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Happiness, for all who can feel it!

03.23.2010 by David Murray // 1 Comment

Boringly, citizens of the world object to the U.S. president's provincial but politically mandatory speech-closing prayer, "May God bless the United States of America."

Here's how the Dalai Lama closed out a March 10 speech in Dharamsala, India:

"Finally, I offer prayers for the happiness and well-being of all sentient beings."

He's a Big-Tent Tibetan.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // "May God bless the United States of America", Big-Tent Tibetan, Dalai Lama, Dharmsala, India, sentient beings, speech, Tibet

Comments

  1. Yossi Mandel says

    March 23, 2010 at 8:39 am

    Although, to pause for thought: He’s no longer in Tibet or as much a leader of a people as he was, and we’re still here.

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