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Menachem Wecker vs. Stephen Prothero vs. the Dalai Lama

By Tricycle

Stephen Prothero writes that the Dalai Lama is wrong. Menachem Wecker writes that Stephen Prothero is wrong. Stephen Prothero tweets: “Koan for the Day: Will cranky Buddhists flood your email box if you say the Dalai Lama is wrong? Apparently so. http://bit.ly/d3aqb3. The Dalai Lama tweets: “The more you nurture a feeling of loving-kindness, the happier and calmer you will be.”

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