[Buddha-l] H.H. The Dalai Lama on Stone and Karma

[Wong Weng Fai]

The following from Yahoo! News... confirms it: to H.H. everything is 
karma.

Weng-Fai

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Dalai Lama baulks at Sharon Stone's 'karma' quake remark Thu Jun 12, 2:06 
AM ET

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Dalai Lama distanced himself Thursday from Hollywood 
star Sharon Stone's controversial comment that China's earthquake was bad 
"karma" for its handling of Tibet.

Stone cited the Tibetan spiritual leader as her "good friend" when she 
made the remark at the Cannes film festival last month.

Confirming "yes, I've met that lady", the Dalai Lama told a news 
conference in Sydney he did not share her viewpoint on the May 12 quake 
that killed nearly 70,000 people.

"Of course from a Buddhist viewpoint, every event is karma," the 
72-year-old monk said.

"Tragedy in Tibet, tragedy in Burma (Myanmar), tragedy in China, all this 
is karmic ... but her particular sort of comment -- that I don't know."

Stone has apologised for the remark, which sparked outrage in China and 
prompted Christian Dior to drop her from its advertisements in the 
country.

On May 12, a massive earthquake struck China's southwest Sichuan province, 
leaving nearly 88,000 people dead or missing.

The tragedy occurred after Tibet was rocked by unrest in March, when the 
Dalai Lama's aides estimate 203 people were killed in protests against 
Chinese rule and a subsequent crackdown in the region.

China says it killed no one and that "rioters" were responsible for 21 
deaths.