Are there any decent books out there on the above topic.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lamaβs message on the occasion of his 86th birthday on July 6, 2021. He expresses gratitude for the respect, appreciation and friendship expressed by people around the world.
His commitment to the welfare of humanity and the environment is strongly affirmed. All human brothers and sisters are urged to use non-violence and compassion to address challenges in daily life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOzuUiGVXYE
From Wikipedia: βSupposedly after a mystic experience in the late 1920s, Trebitsch converted to Buddhism, becoming a monk. In 1931 he rose to the rank of abbot, establishing his own monastery in Shanghai. All initiates were required to hand over their possessions to Abbot Chao Kung as he now called himself. He also spent time seducing nuns.... After the outbreak of the Second World War, he also made contact with the Nazis, offering to broadcast for them and to raise up all the Buddhists of the East against any remaining British influence in the area. The chief of the Gestapo in the Far East, SS Colonel Josef Meisinger, urged that this scheme receive serious attention. It was even seriously suggested that Trebitsch be allowed to accompany German agents to Tibet to implement the scheme. He proclaimed himself the new Dalai Lama after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, a move that was supported by the Japanese but rejected by the Tibetans.β
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln
"Of all the modern economic theories, the economic system of Marxism is founded on moral principles, while capitalism is concerned only with gain and profitability. (...) The failure of the regime in the former Soviet Union was, for me, not the failure of Marxism but the failure of totalitarianism. For this reason I still think of myself as half-Marxist, half-Buddhist."
-Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet
