Protesting the Dalai Lama

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: April 30, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, is starting another visit to the United States.

This one could be less peaceful than previous visits. A group of dissident Tibetan Buddhists says the Dalai Lama's ban on the worship of a Buddhist deity called Dorje Shugden amounts to religious oppression. The Dorje Shugden International Coalition is also criticizing the Dalai Lama for heeding the advice of an oracle to issue the ban.

Karen Michel reports.

KAREN MICHEL, REPORTER: In 1976, an oracle told the Dalai Lama that to continue worshiping ...

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