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Dalai Lama to BBC: female successor possible but only if she is attractive

BBC presenter Clive Myrie asked the Buddhist leader if his 15th reincarnation could be a woman. “Yes,” he responded. “One occasion in Paris, one woman’s magazine reporter come to see me, I think more than 15 years ago. She asks me, ‘Any possibility of a female Dalai Lama?”

“I mention, why not?” he recalled. “The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.”

“And then, I told this reporter, the face must be very attractive. Otherwise, not much use,” he added chuckling.

Myrie had to laugh at that. “You’re joking, I’m assuming?” he asked.

“No, I meant it, true,” the Dalai Lama replied.

Innit weird how every single big religious figure is a product of their own culture. Take off their robes, and their standard of piety is judged according to their cultural notions. Women's role determined according to their culture. What is honorable, what is good, etc. You would think after thousands of world cultures that a truly religious being would be a vessel beyond all that bullshit. With an ethics we couldn't even understand at first, but that would shine a clear light to something beyond ourselves.

No, it appears to be standard douchebag.

I'm just saying.