WISDOM OF THE DALAI LAMA

At the end of the talk someone from the audience
asked the Dalai Lama, "Why didn't you fight back against
the Chinese?" The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet
just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, "Well, war is obsolete, you know " Then, after a few moments,
his face grave, he said, "Of course the mind can rationalize
fighting back...but the heart, the heart would never understand.
Then you would be divided in yourself, the heart and the mind,
and the war would be inside you." 

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Prayer of  Dalai Lama In Support of 
" World TIBET Day "

" For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain
Until then, may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world "

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Profound Words of The Dalai Lama

My message is the practice of compassion,
love and kindness.  Compassion can be put
into practice if one recognizes the fact that
every human being is a member of
humanity and the human family
regardless of differences in religion,
culture, color and creed.
Deep down
there is no difference.

Each of us in our own way can try
to spread compassion into people’s hearts.
Western civilizations these days place great
importance on filling the human “brain” with knowledge,
but no one seems to care about filling the human “heart”
with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly
materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith
of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power
and vast possessions.  Yet by this vain striving for perfection
in a world where everything is relative, they wander even
further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued
by unremitting anxiety ...

It becomes more and more imperative that the life of the
spirit be avowed as the only firm basis upon which
to establish happiness and peace.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain,
our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.