Dalai Lama isn't King of the Buddhists.(Letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)

From: The Humanist | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The article, "Why Won't the Dalai Lama Pick a Fight?" (January/February 2004 issue of the Humanist), contains a significant inaccuracy in its opening sentence: "The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual and temporal leader in exile and the man Buddhists believe to be the fourteenth incarnation of the Buddha of Compassion ... "As in other major religions, there are many different sects of Buddhism. The ...

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