Shep Fairey — he of the ubiquitous Obama poster, the ubiquitous Obey Giant street-art campaign,  and countless other works, has now portrayed the Dalai Lama in this new portrait, Compassion.

You may recall that Fairey recently portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi as well.

Done to celebrate His Holiness’s 75th birthday, Compassion is available from Fairey’s website, and net proceeds will be split between Tibet House and LA Friends of Tibet. (The Dalai Lama’s birthday is on July 6.)

Of the piece, Fairey says:

“I’ve always had great admiration for His Holiness and his non-violent approach to the plight of the Tibetan people. When I was approached with the opportunity to work with this beautiful image as a sanctioned source and create a work that evokes the Dalai Lama’s presence as I feel it, I was thrilled. I hope His Holiness remains a presence of compassion in the world for many birthdays to come!”

Compassion goes on sale at “a random time” today, here. Only 500 will be available, so hurry. UPDATE: all 500 copies have already sold out as of early this afternoon.

Another small update: You might also like seeing this Burmese monk from the Obey archives.

Thanks to Born Infinite for the tip.

That’s right, folks, set your DVRs. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be on Larry King Live this coming Monday night. The LKL site says he will talk “about China, human rights and Haiti in his only interview after his controversial meeting with President Obama.”

And speaking of that meeting, the Dalai Lama yesterday described Obama as looking “like a monk… [he] had a peaceful, calm expression on his face.” …A nice thing to hear about one’s president, no?

See the website of the great Beautiful/Decay magazine. And let the Horse know what you think.

Hat tip to kin.

“Think different.” Or, don’t.

Via ComputerWorld: “Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China. [...] At l

east five iPhone apps related to the Dalai Lama are unavailable in the China store. Some of those apps — named Dalai Quotes, Dalai Lama Quotes and Dalai Lama Prayerwheel — display inspirational quotes from the Tibetan spiritual leader. Another, Paging Dalai Lama, tells users where he is currently teaching. A fifth app, Nobel Laureates, contains information about Nobel Prize winners including the Dalai Lama.”

I can’t quite tell if the irreverence of this video makes it cringeworthy or awesome, but it certainly is begging to be seen — and, commented on.

For the story behind it, check AdGabber.

Today’s Bing.com “cover star”:

The Potala Palace.

Roll over the Bing homepage screen (while it’s there) to learn factoids about sand mandalas and Tibetan Buddhists’ “awesome hats.”

No, he’s not just being morbid: he’s talking about his hopes for the generations that followed his.

From the Mind and Life Institute’s gathering today. Listen here.

…and goes for laughs at His Holiness’s expense, too. All this in Thursday night’s opening segment. Here it is — what do you think?

(Um, it should be said, “Parental Advisory: Explicit Content” sorta applies here.)

Don’t know how this one eluded the Horse for so long, but it’s an oddity: this song by German “Dance-Metal” band Rammstein came out a couple years ago, and is called “Dalai Lama,” because (it seems) the Dalai Lama isn’t a big fan of flying, and this song is sorta about that. Though it’s not about His Holiness; it’s actually based on a poem by Goethe. (Wikipedia told me that; I got Ds in German.)

Anyway, here’s a fan-made video. The music and images are strange bedfellows.

Believe it or not, the Dalai Lama is serving as a guest editor for the Vancouver Sun.

And believe it or not, THIS is the way they’re advertising that fact: