Check out the Dalai Lama's tweet!

[Maraya1969]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I urge young women to accept leadership roles. We need you to promote love and compassion. Realise my dream—that the 200 nations of the world be governed by women. There’ll be less war, violence, and economic and social injustice because strength is rooted in love and compassion</p>— Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) <a href="

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?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Zoonart]

1. Bravo.

Long live His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

[handmade34]

2. ...

[2naSalit]

3. So be it.

At least I would like it to be so.

[FM123]

4. Such profound words from such a wise soul.

"strength is rooted in love and compassion"

[central scrutinizer]

5. Musical accompaniment

[LiberalBrooke]

6. Is that what men are afraid of?

That women will manage to govern effectively with love and compassion. Scary stuff for the macho and warrior mindset.

[vlyons]

7. He's my hero and greatest inspiration

He is a living Buddha

[sagetea]

8. The 13 Indigenous Clan Grand mothers.

have been working on this dream too...even met with the Dalai Lama. I'm friends with some of them

Anyway...it's all connected, Standing Rock, They're everywhere.


http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org

Ho`
sage

[Vivienne235729]

9. K&R

[Karadeniz]

10. That's what I say! Men have generally been in charge for millennia. How did that work out?

[Julian English]

11. Great tweet but as a Senator Warren supporter

I wish he made it 5 weeks earlier

[llmart]

12. I've been saying that for a very long time.

It's time to give women a chance to run things.

I'm not religious but I've often said that if I were going to call myself anything, it would be a buddhist.

[rickyhall]

13. Always an amazing man and totally correct. Too bad the Chinese are so scared of him.

[LakeArenal]

14. Are there female Buddhist priests?

[LisaM]

15. As long as she''s attractive, right?

This is just from last year:

https://www-independent-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/dalai-lama-successor-female-attractive-quotes-age-a8978856.html?amp_js_v=a3&_gsa=1&&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15837212188995&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fwomen%2Fdalai-lama-successor-female-attractive-quotes-age-a8978856.html

The Dalai Lama apologized, but so did Phillip Agnew for ten year old tweets about a woman's looks and people are having none of it.

I also remember the Dalai Lama saying the greatest career a woman can have is being a mother. So just don't count me in as being a fan.

[Maraya1969]

18. That link doesn't work. eom

[LisaM]

19. Sorry.

It was just his quote from last year that a woman leader would need to be attractive.

[Maraya1969]

20. Because I can't imagine the Dalai Lama saying anything like that.

It just doesn't jive at all with who he is.

[LisaM]

21. Yes it does.

Here is the original 2015 story, and he repeated it in 2019, then tried to backtrack.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dalai-lama-says-female-successor-must-be-very-very-attractive-otherwise-she-is-not-much-use-10513609.html

It was discussed at DU, too.

[NNadir]

16. As a member of that questionable demographic old white guy...

...I certainly agree with that sentiment.

[live love laugh]

17. Unless you get people like Susan Collins in office.

Republican women are as bad as Republican men.