Dalai Lama Speach Part 2

Questions for the Dalai Lama:

1. I’m just one person how can I do any good?
1. Seeing immense problems causes hopelessness.
2. EFFORT by humanity causes change.
3. Become a peaceful person then it can multiply.

2. How to forgive unethical violence?
1. We all have the ability to make a distinction between right and wrong.  Don’t keep negative feelings.  Think of how bad that person that created the unethical violence will feel later.
2. THINK out of a sense of concern, not anger.
3. TAKE ACTION if confrontation is necessary. Take it not out of hate but out of concern.
4. Forgiveness does not me ‘forget’ness”

3. What to do about all the bad technology taking over our lives?
1. “Bad” is your opinion, not all technology is bad.
2. It’s your own mistake if you watch TV 10 hours a day.
3. The Dali Lama watches animals and gets lots of information. He likes the Discovery Channel.

4. How do you spend your free time?
1. Read
2. Thinking brings lots of rest.
3. Spend more time with your children

                                              i.     Provide maximum affection. Then there is real hope for the next generation being a compassionate generation and there is real hope for the 21^st century.

                                             ii.     20^th century was violence.

                                           iii.     21^st century could be peace.

                                           iv.     We can change THIS century!

5. What is the most important thing to achieve in life?
1. A peaceful life which brings maximum happiness.

                                              i.     Joke:  “He met a Cuban who prayed to God for God to bring Castro to heaven sooner”

6. What’s the best way to enlighten children?
1. He doesn’t like the work best because ‘best’ sometimes means ‘quickest’ and then ‘cheapest’.
2. Provide maximum affection: disposition, genes and enlightenment is different in all children.
3. Try to introduce a more holistic view of citizens of the world.
4. Nature.

7. Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
1. Buddha

                                              i.     He was a man.

                                             ii.     Many followers used ‘mind’ to shape collective emotions.

                                           iii.     Great thinker.

                                           iv.     Great philosopher.

                                            v.     He didn’t want his followers to accept his beliefs out of faith but out of investigation.

2. Mother Theresa

                                              i.     Gravely dedicated to people.

8. If you loose your way, how do you find the right path?
1. The future is no guarantee…at the same time it is open.
2. Develop self-confidence.
3. Develop optimism.
4. Find a new way – not a narrow one (like a horse with blinders on the side).
5. Narrow minded thinking causes it – look around and you can find a different way.
6. Determination.
7. Holistic view.
8. Know obstacles are bound to happen.

9. How do you let go of past pain and find peace?
1. You should still feel the pain so you have more EFFORT to get over it.
2. You need to feel it to get DETERMINATION to find ways and means to get over it.
3. After pain there are 2 options:

                                              i.     Loose hope, become demoralized.

                                             ii.     More difficulty and experience makes you stronger.

4. WWII generation is strong, current Americans & So. Koreans are soft because of no war and pain.  Sept 11 caused America to get stronger.
5. Difficulties create strength & determination in your being and make you wiser.
6. Tsunami in Japan: He met and told a man ‘you built your country from ashes so you can rebuild [again].
7. After pain there is truth and respect.
8. Short term power of [determination?] is strength. Long term power of compassion is strength.
9. After bombs, if you are honest and truthful you can get determination.

10. I’m struggling with a world more cruel than compassionate.
1. The Dali Lama trained his mind through doing wrong things (making mistakes), competition, and debate.  Competition for example when scientists present info, others question and make the scientist say; I have to think about that.
2. Train your mind through investigation

Joke:  Why did God create mischievous people?

Since God created hell there must be some people who go to hell.

3. Problems:  If they come from nature we can’t change them.  If they come from mind or heart then we can change them.
4. Alone man can’t achieve; If we have group responsibility with moderate resistance we can cause change.
5. We have more knowledge than our ancestors.  This gives us more potential today than ever before.
6. Emory, Stanford, others are creating more attention to compassion.
7. It will not happen overnight, it will be a gradual change.
8. Young people have 90 more years to go and have opportunity to make a new world.
9. The Dali has one eye in this world and one eye in the next life.

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