Dalai Lama decries "attacks on Moslems"

Gautama Buddha was a "protector of Muslims"????

Did the ROP exist during Buddha's lifetime? Perhaps, this was a joke intended for his University audience!

More seriously, though the Dalai Lama has never condemned Muslim persecution
of non-Muslims on even a single occasion:

1. killing of Buddhists in Myanmar by Rohingyas
2. terrorism by Malays in Thailand
3. genocide of Hindus & Buddhists in Bangladesh by Jihadis
..................

His holiness should recall the circumstances surrounding the origins of Tibetan Buddhism - namely the ransacking of Nalanda by Bakthiar Khilji, the accompanying massacre of Buddhist Bhikshus and exodus of survivors to Tibet.

A review of that sordid episode in the history of Jihad in South Asia should temper his holiness'
sense of humour.

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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks' attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, saying killing in the name of religion was "unthinkable."

The Dalai Lama, a foremost Buddhist leader, told an audience at the University of Maryland at the start of a U.S. tour that the root of seemingly sectarian conflict was political, not spiritual.

"Really, killing people in the name of religion is unthinkable, very sad. Nowadays even Buddhists are involved in Burma," another name for Myanmar, with monks attacking Muslim mosques, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said after delivering the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace at the university.

"I think it is very sad," he said, adding, "I pray for them (the monks) to think of the face of Buddha," who had been a protector of Muslims.