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Sunday blogging

I got up late morning when I decided to do a blog. I enjoy reading headlines quickly, in case there's a news item I need to read. Found Ann Curry's video with the Dalai Lama. Superb interview. You may even want to print out a transcript.

When Dalai Lama speaks: it's worth your listening.

Dalai Lama Interview on MSN News
by Mary MacIntyre
(Interview url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24072525#24072525

In Santa Fe, people from many cultures around the world come to live here. Thus, if one is open, residents can be aware of issues, beliefs, and concerns about human rights in these places. Today I found a fascinating interview with the Dalai Lama and Ann Curry on MSN news. A complete transcript is also available. This interview is long, complex and powerful.

He tells a story of a people seeking justice, peace, stability, and preservation of culture. He suggests that an investigation to the causes, fact finding, about the conditions that exist in Tibet. He asks the world to help provide medical support for the people injured.

These are inadequate summaries where many aspects of the situation of Tibet are discussed and his viewpoints. The interview provides a rare discussion with the Dalai Lama about his perspctive of today's situation. He has a deep compassionate and intellectual discussion in the interview. If you never have had the chance to listen to him, this provides a dynamic opportunity to learn and think.

I am in part a closet intellectual. People might easily tire of my dialogue and questions. In a non-academic social situation, I don't often go very far with my thoughts. Culture and thinking of significant concepts and their impact on society contain crucial insights for the enormous moral and political challenges that face the world today. If you have an appetite for these types of discussions, this is an interview that you don't want to miss. The Dalai Lama has a special talent for distilling complex thought into tangible and understandable points so that anyone can conceive and consider different aspects of those concerned about China and Tibet.

I feel that there is wonder about the content that we have available to all of us on the internet. Listen and relish. Also the interview just gets better the longer you listen,"non-violence always better than violence". Learn why by either reading the transcript or listening to the entire video.