I really enjoyed the lessons today. The sponsors of these three day teachings on the Four Noble Truths are the South East Asian Buddhist Society. They mainly consist of Singaporeans, so much of the teachings have been delivered in English rather than relying on the usual translator. Whilst very adept, the translator´s speed of delivery is too fast, and is sometimes difficult to follow.
HHDL has excellent English and can communicate skilfully with his audience. His humour permeates almost all his teachings, with fantastic anecdotes to exemplify his points in real terms. He delivers 2 hours per session and often completes two a day.
I have always particularly enjoyed his Q & A sessions. Questions from the audience vary considerably, from political, religious and social / personal issues. For example, today´s questions included the Israeli / Palestinian conflict, the neutering of cats and dogs, and dealing with an undisciplined son.
Dalai Lama gives some great answers, intelligent, relevant, humorous, and dare i say enlightened. His flexibility of mind is phenomenal.
A number of the speakers today are Han Chinese, and it is heart-breaking hearing their shame of their government´s decimation of unique Tibet – the country, its people and culture.
I´ve been playing about a bit with some new photographic software from Picasa, and have been re-cropping and tinting of my first photo-shoot with HH Dalai Lama. I hope you like the result.
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