The grace, the flowing robes...bald........striking.

via Tim Blair:

Buddhist leader Venerable Lama Choedak Rinpoche also suggested the good might eventually outweigh the bad. He said the tsunami was part of the collective karma of the universe, and could be a catalyst for peace, harmony and generosity. "To us it seems very big, but when people sweep their driveway they kill hundreds of ants without calling it a tsunami. That kind of suffering and turbulence are happening all the time, and Buddha's explanation is purification of negative karma. It is not the karma of those individuals or punishment by a super-being."

And I thought it was an earthquake. Foolish me.