Random follow #118 - @DalaiLama_in_NZ

Religion, faith and spirituality.  All areas that you will find on social media with varying and different views and levels of discussion.  In previous times people would counsel that you didn't want to discuss one of three topics - religion, politics or sex.    Well social media certainly breaks all three of those guides and today ot is the turn of religion to get some shine.

@DalaiLama_in_NZ is a twitter account established to spread the word and encourage people to engage with and possible learn more about His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.  He will be here visiting New Zealand for a few days in June 2013.

I for one have a certain fascination with all things spiritual but especially the areas of meditation and mindfulness.  Also the dedication, perspiration and total dedication needed to become a monk.

 His Holiness will be visiting us in June and no doubt he will receive much coverage via the usual media sources.  However branching out to twitter (which is probably a very different communication method than what is usually used) is a very cool risk to take.

As always we need to take a look at what sort of tweets are being published - 

"With money you can't buy wisdom, you can't buy inner peace. Wisdom and inner peace must be created by yourself."

"Had a great day filming yesterday. So encouraging to hear such inspired questions, ranging from the heart to financial state of the world :)"

The @DalaiLama_in_NZ account itself is curated out of New Zealand and tbh a lot of the tweets to date have been in search of getting some media coverage.  But as the visit gets closer and the Dalai Lama graces these shores you can be sure this twitter account will be the one to follow to get up to date and timely information on His Holiness' whereabouts.  So even if you only follow this account for the couple of months that it will be valid for - then it will probably be a follow well spent.

And just a couple of closing thoughts from myself - the Dalai Lama is a progressive, forward thinking and open to ideas kind of guy.  Yes, he does have to work within the framework, boundaries and governing rules of Buddhism yet he still retains his true personality and lets that shine through.

I for one would totally give whatever it would take to meet one of the true great minds of our times.  And who knows - maybe one day it might happen?