Dalai Lama rampant sexism!!
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:44 pm
The Dalai Lama gave so little thought to the prospect of a meeting Australia's Prime Minister he didn't even know she was a "she".
Asked whether he was disappointed Julia Gillard had followed Labor tradition by declining a meeting, the Tibetan spiritual leader was blunt: "No."
The 75-year-old Buddhist said the goals of his visit were to promote values and religious harmony.
"If your Prime Minister has some kind of spiritual interest then of course my meeting would be useful," he told reporters at Parliament House in Canberra.
"Otherwise, I have nothing to ask him. Also, you see, there's no point to seek advice from him."
One of the Dalai Lama's aides quietly corrected His Holiness: "Her".
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