Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has penned three songs for a forthcoming documentary film about Tibet, When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun.

Director Dirk Simon, who has spent seven years making the film, said Damien Rice and composer Philip Glass have also contributed music.

The film is about the ongoing fight of the Free Tibet movement.

Richard Gere, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama have all been interviewed for the film.

The film offers a perspective on the Tibetan community in exile and their struggle to gain autonomy from Chinese rule.

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Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.

- Buddha…

so I’m not naïve enough to believe that Fox news or  Brit Hume are likely to issue an apology to the world’s Buddhists.  I mean there is only about 1.5 billion.  So it’s not like he really offended anybody.  I wonder if we would have experienced the same non-reaction if Mr. Hume had suggested that it was time for Tiger Woods to let go of his Jewish faith?  Not likely. And one can only imagine the uproar in the radical Islamic community over such a pronunciation.  But Buddhism by its very nature is ripe for just such a dismissive attitude.  Buddhism is so focused on the self, we often forget that the true purpose of religion is to force it unsolicited on others who don’t share our views.  That’s what it’s really all about…right?

Brit Hume seems to be ready to offer Tiger Woods a “get out of Hell free card.”  All just for signing up to endorse Christianity. I’d offer Tiger this thought…

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

-  Buddha

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