Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/, /ˌdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ is a monk of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso...
NationalityTibetan
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth6 July 1935
CityTaktser, Tibet
mean adversity thinking
It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.
ambition animal solitude
To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.
believe mind age
I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.
buddhist heart people
Misunderstanding may arise by confusing the Buddhist and scientific definitions of death. Within the scientific system you spoke quite validly of the death of the brain and the death of heart. Different parts of the body can die separately. However, in the Buddhist system, the word death is not used in that way. You'd never speak of the death of a particular part of the body, but rather of the death of an entire person. When people say that a certain person died, we don't ask, "Well, which part died?"
determination motivation optimism
We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.
compassion seems
Compassion seems to be the greatest power.
spiritual country holiness
His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground
buddhist believe self
We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.
monk ifs engineers
If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer.
life-is human-life humans
The basic condition of human life is happiness.
labels determined one-thing
Furthermore, I shall explain the nature of dharmata: Such a nature as this cannot be determined to be any one thing. So however you label it, that is how it appears.
tolerance weakness should
Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.
believe together spirituality
I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.
believe suffering world
I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do with human intelligence. The way to overcome all human suffering-that also is through human intelligence.