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Yokohama, Japan - On a brilliant, warm autumn day in Yokohama, His Holiness devoted his entire morning to a series of audiences, both private and collective, with Buddhist groups f...
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Washington, D.C., April 1993 For thousands of years people have been led to believe that only an authoritarian organization employing rigid disciplinary methods could govern human...
By Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama This article is based on a talk given by the Dalai Lama at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on November 12, 2005 in Washington D...
In his speech to a large crowd of Tibetans from Tibet given on Mar 27, 2006 at the end of his Monlam teaching in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama spoke passionately about several issues,...
February 15, 2001 Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment and taught in India over two thousand years ago, yet his teaching remains refreshing and relevant today. No matter who w...
February 17, 2004 I am extremely happy, honoured and consider myself fortunate to be here today in the midst of representatives who have gathered from a number different Buddhist ...
January 14, 2003 By His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama These are times when destructive emotions like anger, fear and hatred are giving rise to devastating problems ...
July 10, 2002 I am happy to know that the 7th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women is being held in Taiwan and that it is to be addressed by a wide range of speak...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama feels that it is important to know that nuns and monks ordained in the Tibetan tradition follow the vows set forth in the Mulasarvastivadin school of mo...
If there is one area in which both education and the media have a special responsibility, it is, I believe, our natural environment. This responsibility has less to do with questio...
I am very happy and feel especially honored to be speaking to a group of people who are really dedicated to environmental problems in general and the Tibetan environmental problems...
These days the environment- the source of life for all beings in the world including Tibet, the Land of Snows- is undergoing extensive degeneration. At this time it is extremely im...
Dalai Lama: In general, I feel that laws should serve as guidelines for the proper use of human initiative, creativity and ability. Fabien: Do you think that democracy is help...
During the course of my extensive travels to countries across the world, rich and poor, East and West, I have seen people reveling in pleasure, and people suffering. The advancemen...
Tonight I will say something about the Buddhist concept of nature. Nagarjuna said that for a system where emptiness is possible, it is also possible to have functionality, and...
In Tibet, mountains are often considered the adobes of deities. For example, Amnye Machen, a mountain in northeastern Tibet, is regarded as the home of Machen Pomra, one of the mos...
As the twentieth century draws to close, we find that the world has grown smaller. The world's peace have become almost one community. Political and military alliances have created...
Scientific predictions of environmental change are difficult for ordinary human beings to comprehend fully. We hear about hot temperatures and rising sea levels, increasing cancer ...
Tibet should not be used for the production of nuclear weapons and the dumping of nuclear waste. Tibetans have a great respect for all forms of life. This inherent feeling is enhan...
As a boy studying Buddhism, I was taught the importance of a caring attitude toward the environment. Our practice of nonviolence applies not just to human beings but to all sentien...
I am extremely delighted to attend this inter faith seminar on the Preservation of Religious Harmony, Coexistence and Universal Peace organised by the International Association fo...
Non-Violence, the Appropriate and Effective Response to Human Conflicts The 11th September attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon were deeply shocking and very sad. I r...
Many people seem to be excited about the new millennium, but the new millennium in itself will be nothing special. As we enter into the new millennium things will be th...
