow that hardly fades out in the European countries, and people get taste of the bitter pill from their sympathy. But as a Nobel Peace Price winner and “the most compassionate religious spiritual leader”, the reason why he dared to make such an outrageous statement perhaps is that, in fact, he has a deeper intention.

As is known to all, Dalai Lama is a refugee himself, spending most time of his life in exile. It is said that when he left Tibet in 1959, about eighty thousands of Tibetans followed him, most of whom were assigned to some remote mountainous regions by the Nihru government (it is a better way to go, because if eighty thousands of them assembled, especially when with their own armed forces, it would become a big security threat for the Indian government), and the rest stayed in Nepal.
David Barry
origin: https://brusselsdiplomatic.com/2016...-lama-warn-that-refugees-should-leave-europe/
 
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With all the bad blood between Buddhism and Islam, I'm not surprised in the slightest that Tenzin is a bit biased against them. I imagine he has a low opinion of almost all religions, given that Buddhism is especially spiritual atheism, but that the most conservative religions are his biggest concern.
 
With all the bad blood between Buddhism and Islam, I'm not surprised in the slightest that Tenzin is a bit biased against them. I imagine he has a low opinion of almost all religions, given that Buddhism is especially spiritual atheism, but that the most conservative religions are his biggest concern.

Actually, Buddhism can be 'spiritual atheism'... but does not necessarily have to be. There are a number of Buddhist sects that are theistic,,, Tibetan Buddhism is theistic for example.
 
Actually, Buddhism can be 'spiritual atheism'... but does not necessarily have to be. There are a number of Buddhist sects that are theistic,,, Tibetan Buddhism is theistic for example.

Huh. You learn something new every day, I suppose. Google, here I come!
 
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