Thanks to the mighty Sam DeWitt for passing this on.

DHARAMSALA, India (CNN) — I never knew much about Buddhism, and was not expecting much, spiritually, from covering the Dalai Lama. But what happened just goes to show how the unlikeliest events can affect you at the unlikeliest times.

[Read the rest here.]

Oh, and here‘s a new Huffington Post piece by Robert Thurman, called “The Dalai Lama/Obama/McCain Connection.”