----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME Lists Dalai Lama Among Asian Heroes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME Magazine November 7th, 2006   60 Years of Asian Heroes   Time magazine has listed the Dalai Lama as one of the heroes in Asia in the 60 years since the magazine began publishing an Asian edition. In its issue, Vol. 168, No. 20, dated November 13, 2006, Time said, "The most tumultuous decades of the most populous continent on earth have produced an astonishing array of heroes." "In this special anniversary issue, we pay tribute to the remarkable men and women who have shaped these times," it continued.   Time listed the heroes in five categories: Nation Builders; Artists and Thinkers; Business leaders; Athletes and Explorers; and Inspirations. The Dalai Lama is listed under the Inspirations category. Tenzing Norgay, the ethnic Tibetan, who ascended Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953, is listed under the Athletes and Explorers category.   Time had special writers report on each of the more than 50 heroes that they had listed. The essay on the Dalai Lama is written by Deepak Chopra, the popular writer and speaker on spirituality. Chopra writes, "It's the fate of great spiritual leaders to be both lighthouses and lightning rods.   No one has endured this double act more gracefully than the Dalai Lama. As a lighthouse he represents Buddhism for most of the world outside Asia.   Welcomed everywhere but in his own homeland, revered beyond the narrow limits of sectarianism, his visits bring out throngs of people. What they crave is his presence and his peacefulness. He travels the globe to remind us of our better selves. Yet the presence of the Dalai Lama is also immediate and worldly. He's the lightning rod for Tibet, and a symbol of its subjugation under Beijing's rule. As long as that injustice persists, the Dalai Lama will remain peaceful and poignant at the same time."   Following is the full text of Deepak Chopra's essay. The entire Time story can be read on http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/index.html. The Dalai Lama   Tibet's spiritual leader is otherworldly, yet deeply engaged in this world. With remarkable subtlety, he teaches patience, humility and compassion   By Deepak Chopra   It's the fate of great spiritual leaders to be both lighthouses and lightning rods. No one has endured this double act more gracefully than the Dalai Lama. As a lighthouse he represents Buddhism for most of the world outside Asia. Welcomed everywhere but in his own homeland, revered beyond the narrow limits of sectarianism, his visits bring out throngs of people. What they crave is his presence and his peacefulness. He travels the globe to remind us of our better selves. Yet the presence of the Dalai Lama is also immediate and worldly. He's the lightning rod for Tibet, and a symbol of its subjugation under Beijing's rule. As long as that injustice persists, the Dalai Lama will remain peaceful and poignant at the same time.   Over the centuries, Buddhism has spread more quietly than any other faith or philosophy. In that quietist tradition, the current Dalai Lama stands firm. Buddha said, "Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me." Whenever I have the privilege of sitting with the Dalai Lama, I feel that I am, indeed, seeing the teaching - and that it sees me. Benign as His Holiness is, one senses detachment, which isn't the same as indifference. This is a detachment born of immense patience. It's rooted in a deep belief in the power of consciousness. No one I've ever met is so involved in the material world without actually believing in it.   He is also insidious, if you can use that word about such an innocent man. If you ask his opinion, he invariably murmurs, "Ah, I'd rather listen to you." Instantly you feel a bit of your own egotism fall away, and, despite yourself, the presence of humility is felt deep inside.   So I salute the Dalai Lama as a great spiritual seducer. We will never know how much he has changed the world - and us - because we never see it coming until the change has already occurred. He is a time bomb of compassion, and that is the source of his greatness.   Deepak Chopra, who writes and lectures widely on spirituality, is writing a book on the Buddha       ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We are waiting for the Dalai Lama to come back: Chinese Buddhists ----------------------------------------------------------------------- By Tsering Tsomo Phayul Monday, November 06, 2006   MIYAJIMA, Japan, November 6 - Buddhist devotees from China said Monday that many Chinese want the Dalai Lama to come back to Tibet. "Tibet is his home and he should be where he rightfully belongs", a 54-yr-old Chinese man from Beijing said requesting anonymity.   He is among a group of Chinese devotees attending the Dalai Lama's teachings at Daishoin Temple in Miyajima Island.   "We are waiting for him to come back. It is not only the Tibetans but also millions of Chinese Buddhists who want to get his blessings and hear his teachings," the man's 35-yr-old wife said in an interview with the exile Tibetan journalists at Daishoin. She is attending the Dalai Lama's teachings for the first time but her husband has attended twice in the past.   The complete ban on religious books authored by the Dalai Lama has compelled many Buddhists in China to engage in underground activities so that they can have access to his teachings. "Everything is done surreptitiously. We buy his books during overseas tour; print them clandestinely and distribute among Chinese Buddhists who really wants to see the Dalai Lama," a 34-yr-old woman said showing an old photograph of the Dalai Lama, which she says she carries daily in her purse. She said 'Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart,' a book by the Dalai Lama on core teachings of Tibetan Buddhism is very popular among Chinese Buddhists.   When asked if it was illegal in China to display photographs of the exile Tibetan leader, she said it is relatively easier for the Chinese because they can place his photographss in the privacy of their homes where the police generally cannot enter. "So, even if it is illegal, we still have this freedom; our only freedom. But it is not easy for the Tibetans", the woman said refusing to reveal her identity.   Many in the group said they have visited Tibet to learn more about Buddhism from Tibetan lamas. A couple said they visit Tibet every year to meet their Tibetan teacher. Recalling a false news that spread in the middle of this year about the Dalai Lama's arrival in China and Tibet for pilgrimage, they said they were "very disappointed" when it turned out to be a rumour. "We prayed and wished for it to be true but sadly it was not to be!"   "We love the Dalai Lama! From our heart! Very much! And we hope he comes back soon, " the group cried in unison when asked about their sentiments towards the Dalai Lama.

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