His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Taiwan 2009
Exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama speaks to journalists during a visit to the typhoon hit village of Hsiaolin, in Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan on August 31, 2009. The Dalai Lama, who arrived late on August 30, headed straight for Hsiaolin, a village where at least 424 people died in lanslides and flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot on the first full day of a tour that China has warned will hurt improving ties with the island(Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Buddhist followers wait patiently as the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at the Taoyuan High Speed Rail station in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Taiwanese officials said Sunday they hope the Dalai Lama will stay clear of politics to avoid angering China during his visit to comfort victims of the island’s worst storm in 50 years. ( AP Photo)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama blesses survivors of Shiao Lin, the village hardest-hit by massive mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot early this month, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, in Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Thousands of Buddhist devotees attend a mass prayer session for the Typhoon Morakot victims, led by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, September 1, 2009. China has fine-tuned its protests against Taiwan for hosting the Dalai Lama apparently to make a point without damaging ties. China, which has claimed self-ruled Taiwan since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, said on Monday that the Dalai Lama’s visit could “sabotage” fast-improving relations with China-friendly Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou.
REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN RELIGION POLITICS DISASTER)
A Buddhist nun cries as exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, leads a mass prayer session for Typhoon Morakot victims in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, September 1, 2009. The Dalai Lama arrived on Sunday to comfort victims of the island’s worst typhoon in 50 year, which struck last month triggering floods that killed about 750 people. He says the purpose is non-political, but China does not see it that way.
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A woman sheds tears as the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama leads a Buddhist ceremony for the survivors and victims of last month’s massive mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
