TIME Lists His
Holiness the Dalai Lama among Top 25 Political Icons[Saturday, 5 February 2011, 5:16 p.m.]
DHARAMSHALA:
TIME, one of the world’s top news magazine, listed His Holiness the
Dalai Lama as one the world’s top 25 political icons, describing him as
“not only the greatest and most public advocate for Tibetan rights and
the virtues of Tibetan Buddhism, but for interfaith tolerance and peace
as well to people around the world.”The list will be announced 6
February, which marks the 100th birthday of the late US President
Ronald Reagan. “Few political figures in recent memory have matched the
Gipper’s charisma or enduring appeal. We look at other world leaders
whose legacies have stood the test of time,” the magazine said.TIME’s
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“To
countless Tibetans, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a spiritual leader
and a head of state in absentia. But to people around the world, Tenzin
Gyatso is not only the greatest and most public advocate for Tibetan
rights and the virtues of Tibetan Buddhism, but for interfaith tolerance
and peace as well. For decades — and from exile since 1959 — he has
worked to resolve tensions between Tibet and the People’s Republic of
China. And like Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. before him, the Dalai
Lama done so in a manner defined by nonviolence and tolerance. In 1989,
he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.“The Dalai
Lama’s humility has endeared him to presidents and religious leaders of
several countries, affording him the opportunity to raise awareness and
drum up support for Tibet on a global scale. His 1998 book, The Art of
Happiness, sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S. and made him a
New York Times bestselling author for nearly two years…”TIME’s
top 25 political icons are: Mohandas Gandhi, Alexander the Great, Mao
Zedong, Winston Churchill, Genghis Khan, Nelson Mandela, Abraham
Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Ronald Reagan, Cleopatra,
Franklin Roosevelt, Dalai Lama, Queen Victoria, Benito Mussolini, Akbar
the Great, Lenin, Margaret Thatcher, Simón Bolívar, Qin Shi Huang, Kim
Il-Sung, Charles de Gaulle, Louis XIV, Haile Selassie, King Richard the
Lionheart & Saladin.
