http://dir.salon.com/topics/dalai_lama/?source=rss&aim=dalai_lama en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT By Louis Bayard Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/25/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/25/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs? By Erich Follath and Wieland Wagner Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/24/tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/24/tibet/index.html?source=rss His Holiness struggles to defuse mounting violence between Tibet and China. By Steve Paulson Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/11/27/wallace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/11/27/wallace/index.html?source=rss Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama. By Christopher Farah Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/22/lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/22/lama/index.html?source=rss Sixty-five thousand people -- students, professionals, hippies and the just plain curious -- flocked to New York to hear the Dalai Lama. But did they find anything meaningful beyond a sunny day, a picnic lunch, and a guest appearance by Richard Gere? By Terence Clarke Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/04/tibet_johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/04/tibet_johnson/index.html?source=rss An American photographer who brought three children out of Tibet talks about how the country's legendary spiritual tradition is vanishing. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/19/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/19/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss Nicholas Vreeland, the director of the Tibet Center in New York, reads from the Dalai Lama's book "An Open Heart," and Richard Gere reads his afterword. By Chris Colin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/28/dalai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/28/dalai/index.html?source=rss China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer. By John Thorne Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2000/11/14/tibetan_potatoes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2000/11/14/tibetan_potatoes/index.html?source=rss When it comes to recipes, I'm a hunter, not a gatherer. By Gavin McNett Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/21/schell_hilton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/21/schell_hilton/index.html?source=rss Even the experts fail to grasp the banality of Tibet. By Carole Zimmer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/karmapa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/karmapa/index.html?source=rss The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism. By Amy Reiter Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/07/np0107/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/07/np0107/index.html?source=rss Who wears the panties in the family? David Beckham and Tim Robbins bare all. Plus: Nice white guys finish last? Sensi-man takes beating, Backstreet boy gets no respect. And: Bill Gates, international man of tired movie catch phrases. Letters to the Editor Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/12/monty_python/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/12/monty_python/index.html?source=rss So long, Monty Python, and thanks for the penguin. Plus: Mr. Blue is too quick to dismiss recovered addict; breadwinner moms have to work even harder. By Rachel Louise Snyder Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/05/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/05/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss From Lhasa to Dharamsala, a Westerner pieces together the poignant puzzle of Tibetan Buddhism and its exalted leader in exile. By Amy Reiter Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/08/11/jerryhall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/08/11/jerryhall/index.html?source=rss Jerry Hall and Paul Allen makin' waves in French waters? Oasis members get good and gobsmacked. The cut-ups at the K.C. Star take clowning too far. Plus: Money talks, "Bulworth" walks, Beatty for prez! By Hank Hyena Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/08/07/tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/08/07/tibet/index.html?source=rss Nothing is simple in Tibet. By Christopher Hitchens Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/13/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/13/news/index.html?source=rss Far from his holier-than-all image, the Dalai Lama supports such questionable causes as India's nuclear testing, sex with prostitutes and accepting donations from a Japanese terrorist cult. By Jack Skelley Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/01/09/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/01/09/sharps/index.html?source=rss By Dwight Garner Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1997/10/10/tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1997/10/10/tibet/index.html?source=rss Brad Pitt follows the E-Z path to enlightenment in the earnest but sentimental "Seven Years in Tibet." By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/09/brokaw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/09/brokaw/index.html?source=rss The preternaturally cheerful NBC anchor smiles and jives his way through a feel-good session at Berkeley. By Jeff Greenwald Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/03/27/startrek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/03/27/startrek/index.html?source=rss No technophobe, the Tibetan leader -- the Nicest Man in the World -- talks about robots and artificial intelligence, Spock and alien enlightenment.