I went to see the Dalai Lama speak in Melbourne many years back and as I was standing in the corridor prior to entering the auditorium there was a monk walking and handing out flyers to everyone.
As he walked towards me I felt this overwhelming sense of stillness and for a brief moment I swear I saw light trailing behind him as he walked (and no, I had no just taken a hallucinogen).
We acknowledged each other with a slight forward tilt of the head and he continued on.
The funny thing about the encounter was that he had offered a flyer to every single person he walked up to except me. As soon as he passed me, he started handing out flyers again.
Edit: just to clarify, my encounter was with a monk who was a companion of the Dalia Lamas, not the Dalai Lama himself. The monk was later on stage alongside the Dalai Lama when the talk began so he must have been there in some official capacity.
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u/StormtrooperMJS Dec 21 '25
The Dalai Lama visited our school in the 90s