September 20, 2005
The Dalai Lama
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
I attended the lecture series this afternoon at the Erwin Center where the Dalai Lama spoke. It was am impressive 2 hours of time and I can hardly begin to put into words. Thankfully, someone already has. I would suggest reading this detailed report to get a sense of what the reception was like. I do have to say, that he was funny at times, sitting cross-legged, wearing a visor to shade his eyes, and casually joking with the crowd which he felt more a part of, rather than apart from.
KUT also has an audio recording of the event if you'd like to hear it.
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at September 20, 2005 10:49 PM
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Did he say "Fuck" or not?
No, I don't imagine so. There were a number of words that come off a bit strange due to his accent, but I watched the transcription feed for the deaf section and didn't notice that come up when I thought I heard it too.
Don't forget to mention that he was brought by the Texas Union Endowed Lectureship and the Texas Union Student Events Center...
So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
What's that from? It sounds familiar...
The comic genius of Bill Murray as Carl Spackler in Caddyshack
