"Winning the gold metal doesn’t matter," - Dalai
("How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life")
("How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life")
nonviolent legacy -
“Each of us has a valid sense of self, of ‘I.’ We also share fundamental goals. We want happiness and do not want suffering . . . On every level—as individuals, and as members of a family, a community, a nation, a planet—the most mischievous troublemakers we face are anger and egoism . . . The big question is whether or not we can practice kindness and peace.” - Dalai
“Many countries have expressed their support for Tibetans, even when it was politically sensitive to do so."
“Many countries have expressed their support for Tibetans, even when it was politically sensitive to do so."
“At present the Tibetan struggle is
between the power of truth and the power of
the gun. In the short term the gun seems more powerful, but in the long run truth is more
important and more effective.” - Dalai
“The Dalai has two major commitments: the promotion of human values to enable as many people as possible to find peace and happiness in their lives and to encourage active moves to foster inter-religious harmony . . . He [explains] that as social animals we are biologically equipped to get together with others, something that our destructive emotions interfere with. Here in the 21st century, we face a variety of problems that, apart from natural disasters, are mostly man-made. And yet none of us wants these problems; no one gets up in the morning looking forward to the problems he or she might face. We need to find ways to deal with this.”
The Dalai, "referred to the 20th
century as an era of bloodshed that created as many problems as it solved"
“If we are to learn from that . . . When we are faced with conflict we have to find peaceful ways and means to resolve it."
"Whatever kind of problem we face, we need to address it through dialogue, by sitting down with our opponent and talking it through. Remembering the tragedies of the 20th century, we need to make this a century of dialogue.”
"Whatever kind of problem we face, we need to address it through dialogue, by sitting down with our opponent and talking it through. Remembering the tragedies of the 20th century, we need to make this a century of dialogue.”
“Non-violence doesn’t mean we have to passively accept injustice. We have to fight for our rights."
"We have to oppose injustice,
because not to do so would be a
form of violence. Gandhi-ji fervently promoted non-violence, but that didn’t mean he was complacently accepting of the status quo; he resisted, but he did
so without doing harm.” - Dalai
(“His Holiness the Dalai Lama Speaks about Non-
violence and Ethical Values . . . ”).
violence and Ethical Values . . . ”).
When the Dalai is asked about his thoughts on Ghandi's nonviolence, he responds:
"Nonviolence is the only way for the oppressed people of the earth to move forward into a peace that could be lasting. When I first came to Europe in1973 and talked like this people thought, 'Ah, well, the Dalai Lama, he is a little strange.' Now they are beginning to see that perhaps the Dalai Lama was not talking such nonsense after all," ("Essential Tibetan Buddhism").
"Nonviolence is the only way for the oppressed people of the earth to move forward into a peace that could be lasting. When I first came to Europe in1973 and talked like this people thought, 'Ah, well, the Dalai Lama, he is a little strange.' Now they are beginning to see that perhaps the Dalai Lama was not talking such nonsense after all," ("Essential Tibetan Buddhism").