News at Eleven: The most famous Buddhist in the world,

he [Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama] advises his Western followers not to embrace Buddhism. He seeks out famous scientists with geekish zeal, asserting that certain Buddhist scriptures disproved by modern science should be abandoned.

In his public appearances before English-speaking audiences, he prefers to speak of "global ethics" rather than of the abstruse Buddhist concept of Nirvana.

from The New Yorker: Holy Man

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