Read a random quote or see all quotes by the 14th Dalai Lama. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.įrom the book Kindness, Clarity, and Insight The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. To study Bud dhism and then use it as a weapon in order to criticize others’ theories or ideologies is wrong. The belief in reincarnation and the role of lamas spiritual teachers are fundamental aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. “Entire 7 billion human beings, we are the same,” he said.If you really take an interest in Buddhism, then the most important thing is implementation-practice. He added that he emphasizes the oneness of humanity. So even for nonbelievers, it is very relevant.” “A message of love and forgiveness, contentment, self-discipline. “The various different religious traditions have different philosophies, different traditions, but all carry the same message,” he said in his summit video. The Dalai Lama has also been adamant about the need for universal human values that apply to people of all religious backgrounds or no religion at all. Oneness of humanityĭespite China’s oppression in Tibet, the Dalai Lama has remained steadfast in seeking a nonviolent, mutually beneficial solution between Tibetans and Chinese-something that the Tibetan Policy and Support Act requires the US government to pursue. If any Chinese officials try to interfere, they will face sanctions under the new law. In an opinion piece last week in Newsweek, Brownback, the summit co-chair, and Ngodup Tsering, the Dalai Lama’s representative to North America, declared that “China’s Relentless Persecution of Tibet Must End Now.”Ĭalling out China’s outrageous plan to appoint a future Dalai Lama, the authors noted that the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, which became law in late 2020, makes it official US policy that only the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Buddhist community can decide on his succession. Just this month, police reportedly arrested more than 20 Tibetans for celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday on July 6. In his homeland of Tibet-which the watchdog group Freedom House recently declared the least-free country on Earth in a tie with Syria- religious freedom has become virtually nonexistent, thanks to the repressive rule of the Chinese government.Ĭhinese officials have expelled monk and nuns from their religious institutions, prevented schoolchildren from taking part in religious activities and imprisoned Tibetans simply for owning photos of the Dalai Lama or listening to his teachings. The Dalai Lama spoke to the summit through a video address from Dharamsala, India, where he has lived in exile for more than 60 years. “Now we must work together, live together, so that’s my main message.” Religious persecution in Tibet “We should feel now, enough fighting in the name of religion. The Dalai Lama says spirituality is 'concerned with those qualities of the human spirit-such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others.' These inner qualities need not be connected to religion. The Dalai Lama told the summit that fighting between religions should become a thing of the past. The Dalai Lama, who is one of the most admired people in the United States, is the spiritual leader for millions of Tibetan Buddhists around the globe and a source of spiritual guidance for countless other people. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a video message. The event also featured Honorary Senate Co-Chairs Chris Coons, D-Del., and James Lankford, R-Okla., as well as Honorary House Co-Chairs Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Chris Smith, R-N.J. Sam Brownback, the former ambassador at large for international religious freedom, and Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights, were the summit co-chairs. When the body is no longer usable, a soul remains there. So, in India, a self, a soul, an atman that idea comes. The owner must be something independent and permanent, unchanging, while the body and the mind changes. The Office of Tibet-DC hosted a side event at the summit at which Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch spoke. Therefore, there must be an owner of the body and the mind. The summit, a grassroots gathering of civil society and religious groups from around the world, was held from July 13 to 15, 2021. So religious freedom is actually in a way the freedom of our thought.” “So in that respect, the various different religious traditions develop. “We human beings, unlike other animals, we have this very sharp intelligence and also have the ability to visualize a long future,” he said. The Dalai Lama defended religious freedom as freedom of thought while calling for an end to religious conflict in a special video message to the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, DC last week.
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