I first met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1996. Accompanying me was a parliamentarian and two other friends. We were fortunate enough to have a private audience with him. When I said we were from Indonesia, he immediately reacted: “Oh yes, yes, yes … Indonesia …. Tibet has very strong relations, strong ties with Indonesia.”“Atisha, was a monk from India. He went to Indonesia to learn from the Indonesian master,” he said.

Fortunately, I knew the story.

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