“The Roosevelts of Tibet”
by Danny Fisher
Quentin Roosevelt II in China, circa 1940. Image via Life Magazine.
Kyle Lovett at The Reformed Buddha has the story, and Barbara O’Brien at Barbara’s Buddhism Blog has a supplement. Take a look.
Rev. Danny Fisher
Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings
[...] Speaking of Tibet and the Roosevelts, Kate Saunders, Communications Director for the International Campaign for Tibet, writes today for The Huffington Post about U.S. President Barack Obama’s gift to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during their recent visit in Washington. When the Dalai Lama went to the White House last month, the media focused on China’s predictable outrage at President Obama’s guest. Others were disturbed by images of garbage sacks that the White House had failed to remove near the exit where the exiled Tibetan leader emerged to meet the press. But few noticed the significance of a gift that President Obama gave to the Dalai Lama — telling the story of a relationship forged between the US and the Dalai Lama before Beijing asserted control over Tibet. [...]