“You can’t say, ‘I am a Buddhist...
“You can’t say, ‘I am a Buddhist monk whether you like it or not; I have to do it this way,’ We have to make distinctions between culture and Buddhist tradition.”
--Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, at an appearance in Los Angeles.
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