The Dalai Lama visited Japan's holiest Shinto shrine in Ise, western Japan.

I thought the Dalai Lama was Buddhist.

And, what's with one shrine being holier than another?

Makes me wonder where the church I went to this morning is on the list.

I mean, gee, wouldn't everyone want to go to a holier than your place?

It was the Dalai Lama's second visit to the shrine dedicated to the sun goddess

Amaterasu Omikami, the mythical ancestor of the imperial family.

The key word there, of course, is mythical.

The Dalai Lama says "Wherever I go, if time permits, I always pay my respect or pilgrimage to all different religious… temples."

Respect is good…. 

"I've fully committed promotion of religious harmony," he continued.

Harmony in religion…give it up.

The DL said, "Religious faith is sometimes causing divisions and problems. (In the) meantime, all religions have the same message, the message of love … and the same potential to save humanity."

He's wrong on that one.

Some religions want to impose guilt on their followers, others grace.

Some religions don't have a chance of saving humanity and instead want them to wait till another better turn comes around.

The DL bowed twice at the main shrine and purified himself with water from a small river inside the site. 

Smells of compromise to me….trying to be all things to all people. When that happens, there is no truth.

Peace is not the highest priority…truth is. 

Wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable.  

What do you think? 

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