Naturally, netizens have lost their minds, and rightly so.
It’s rough when the headlines are grabbed by the likes of Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma, but less so when you see these two in action.
I imagine the Dalai Lama doesn’t devote a great deal of thought to ‘ol Trump, but when pressed on the matter he did manage to land a few jibes.
What happens when the person who’s moral rights you have been fighting for turns out to be as questionable as the state who banned him suggested? Ooooh.
Whilst music was the obvious drawcard at Glastonbury, the appearance of the Dalai Lama brought many smiles to faces at the festival. Here he is having a great time.
You know when people ask who your ideal three dinner guests would be? Well, you can’t really go wrong with the much-loved Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Talk about being in the zone! Some believe this 200-year-old monk in Mongolia is achieving Buddha-like powers through his meditation.
Imagine if South Africa could go just ONE day with only good news reported in the papers? It would be marvellous. Too bad the government will never say #ChallengeAccepted.
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The Dalai Lama’s local representative seems to be telling the media that his South African visa application has been denied, which is far from the truth.
Once again, South Africa is being ridiculous with its visa regulations, and this is once again interfering with having a great man visit our country for a celebration of other great people.
Due to the fact that he was disallowed entry into our country, we can’t be sure that he’s the Buddhist master everyone makes him out to be. But if YouTube videos are anything to go by, the man knows his stuff.
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has just stated that the South African government acted unlawfully when it delayed a decision on a visa application by the Dalai Lama. Do you remember the saga about the fact that the Dalai Lama couldn’t come to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday in October […]
The Dalai Lama made news this weekend when he told UK weekly, the Sunday Telegraph that he had been warned the Chinese government was training female assassins in the arts of poison in order to have him killed. China reckons they could have whacked him ages ago. The plot thickens, after the jump!
China-fearing bureaucrats at the Department of International Relations and Co-operation breathed a sigh of relief this morning when the Office of the Dalai Lama in Delhi, India announced that the Tibetan spiritual leader had cancelled his trip to South Africa due to not receiving a visa in time.
Here we go again. Last month we told you that the Dalai Lama had applied for a South African visa to visit Desmond Tutu on the Arch Bishop’s 80th birthday. This is happening next week, yet our government has not issued the Lama with a visa – something he applied for months ago. You do the math.
The Dalai Lama has applied for a South African visa to visit Desmond Tutu on the Arch Bishop’s 80th birthday. He is due to give a lecture here on 7 October as part of the celebrations. Why does he need a visa? Because he was barred entry to South Africa in 2009 to ensure that ties with our key trade partner, China weren’t jeopardised.
Australian TV presenter, Karl Stefanovich found himself interviewing the Dalai Lama, as one does, and decided that the best thing to do would be to try that “the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop” joke. Take a look and see how well that worked out for him.