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When Kamal Haasan met the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama was in Chennai for a lecture at IIT Madras.

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Tamil actor and filmmaker Kamal Haasan and Gauthami on Tuesday met the Dalai Lama who was in Chennai for a lecture on 'Human Approach to World Peace' at IIT Madras. Talking about the meeting the actor said:

"Today morning I met The Dalai Lama ji. 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 hence 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. Yet, he opined that I could use my craft and medium to propagate the great philosophy offered to the world by India - ahinsa. 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, a sign of a man who had no worldly worries. Above all, he loved the company of strangers. He reminded me of 2000-year-old Jain Tamil poetry: Yaadum ooray yaavarum kay lir (Everywhere is my town, all are my kin.) 

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