Thank you for sharing. Your story was not how I had thought. I had heard of the Dalai Lama by the time I was a 10 year old. I was no Buddhist; I was a Unitarian Universalist in a Christian country - the USA. My family and religion are very broad minded. So, say I first of Buddhists and DL by 1978. I learned the word Rinpoche by 1990. After 2000 I read some books about Buddhism and by Buddhists-for nonBuddhists in English. Meditation and spiritual teacher/student and philosophy are "me".
Thank you for sharing. Your story was not how I had thought. I had heard of the Dalai Lama by the time I was a 10 year old. I was no Buddhist; I was a Unitarian Universalist in a Christian country - the USA. My family and religion are very broad minded. So, say I first of Buddhists and DL by 1978. I learned the word Rinpoche by 1990. After 2000 I read some books about Buddhism and by Buddhists-for nonBuddhists in English. Meditation and spiritual teacher/student and philosophy are "me".
MiriamSPia 7 months ago