Tricycle contributing editor Pico Iyer writes about the Dalai Lama in TIME. And excerpts of the Dalai Lama’s interview with Newsweek.

Is Sri Lanka silent on Tibet because they get the arms to fight their civil war from China? The island nation, though “constitutionally bound” to protect Buddhism, has been silent because they are “heavily indebted” to China. But who isn’t?

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