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The Dalai Lama is no Gandhi.(Column)

National Catholic Reporter | October 10, 2003 | Copyright

If you've ever had suspicions that the Dalai Lama is a lightweight, suspect no more. He is.

Recently finishing a U.S. lecture tour that attracted rock-concert crowds in major cities, the 68-year-old Tibetan Buddhist came up against a pesky New York Times reporter who asked questions about terrorism and the war in Iraq. In a story headlined "Dalai Lama Says Terror May Need a Violent Reply," the monk said: "Terrorism is the worst kind of violence, so we have to check it, we have to take countermeasures."

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