The Dalai Lama says Trump lacks morals, China allegedly continues harvesting organs from religious minorities, and Thai cave boys mark the anniversary of their escape. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Karen JensenJUN 29, 2019

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Photo by U.S. Institute of Peace | https://flic.kr/p/DriJLu

Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week. 

DALAI LAMA: TRUMP LACKS ‘MORAL PRINCIPLE’ & FEMALE DALAI LAMA ‘SHOULD BE ATTRACTIVE’

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama shared his opinions on President Donald Trump, Brexit, and other political issues in a recent interview with the BBC. The current administration is defined by a “lack of moral principle,” the Tibetan spiritual leader said. “When he became president he expressed America first. That is wrong. America should take a global responsibility.” He also stood by comments he made last year in which he expressed that refugees in the European Union should ultimately return to their home countries to rebuild. “A limited number is OK, but the whole of Europe [will] eventually become Muslim country, African country—impossible,” he said. And he reaffirmed another controversial remark he made in 2015, saying if “a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive.”