Dalai Lama to appear at Glastonbury | Free Malaysia Today

It was quickly taken down and it’s only now that the full details of his visit have emerged.

Recalling his own experience of stepping in to replace the Stone Roses’ headline slot in 1995 with his band Pulp, he told Florence “no one is bigger than Glastonbury”.

China routinely denounces any country that hosts the Dalai Lama.

The 175,000 festivalgoers setting up at Glastonbury are to be joined by an unexpected newbie – the Dalai Lama.

“He had also applied a coating to add radiance to the face of the Jowo Buddha statue in the Jokhang [Lhasa’s central cathedral] to commemorate the 2007 award to the Dalai Lama of the USA Congressional Medal”.

An alliance of 10 United Kingdom Buddhist Organizations have formally dissociated themselves from the protests, saying they are “very concerned about the protesters’ aggressive, misleading and unethical behavior”.

The 14th Dalai Lama is not scheduled to meet with officials in Britain but is viewed by China as a separatist intent on promoting his wish for an autonomous Tibet.

“It’s extraordinary given his status and the fact that every other country, with the exception of Latvia, have provided security”.

His Holiness will follow in the steps of his Tibetan monks who performed a live set on the same stage in two years ago.

Sonam Lama, a Tibetan ISC member, said: “The Dalai Lama is used to being a religious dictator and ruling without dissent or dialogue”.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will offer a message of peace and understanding. “He has no tolerance or compassion for anyone who disagrees with him”.

The alliance, including the Buddhist Society, said differences of opinion among followers of the religion “should be expressed in a peaceful, respectful, truthful and reasonable manner”.

According to Tibetans, Potala Road has a powerful symbolism of the Dalai Lama’s return to the Potala Palace in Tibet.

Lu said, however, that China’s position on the “international scuttling about of the 14th Dalai Lama to serve his political aims” is consistent.