[meteorite-list] Message from Dalai Lama
From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:59 2004 Message-ID: <003501c13c61$585452a0$0200a8c0_at_Domain> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C13C3F.D00B6B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable His Holiness The Dalai Lama's message to President George Bush =20 =20 Your Excellency, =20 I am deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks that took place = involving four apparently hijacked aircrafts and the immense devastation these caused. = It is a terrible tragedy that so many innocent lives have been lost and it seems unbelievable that anyone would choose to target the world trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. We are = deeply saddened. On behalf of the Tibetan people I would like to convey our deepest condolence and solidarity with the American people during this painful time. Our prayers go out to the many who have lost their lives, those who have been injured and the many more who have been traumatized = by this senseless act of violence. I am attending a special prayer for the United States and it's people at our main temple today. =20 I am confident that the United States as a great and powerful nation = will be able to overcome this present tragedy. The American people have = shown their resilience, courage and determination when faced with such = difficult and sad situation.=20 It may seem presumptuous on my part, but I personally believe we need = to think seriously whether a violent action is the right thing to do and = in the greater interest of the nation and people in the long run. I = believe violence will only increase the cycle of violence. But how do we deal = with hatred and anger, which are often the root causes of such senseless violence? This is a very difficult question, especially when it = concerns a nation and we have certain fixed conceptions of how to deal with such attacks. I am sure that you will make the right decision. =20 With my prayers and good wishes =20 The Dalai Lama September 12, 2001=20 Dharamsala, India ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C13C3F.D00B6B20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><TT>His Holiness The Dalai Lama's = message to=20 President George Bush<BR> <BR> <BR> Your=20 Excellency,<BR> <BR> I am deeply shocked by the terrorist = attacks=20 that took place involving four<BR> apparently hijacked aircrafts = and the=20 immense devastation these caused. It<BR> is a terrible tragedy that = so many=20 innocent lives have been lost and it<BR> seems unbelievable that = anyone=20 would choose to target the world trade<BR> Center in New York City = and the=20 Pentagon in Washington D.C. We are deeply<BR> saddened. On behalf = of the=20 Tibetan people I would like to convey our<BR> deepest condolence = and=20 solidarity with the American people during this<BR> painful time. = Our=20 prayers go out to the many who have lost their lives,<BR> those who = have=20 been injured and the many more who have been traumatized = by<BR> this=20 senseless act of violence. I am attending a special prayer for=20 the<BR> United States and it's people at our main temple=20 today.<BR> <BR> I am confident that the United States as a = great and=20 powerful nation will<BR> be able to overcome this present tragedy. = The=20 American people have shown<BR> their resilience, courage and = determination=20 when faced with such difficult<BR> and sad = situation. <BR> It=20 may seem presumptuous on my part, but I personally believe we need=20 to<BR> think seriously whether a violent action is the right thing = to do=20 and in<BR> the greater interest of the nation and people in the = long run. I=20 believe<BR> violence will only increase the cycle of violence. But = how do=20 we deal with<BR> hatred and anger, which are often the root causes = of such=20 senseless<BR> violence? This is a very difficult question, = especially when=20 it concerns a<BR> nation and we have certain fixed conceptions of = how to=20 deal with such<BR> attacks. I am sure that you will make the right=20 decision.<BR> <BR> With my prayers and good=20 wishes<BR> <BR> The Dalai Lama<BR> September 12, = 2001=20 <BR> Dharamsala, India<BR></TT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C13C3F.D00B6B20-- Received on Thu 13 Sep 2001 10:35:31 AM PDT |
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