Comments on: IMMORTAL NON-KOMBAT: IN CONVERSATION WITH THE DALAI LAMA https://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/ Diversity and Multiculturalism Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 By: Universalism versus Relativism – Robert Sharphttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-220 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:27:16 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-220 […] different people. This is especially true of religious faith, where different people find different medicines for the soul effective… and the political effect can be positive too. Simply asking “that is right […]

]]> By: My conversation with the Dalai Lama | Robert Sharphttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-219 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:12:04 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-219 […] re-design, and a set of new articles have been published there in recent weeks. The write up of my questions to the Dalai Lama is the latest […]

]]> By: Universalism versus Relativism | Robert Sharphttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-218 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:11:37 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-218 […] different people. This is especially true of religious faith, where different people find different medicines for the soul effective… and the political effect can be positive too. Simply asking “that is right […]

]]> By: Some notes on religious dialogue and rational debate | Robert Sharphttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-217 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:58:48 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-217 […] my article on the Dalai […]

]]> By: The LIP Magazine Round-up | Robert Sharphttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-216 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:18:52 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-216 […] a smaller, more globalised world, and what (if anything) multiculturalism actually means. For the Dalai Lama, it is as much a project of stressing similarities between peoples, as it is about celebrating […]

]]> By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Voting for Someone Differenthttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-215 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:44:30 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-215 […] Meanwhile, a race row circles the Democratic Party like a vulture. “Is America ready for a black president?” squwark the commentators, comfortable with their cliches.  Just under a year ago, I wondered whether a good indicator of a mature democracy is when someone who is not from the traditional ruling elite is elected.  I admit this is a rather optimistic stance when Hillary and Barack are mudslinging, but I think there’s a kernel of truth here.  Voting for someone who is different, be it gender, colour or ethnicity, requires a certain confidence in the system.  It is an acknowledgement that you have certain things in common with someone from a different background (this is what the Dalai Lama calls multiculturalism).  And of course, it means there is a high level of political equality. […]

]]> By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Chinese Reincarnationhttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-214 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:42:29 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-214 […] The move by the Chinese is another depressing chapter in their suppression of Tibet. My interview with the Dalai Lama is here. […]

]]> By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Who are we responsible for?https://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-213 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:21:03 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-213 […] We obsess about the USA because it is there we see the people with whom we have the greatest affinity. Much as we try to trumpet ideas of a shared humanity, One Big Team, these are difficult thoughts in practice. Instead, we seek out allies in those countries, those people, who are most similar to us. We find them in those countries with a shared history, a shared language, shared religious traditions… and we call it a shared culture. We feel so close that we call the Atlantic Ocean a ‘pond’. […]

]]> By: Jameshttps://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/01/130/#comment-212 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:59:04 +0000 http://www.thelip.org/?p=130#comment-212 Robert:

Excellent interview. You are very gifted in the way that you weave words to present a beautiful and informative tapestry. I especially enjoyed the part where he said that if we believe the whole of humanity to be one body then violence is violence to ourselves.

Spot on.

I also like his comment that not everyone need adopt Buddhism. That religion is like medicine and people don’t all need the same medicine. Well said indeed.

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