His Holiness the Dalai Lama Expresses Desire to Visit Earthquake Zone, Comfort Victims
by Danny Fisher
From the Associated Press today:
The Dalai Lama says he’d like to visit the site of China’s earthquake and offer comfort to the victims. The exiled spiritual leader hasn’t returned to China since he fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
The quake that struck western China on Wednesday has left nearly 1,500 dead.
Hundreds of victims were cremated together today. About 1,000 monks chanted Buddhist prayers as the bodies were set on fire on a mountain beside the area hardest hit by the quake.
China’s government had no immediate response to the Dalai Lama’s comments.
