On Apr 6, 2006, at 5:15 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Apr 6, 2006, at 4:47 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > It's all almost as silly as naming some 5-year-old peasant boy > the > > > Dalai Lama because he can recognize a shoe that the recently- > > > departed Dalai Lama once wore... > > > > You're obviously not familiar with the real story if that's what > you > > believe! > > > > The real story is pretty amazing. > > > > > Okay, it was eyeglasses or some such nonsense. > > Look my source for any info I have on the DL are the movies " Seven > years in Tibet", "Kundun" and that Snow Lion documentary. > > If I've got it wrong, blame Martin Scorcese and Brad Pitt...
Read John Avedon's _In Exile From the Land of Snows_. He answered the disguised lamas who were visiting in the dialect of Lhasa--an area he'd never been to in his brief life. They also tried to fool him with a tray of malas. He rejected them all but got upset when he recognized his old mala around one of the traders necks. etc.... Seven Years in Tibet wasn't as good as the book, I was disappointed. Kundun was a little better. I think Avedon's work is the best for a western audience. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
