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I'm so very grateful to God for creating a Dalai Lama. This spiritual leader of millions of Buddhists is also the leader of very, very many people across the world who are not necessarily Buddhists. Look at him. He has been in exile over 50 years. By right.

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He ought to be filled with bitterness and hatred. And what do you see when you meet him? Someone warm. He laughed as if he's always been in his homeland. No suggestion at all of an anger. And for those people who have sometimes wondered whether uh, non

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Christians will enter heaven. I can't myself imagine when the Dalai Lama goes to heaven. God saying to him, oh, Dalai Lama, you've been such a superb guy. What a shame. You are not a Christian. I can't let you into my heaven. He has been for me,

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one of the most inspiring of human beings. He has the pulling power of a, a thanks, a rock star. He feels stadiums and large holes. I'm not jealous. No, no, no, no, not really. I'm not jealous. But I mean, can you imagine when you see, I

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mean, people waiting in, in a stadium and 70,000 strong uh waiting for someone who can't even speak English properly. He is holy, but he's also so mischievous, so full of fun. He makes goodness attractive for. He is so full of joy. The truth is he epitomizes

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joy. He epitomizes grace. He epitomizes truth and peace. Happy birthday to you, my dear friend, his holiness, your holiness, the Dalai Lama. What an incredible gift you are to the world.