Dalai Lama’s Car To Be Auctioned On Ebay

by Nicole

Ebay bidders are being offered the opportunity to drive down the road to Nirvana in the Dalai Lama’s car. A 1966 Land Rover 88’ Station Wagon, which was the Dalai Lama’s official vehicle between 1966 and 1976, is being auctioned off by the Redwood, CA-based Dalai Lama Foundation.

The car was given to the organization by the Dalai Lama’s youngest brother Tendzin Choegyal. After being shipped from Dharamsala, India, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile, the vehicle was stripped and restored to its former glory.

The right-hand drive, fully operational car, which was named one of the world’s ten most exclusive Land Rover’s by Land Rover Lifestyle magazine, will be sold on Ebay. Bidding begins on Nov 2nd. A Dalai Lama Foundation lunch sitting next to actress Sharon Stone and a chance to meet the Dalai Lama himself at a teaching session in India are also included in the lot, which has a reserve price of $75,000 – a small price to pay for a jump start on the road to enlightenment.

| 10/31/07 | News