I never knew that Tibet was Chinese territory, so excuse me my ignorance. Such a beautiful picture of this Shangri-La, Tibet, was painted for me to see that perhaps I was misled. Now, Mao Tse Tung doesn’t look so bad. Why was there violence? Because the minority fought back. Now, the minority are acting like idiots having their protests, show themselves as incapable of using their reason to solve their problems. I was rather shocked to see what I thought was a peaceful people acting worse than the Chinese themselves. No wonder the Dalai Lama has spoken out against this behavior.

Cat Stevens says it is hard to get by on a smile. Try telling that to the Dalai Lama. Nevertheless, I have learned a lot from someone I will continue to call His Holiness about life, so I will continue to follow his career and calling. The Dedication of Merit and so much of his writings and thought are quite salutory for today’s world.

I, too, am a hermit, and capable of being quite ironic and smart alecky, so you know I enjoyed this article. Talk on, Hermit, when you get a chance – you are fascinating!