Dalai Lama’s suggestion to Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan, who met the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, shared some nuggets from his meeting in an official statement.
“Today morning I met The Dalai Lamaji. Have admired his resilience and purpose. Being a fan of Gandhi ji, it is not too farfetched to become his admirer. Inspite of the fact that I am a rationalist and not spiritually bent, my meeting was invigorating and felt purposeful. My lack of interest in matters of things spiritual in nature was matched by his disinterest in cinema. ‘I have not watched a single movie not even Television,’ he told me with a smile,” said Kamal.
“Yet he opined that I could use my craft and medium to propagate the great philosophy offered to the world by India: Ahimsa. I confirmed my faith in Ahinsa and said I will venture soon in that direction. For a man of his position, he indulged in small talk with abandon showing the sign of a man who had no worldly worries. Above all he loved the company of strangers,” added Kamal Haasan.
