Dalai Lama Address: Congressional Gold Medal - Part 1

On October 17, 2007 His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the United States' highest civilian honour - the Congressional Gold Medal.

Part 1 of his remarks.

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[Globalvisual]

The Indian Government should deport ALL Tibetans back to China, where they belonged. The Good ones including Dalai Lama should be set free and ALL those who have committed crimes and violated the National Security of China should be charged with treason.

[agam4]

Globy: The Indian gov't will NEVER do what you demand. Not a country founded by Gandhi-ji, no way. India and Tibet have civilisational ties that go back a very long time, which China certainly does not have with the Tibetans.

Your dreams are doomed to remain unfulfilled. Sorry.

[Globalvisual]

Tibet is so lucky that it belongs to China. If it had belonged to Iraq, you can imagined what would happened now. So be grateful to the motherland.

[agam4]

Globy: No, I won't be grateful to your "motherland", and not likely many Tibetans will be either. China is set to go down in history as the destroyer of a unique and peace-loving civilisation. The world will never forgive it

There are actually Muslim Tibetans, and they love HHDL as their own. Do a search for "Masood Butt" and see the current article on either Phayul or Times of India. Tibet was a model of religious tolerance and co-existence before the Communists came in and wrecked everything.

[Globalvisual]

Only criminals are ungrateful to their Motherland. Luckily less than 10% of them are living outside Tibet, China. The Indian government should deport them to China to face trial.

[agam4]

Globy: It won't happen, see my earlier reply already. And don't forget to read about Masood either.

[uds1431]

The Dalai Lama is one of the greatest people to live in this era, do not be hasty in judging great people like that, I don't think we have the right judge anyone, may the world have more and more people like this!

[birdwatcher00]

what makes you think I am Buddhist?

the world has watched both the DL and China for many years. that's how China has the negative reputation it has acquired.

[kelsangnator]

@shadowdeviant192

Agreed.

[Melchersson]

@Globalvisual There is no such thing as "bad" or "good" people just people who can either think outside their egos or not! In every day and every day its getting better and better!!!!!!!

[AwsomWarrior]

@uds1431 there will be more like him when people evolve the dalilamais an ancient soul; who has trodden many many paths , he has had to earn his spirituality through much struggle and many lessons in many lives he is where we are all heading

[TheDharmaKnight]

Many have criticize how HH mix politics with spiritual.. As a start, politics and spiritual can never be mixed. However, i do think that HHDL is USING politics quite well to spread spirituality. Despite the chaos, Buddhism has spread far and wide in HHDL's lifetime.

[TheDharmaKnight]

HHDL has used decades of his life towards serving others and has literally put his life for all sorts of criticisms. Every high incarnation as their own unique role which I do believe fits in the "master plan" before the end of this age where the Buddhist teachings will disappear. Let's practice sincerely while the dharma wheel is still turning..

[shadowdeviant192]

he won the nobel peace prize for trying ot liberate tibet through all its years of conflict with china. he is a great person because of his dedication through his work and how commitment to trying to make the world a better place. he has compassion which many people don't and well the dalai lama did that through years of practice something we can't really understand unless we dedicate ourselves fully like he did.

[huaren62]

../.. Jimmy carter won the "peace' nobel award though he never expressed support for the dalai lama - when he was president. So I believe that George Bush who support and met dalai lama 50 times is the hot favorite for the "peace" nobel competition for 2009.

[huaren62]

"...dalai lam is one of the greatest ppl to live in this era.....". What a joke. Why neither Jimmy Carter nor Ronald reagan nor kennedy nor Nixon nor Ford nor Margatret Tatcher never when they were presidents or PM never met Dal;ai Lama. Suddently in 1989 hypocrits like you find Dalia Lama is a great figure.