Letters to the Editor
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The Glamourization of His Holiness
Through my journey as a Buddhist, I have become increasingly detached from the Dalai Lama himself; meaning his published works, and more involved in my own life as a Buddist. The unsacredness of Hollywood and their vanities in which we are unfortunately subjected to have taken away from the man, the prophet, and meditation. The Dalai Lama should not have allowed himself to become so public, as Buddhist followers who are not in it for glamour but for peace; as peace spreads through peace, not the media.
As for his feeling of becoming his last incarnation, he has possibly lost his way himself. It is unfortunate that his physical presence is so required by "false practitioners".
Will his texts be re-translated by a future Dalai Lama to fit a more glamourized Buddhist society? It is not an uncommon practice for ancient societies to do so. Some cultures even change their alphabets so that future generations cannot understand previous texts, as they realize that societies and their influences change.