KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Standing in the Kaohsiung Arena as the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader in exile, led about 20,000 people in Buddhist prayers and chanting, it is hard to think of politics. Many of the Taiwanese Buddhists and Typhoon Morakot victims present held their hands together, closing their eyes as they prayed and chanted with the Dalai Lama or looked up to him for spiritual consolation and guidance. Others took notes or clasped Buddhist prayer beads in their hands as they listened intently to the Tibetan "Living Buddha".
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