Dalai Lama | Grammy Win for Dalai Lama’s ‘Meditations’

Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.” At the ceremony, Rufus Wainwright accepted the award on his behalf. The Dalai Lama said in a statement on his website that he saw the award “as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility.” “I receive this recognition with gratitude and humility,” he added. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said: “It is well known that the 14th Dalai Lama is not merely a religious figure but a political exile engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the guise of religion.”