Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 29 Jun 2019, 08:00 pm Print
New Delhi: Buddhist spiritual leader and Nobel Peace laureate Dalai Lama, who is an inspiration to countless followers across the globe, has triggered a controversy when he said that if a women succeeds him then she needs to be 'attractive'.
The Nobel peace prize winner even said people will not prefer to look at a female Dalai Lama’s face if she was not attractive.
In 2015, during an interview with the BBC, Dalai Lama, the Tibetan monk, had said in case a woman were to succeed him, or become the female Dalai Lama, she would have to be attractive.
Now, in 2019, he once again voiced a similar opinion during an interview with the BBC.
He told the British news channel: "If female Dalai Lama comes, then she should be more attractive."
BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan, who conducted the interview, tweeted: "This was perhaps the most surprising moment in the interview. I asked the Dalai Lama if he stood by his earlier comment that if his successor was female, she should be attractive."
This was perhaps the most surprising moment in the interview. I asked the Dalai Lama if he stood by his earlier comment that if his successor was female, she should be attractive.
— Rajini Vaidyanathan (@BBCRajiniV) June 27, 2019
He said he did. Watch here:#DalaiLama #BBCDalaiLama. pic.twitter.com/QAy0EFDZTT
Meanwhile, the spiritual leader's comment did not go down well with many as Twitter users reacted sharply to the remark.
One Elaine tweeted: "And I’m sure all previous 13 Dalai Lamas were checked if they were attractive too."
And I’m sure all previous 13 Dalai Lamas were checked if they were attractive too ???? https://t.co/vAXkVTFrBn
— Elaine (@ElaineODowd) June 28, 2019
Another Twitter user Claire said: " I am curious to know if attractiveness was a quality looked for when monks went to look for him??? ‘We have found the Dalai Lama but wait he is not attractive’."
I am curious to know if attractiveness was a quality looked for when monks went to look for him??? ‘We have found the Dalai Lama but wait he is not attractive’
— Claire Chambers (@ClaritanicA) June 28, 2019
Twitter user Jacob said: "#IsItOk that The Dalai Lama believes that for a female successor to happen, she must be attractive for anybody to care? #PotKettleBlack."
#IsItOk that The Dalai Lama believes that for a female successor to happen, she must be attractive for anybody to care? #PotKettleBlack
— Jacob Matthews (@Jacobmatt121) June 28, 2019
One Natalie tweeted: "Did the Dalai Lama just say that the female successor would have to be attractive?! I think I'll start my own Dharma that isn't based on shallowness and sexism."
Did the Dalai Lama just say that the female successor would have to be attractive?!
— Natalie Norment (@NightSkyLady) June 28, 2019
I think I'll start my own Dharma that isn't based on shallowness and sexism.
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