ダライ・ラマ14世法王慈悲による平和 (His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Peace Through Compassion)

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(MUSIC)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME,
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY,
ROBERT BIRGENEAU. (APPLAUSE)
THIS IS GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW ME, I’M ROBERT BIRGENEAU,
BOTH A PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND MATERIAL SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING AND ALSO CHANCELLOR HERE AT UC BERKELEY.
I HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TODAY ON THIS
VERY SPECIAL OCCASION TO HEAR HIS HOLINESS, THE XIV DALAI LAMA,
HEAD AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE. (APPLAUSE)
HIS HOLINESS HAS TWICE BEFORE VISITED OUR CAMPUS IN 1994 AND 1997.
HIS HOLINESS IS HERE TODAY THROUGH THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE
AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION
AND THE RICHARD C. BLUM CENTER FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. (APPLAUSE)
THE FOUNDATION OF WHICH RICHARD BLUM IS FOUNDER AND CHAIR
PROVIDES HEATH CARE, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CULTURAL PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT HIMALAYAN REGION.
THE CENTER, LOCATED HERE ON THE BERKELEY CAMPUS, IS DEVOTED TO
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF GLOBAL POVERTY
IT IS TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL LEADERS TO MAKE
LASTING CHANGE FOR THE POOR.
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA HAS OFTEN SPOKEN OF THE SUFFERING
OF POVERTY AS A GLOBAL ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED FROM THE
ONENESS OF HUMANITY.
HIS HOLINESS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PEACE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING WITH THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. (APPLAUSE)
TODAY HIS HOLINESS WILL ADDRESS US ON
PEACE THROUGH COMPASSION.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO INVITE SHARON STONE TO THE STAGE.
MANY OF YOU WILL KNOW SHARON STONE AS AN ACCOMPLISHED --
AND IN THE RIDE HERE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE
RIGHT NOUN TO DESCRIBE SHARON.
SHOULD IT BE ACTRESS, ACTOR OR ACTIVIST?
AND SO SHARON SAID I SHOULD INTRODUCE HER
AS AN ACCOMPLISHED ACTORAVIST,
WHO IS A GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY AWARD WINNER
AND AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
SHE’S ALSO A FRIEND OF THE AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION
AND MEMBER OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY WORTHY CAUSES.
SHE IS A FRIEND OF TIBET AND OF THE DALAI LAMA.
SHARON (APPLAUSE)
HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU?
I SAID IN THE CAR OVER THAT I HOPED HIS HOLINESS WOULD GO
“HELLO BERKELEY”
SO I WILL, HELLO BERKELEY.
IT’S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL OPEN-AIR
THEATER TODAY ON THIS GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS DAY
FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY
WOW. IT’S A GREAT FEELING.
WE’RE HERE AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS FULL OF SO MANY
DIFFERENT EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND CHANGING
TIMES, CHANGING OPINIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF THOUGHTS,
FEELINGS, EMOTIONS.
AND WHEN WE’RE TOLD THAT THERE IS A STRUCTURE OF FEELINGS,
EMOTIONS AND CHANGING TIDES
IN FACT, WE’RE TOLD THAT WE’RE IN A TIME OF SCARCITY.
BUT IF WE LOOK TO OUR GENUINE SELVES, OUR GENUINE TRUTHS AND
DEPART FROM THE ILLUSIONS OF THAT WHICH IS PUT UPON US
TO THAT WHICH IS IN US, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT
THERE IS NEVER A SCARCITY
BUT THAT THERE IS A WEALTH OF GREATNESS
AND THAT WITHIN US THERE IS MUCH.
FOR EVERY ONE OF US HAS A DREAM, EVERY ONE OF US HAS A DESTINY,
EVERY ONE OF US HAS A GIANT OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS UPON US TO FOLLOW OUR DESTINY AND TO FULFILL THAT DREAM.
IT’S OUR CHOICE WITH HOW MUCH INTEGRITY WE MEET THAT DESTINY.
THERE’S A GIANT PUZZLE IN THE WORLD, AND IT IS OURS TO TAKE OUR
PIECE AND FULFILL THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
AND GLORIFY THE DESTINY OF THE UNIVERSE.
I’M SURE EACH OF YOU SITTING HERE HAS SOME BEGINNINGS OF THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR DREAM IS.
AND THAT’S WHY YOU’VE COME HERE TODAY.
IT’S THE COMPASSION WITHIN YOUR HEART WITH
WHICH YOU’RE REACHING OUT.
IN THE HOPES THAT YOU CAN SIMPLY LET GO AND END THAT BIT OF FEAR
THAT IS RESTRAINING YOU FROM THE POWER OF YOUR GENEROSITY
AND WHOLENESS TO FULFILL YOURSELF AS A WORLD CITIZEN.
BECAUSE WE’RE NO LONGER INDIVIDUALS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU’RE NO LONGER AN INDIVIDUAL ALONE IN YOUR TINY SPACE.
WE NOW KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT WE’RE WORLD CITIZENS WALKING
TOGETHER HAND IN HAND TO FULFILL OUR DESTINY AS ONE.
AND THE DAY IS UPON US.
SO I WELCOME YOU, UC BERKELEY COMMUNITY,
FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION.
EXACTLY.
IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS AT THE BLUM CENTER FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMICS.
(APPLAUSE)
AND IT’S A GREAT PLEASURE TO ASK CHANCELLOR BIRGENEAU
TO PRESENT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
TO MY FRIEND, YOUR REGENT OF BERKELEY, ALUM AND
PASSIONATE FRIEND TO THE TIBETAN PEOPLE,
RICHARD BLUM
AND BEFORE I GO I HAVE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY,
GO BEARS. (APPLAUSE)
BEFORE I START MY NEXT REMARKS, HIS HOLINESS SAID HE COULDN’T WAIT.
HE WANTS TO SEE ALL OF YOU. SO HE’S ABOUT TO COME OUT.
(APPLAUSE)
(APPLAUSE)
YOU ALREADY JUST SPOKE?
SHARON JUST INDICATED I NOW HAVE A VERY PLEASANT TASK TO PERFORM
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DOES NOT CONFER HONORARY DEGREES
IN 1981 THE BERKELEY MEDAL WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE UNIVERSITY’S TOP HONOR
IT IS BESTOWED ON INDIVIDUALS OF EXCEPTIONALLY DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS
WHOSE WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY
ILLUSTRATE THE IDEALS OF THE UNIVERSITY
AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS GOALS IN WHOSE CAREERS HAVE MANIFESTLY BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.
A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO,
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF AWARDING AN HONORARY DOCTORATE
TO HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA AND HOPE TO DO THE EQUIVALENT HERE.
TO MY CHAGRIN DISCOVERED THAT HE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE BERKELEY MEDAL BACK IN 1994.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A SECOND PERSON HERE WHO’S ALSO HIGHLY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION.
AND BOTH OF YOU WILL KNOW IN THE LAST MONTH
I HAVE HAD THE SINGLE PRIVILEGE OF BESTOWING
THE BERKELEY MEDAL ON BOTH THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA,
PRESIDENT JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, VERY INSPIRING WOMAN.
AND JUST TWO DAYS AGO AT THE DEDICATION OF THE BLUM CENTER
I WAS PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT THE BERKELEY MEDAL TO A PERSON WHO
TWICE WITH ONE OF MY WORST FREUDIAN SLIPS EVER I REFERRED TO AS “PRESIDENT GORE.”
THAT’S BECAUSE IN THE YEAR 2000
(APPLAUSE)
AND I DIDN’T WAKE UP UNTIL JANUARY 20TH, 2009. (LAUGHTER)
SO, I NOW, HOWEVER, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THE
BERKELEY MEDAL TO ANOTHER GREAT PERSONAGE
NONE OTHER THAN RICHARD C. BLUM.
(APPLAUSE) RICHARD, WON’T YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD.
(APPLAUSE)
SO I HAVE A VERY GOOD STRING, JIMMY CARTER, JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, AL GORE AND NOW RICHARD BLUM.
YOU ELEVATE THE COMPANY, RICHARD.
RICHARD BLUM IS A MAN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING
WHO REGARDS THE HIMALAYS AS HIS SPIRITUAL HOME.
WE CAN OFFER HIM NO GREATER HONOR THAN TO AWARD HIM
THE BERKELEY MEDAL AT THIS VERY SPECIAL OCCASION
IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS DEAR FRIEND, HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA.
(APPLAUSE)
RICHARD BLUM HAS LONG HAD PHILANTHROPIC INTERESTS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND EDUCATION.
25 YEARS AGO HE FOUNDED AMERICAN HIMALAYA FOUNDATION,
WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES TO 25,000 PEOPLE
EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE HIMALAYS.
ITS PROJECTS ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING SCHOOLS, TRAINING DOCTORS,
FUNDING HOSPITALS, TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN AND ELDERLY
AND RESTORING SACRED SITES.
RICHARD’S SUPPORT EXTENDS TO PROJECTS IN AFRICA WITH THE CARTER CENTER,
THE GLOBAL POVERTY CENTER AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
AND EFFORTS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, HIS HOMETOWN.
RICHARD’S VISION FOR ADDRESSING POVERTY IS PRACTICAL AND ENGAGED.
HE HAS BEEN THE VISION AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
THE BLUM CENTER FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES,
ALL THE BLUM CENTER PARTICIPANTS OUT THERE.
WHICH IN THREE SHORT YEARS HAS BECOME A REMARKABLE SUCCESS.
HIS PHILANTHROPY HAS FUNDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER
AND IS NOW FUNDING A NEW HOME ON CAMPUS FOR THE CENTER
IN THE REFURBISHED NAVAL ARCHITECTURE BUILDING.
THE CENTER HAS BEEN A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.
OVER 1500 STUDENTS AND 50 FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ITS PROGRAMS.
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO 25 COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN FIELDWORK TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY.
THE MINOR IN GLOBAL POVERTY AND PRACTICE IS THE FASTEST GROWING MINOR ON CAMPUS.
RICHARD’S VISION, GENEROSITY AND CONFIDENCE
IN WHAT OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY CAN ACHIEVE IN THE WORLD HAS
ALREADY HAD AN INDELIBLE EFFECT.
LET ME QUOTE FROM ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE ONES SITTING OUT THERE.
“THE BLUM CENTER GAVE ME AND COUNTLESS STUDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
NECESSARY TO SERVE AS RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL CITIZENS.
BY INVESTING IN US YOU ARE DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
LEADERS WHO SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR CREATING A WORLD FREE OF POVERTY.”
WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT RICHARD IS A BERKELEY ALUMNUS
I WON’T GIVE THE YEARS. GO BEARS.
HE’S CURRENTLY CHAIR OF THE UC BOARD OF REGENTS.
HE IS AN EXEMPLAR WHO HAS PASSED ON BERKELEY’S TRADITION OF
PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS.
IT’S NOW, THEREFORE, MY VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO BESTOW
THE BERKELEY MEDAL, THE UNIVERSITY’S TOP HONOR, ON RICHARD C. BLUM
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY ILLUSTRATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE IDEALS TO WHICH BERKELEY ASPIRES.
NOW I INVITE RICHARD TO STEP TO THE PODIUM.
(APPLAUSE)
THANK YOU, BOB. I WONDER WHERE THE FUNDING CAME FROM FOR THIS. IT’S PRETTY NICE.
WITH THE BUDGET CUTS, PROMISE IT’S NOT FROM TUITION INCREASES? (LAUGHTER)
AT ANY RATE, I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE REALLY SINCE I WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND THIS IS REALLY A GREAT DAY
BECAUSE IT’S A MERGER OF THE TWO THINGS I PROBABLY CARE THE MOST ABOUT,
WHICH IS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE TIBETAN PEOPLE
AND THEIR PLIGHT AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT
AND WHAT THEIR VALUES CAN MEAN TO THE REST OF US.
LOOK, NONE OF THIS IS DONE BY ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL.
AND I WANT TO THANK CHANCELLOR BIRGENEAU FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
AND HIS DESIRE TO MOVE THE CENTER AHEAD.
WITHOUT HIM IT WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED.
AND I’D WANT TO ASK SHANKAR SASTRY TO PLEASE STAND.
SHANKAR AND ANANYA ROY.
(APPLAUSE)
I GOT TWO MORE. MARYANNE MCCORMICK AND ERICA STONE.
SHANKAR, WHILE HE’S RUNNING THIS LITTLE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
WITH 5,000 STUDENTS, YOU WOULDN’T KNOW BECAUSE HE SEEMS TO
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS ALMOST DAILY ON OUR CENTER AS BEING THE KEY DEAN.
WE HAVE A MULTI-DISCIPLINE GROUP OF SOMETHING LIKE NINE DEANS.
AND, YES, THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER AND, YES, THINGS CAN MOVE RAPIDLY.
THIS CENTER HAS GREATLY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.
AND ANANYA ROY, AS SO MANY OF YOU KNOW,
AND ACTUALLY THE BLUM CENTER STUDENTS
A SHOUT OUT AND FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR LEADER ANANYA. (APPLAUSE)
AND ERICA, WHEREVER SHE IS, IS OUR LEADER AND WE NOW HAVE 175.
SHE DESCRIBES HERSELF AS SHARON STONE’S YOUNGER SISTER. (LAUGHTER)
AT ANY RATE, WE WOULDN’T BE HAVING THESE PROJECTS IF IT WASN’T FOR THEM.
AND BRUCE MOORE IS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE,
IS IN FROM KATMANDU, RUNS A LOT OF THE PROJECTS FIRSTHAND.
HIS HOLINESS IS BEING EXCEEDINGLY KIND
BECAUSE HE’S ON A SHORT TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES,
AND HE HAS VISITED TWO CAMPUSES.
WE WERE AT UC SANTA BARBARA WHERE THEY HAD SELL-OUT CROWDS
JUST AS WE DID TWO LECTURES YESTERDAY.
THE LUNCH AND HE’S SUFFERING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE FLU
BUT NONETHELESS HAS CARRIED ON.
AND I’M SURE HE WILL BE INSPIRATIONAL WITH WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
BUT LET ME SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS.
IT IS EXACTLY 30 YEARS AGO THAT HIS HOLINESS FIRST CAME TO THE UNITED STATES.
MY WIFE DIANE FEINSTEIN AND -- THAT’S OKAY.
(APPLAUSE)
THANK YOU. I’LL LET HER KNOW YOU CARE.
(LAUGHTER)
WENT TO SEE HIS HOLINESS IN 1978.
AND HE CAME HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN SHE WAS MAYOR
SIX MONTHS LATER 1979.
30 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, 15 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
HIS HOLINESS LAST SPOKE IN THIS THEATER, THE GREEK THEATER.
SO, THANK YOU, YOUR HOLINESS, FOR YOUR LONG FRIENDSHIP.
LET ME JUST SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT.
THE INTEREST THAT I DEVELOPED WHEN YOU SAT
AND MET TIBETANS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT
THE SPIRITUALITY AND THE KINDNESS
THAT THEY HAVE IS REALLY RATHER UNIQUE.
AND I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE NEED TO HELP THEM
LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND PRESERVE ALL THIS.
I HAD AN INTEREST IN HIS HOLINESS FROM THE TIME WE WERE BOTH SMALL CHILDREN.
AND, IN FACT, WE WERE BORN, SHALL WE SAY IT THIS WAY,
WE WERE REINCARNATED TOGETHER WITHIN THE SAME MONTH.
AND I WANT TO PASS IT OFF AS 1955 BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY EARLIER.
AND THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW ABOUT HIS HOLINESS
THAT IN HIS LAST LIFE HE WAS THE XIII DALAI LAMA.
AND THE XIII DALAI LAMA WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING
AND SO HIS REINCARNATION, OF COURSE, IS MORE OF THE SAME.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW IS WHAT I WAS IN MY LAST LIFE.
AND CLEARLY THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM
BECAUSE I WAS REINCARNATED AS AN INVESTMENT BANKER.
(LAUGHTER)
SO, WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR IT EVER SINCE THEN.
LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH,
OR THE LACK THEREOF, WITH THE CHINESE BEFORE I INTRODUCE HIS HOLINESS.
MY WIFE AND I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH
A SENSIBLE DIALOG WITH THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP.
AND WE’VE KNOWN PARTICULARLY JIANG ZEMIN AND HIS PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THE TIBETANS HAVE DONE
THAT THERE HASN’T BEEN SOME KIND OF ACCOMMODATION.
AND I WOULD JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS,
ONE OPPRESSION IS NEVER A FINAL SOLUTION
LIES DON’T LIVE FOREVER.
AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY SAY,
IN 52 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO MEET WITH HIS HOLINESS.
THEIR ANSWER TO THAT IS, WELL, WE DON’T REALLY TRUST HIM.
OH, BUT THEY’LL MEET WITH KIM JONG-IL,
THEY’LL MEET WITH MUGABE, MEET WITH EVERY OTHER DICTATOR AROUND.
IT’S TIME THAT THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP, IF THEY WANT TO BECOME A GREAT NATION,
THEY ALSO NEED TO BECOME A MORAL NATION.
AND WHAT GOES ON IN TIBET IS JUST IMMORAL.
IN ANY EVENT, (APPLAUSE)
ONE OF THE GREAT CENTERS OF INTEREST IN TIBETAN STUDIES IS HERE AT BERKELEY.
AND SO IT’S AN HONOR TO HAVE OUR LEADER TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.
SO THANK YOU, YOUR HOLINESS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
(APPLAUSE)
THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
DO YOU PREFER I SPEAK FROM HERE OR FROM THERE?
FROM HERE. OKAY.
IN THE SHADE, A LITTLE BIT COLD. (LAUGHTER)
OKAY. (LAUGHTER) YOU ALL HERE IN THE SUN BURNING RAY.
(LAUGHTER)
OKAY. NOW COMFORTABLE. VERY GOOD.
BUT DON’T WORRY. I’M NOT DOING SILENT MEDITATION HERE.
(LAUGHTER) I WILL TALK.
(LAUGHTER) I WILL TALK.
RESPECT TO CHANCELLOR AND MY OLD FRIEND, RICHARD BLUM.
AND I THINK PROFESSORS, TEACHERS,
YOUNG STUDENTS AND SOME OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
INDEED I’M VERY, VERY HAPPY AND A GREAT HONOR
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ONCE MORE IN THIS SAME PLACE.
SO, THE PLACE IS SAME, BUT PEOPLE, I THINK OF MANY OF YOU.
I THINK OF YOU PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY THE WORLD, OUR PLANET, YEAR BY YEAR CHANGING.
NOW WE ARE IN 21ST CENTURY.
THE BEGINNING OF THIS 21ST CENTURY NOT VERY HAPPY ONE.
BUT HOWEVER, THE MAJOR PORTION OF THIS CENTURY YET TO GO.
SO, NOW MY GENERATION, PERHAPS INCLUDING CHANCELLOR
AND RICHARD ALSO, OUR GENERATION BELONGS TO 20TH CENTURY.
NOW WE READY TO SAY 21ST CENTURY EVENTUALLY GOOD-BYE.
BYE-BYE.
SO, NOW HERE THE YOUNG, BRIGHT GENERATION.
YOU ARE THE REAL PEOPLE WHO REALLY BELONGS THIS CENTURY.
NOW, REMAINING OF THIS CENTURY WHETHER SHOULD BE HAPPY ONE
OR SOMETHING TROUBLED ONE IN YOUR HAND.
SO, THEREFORE, YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF HOPE.
THE TIME ALWAYS MOVING, NEVER STAND STILL.
IN FACT, NO FORCE STOP MOVING TIME.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHETHER TIME UTILIZE
FOR MEANINGFUL CONSTRUCTIVE OR TIME WASTE.
AND WORST CASE, STOP DOING.
THAT’S UP TO YOU, UP TO US.
SO NOW, IN ORDER TO UTILIZE TIME MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL WAY,
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY, I DO FIRSTLY OUR ACTION SHOULD BE REALISTIC ACTION.
IN ORDER TO FOLLOW OR IMPLEMENT REALISTIC APPROACH, WE SHOULD KNOW THE REALITY.
NOW, HERE PROBLEM IS THERE IS ALWAYS GAP, APPEARANCE AND REALITY.
SO WE NEED FULLER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT REALITY.
NOW, HERE I HAVE THE IMPRESSION, AND ALSO SOME OF MY FRIEND ALSO SHARE SAME VIEW.
REALITY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THINGS ARE EVERYTHING CHANGING.
BUT APPEARANCE, APPEARANCE IN OUR MIND MORE OR LESS IS THE SAME.
SO, OUR PERCEPTION IN PERCEPTION STILL WE CARRY OLD WAY OF THINKING.
SO THE REALITY MUST CHANGE.
SO THAT CAUSING SOMETIMES CONFUSION
AND SOMETIMES TAKING UNREALISTIC APPROACH.
I THINK OF RECENT EVENT, IRAQI CRISIS, AFGANISTAN CRISIS.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT, MR. BUSH, I LOVE HIM.
AS A HUMAN BEING VERY NICE PERSON.
OH, REALLY?
HE’S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I FEEL SOME GOOD QUALITY OF HUMAN BEING.
NOT LIKE GREAT LEADER OR POLITICIAN.
HE TREATED HIS FRIEND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING.
THAT I LOVE. THAT’S VERY GOOD.
OF COURSE, SOME OF HIS POLICY IS CONCERNED,
IN FACT, ONE OCCASION WHEN I MET, I TOLD HIM, “I LOVE YOU,
BUT SOME OF YOUR DECISIONS, DECISIVE SORT OF POLICY, I HAVE SOME RESERVATION.”
I TOLD HIM SO, LIKE THAT.
IN ANYWAY, I THINK SOME OF HIS POLICY AND ALSO I THINK DUE TO HIS ADVISORS’ ADVICE,
I THINK VERY MUCH BASED ON THEIR SUBJECT, PERCEPTION WITHOUT KNOWING THE REALITY.
SO THEN THINGS START, CERTAIN POLICIES START.
THEN FIND LOT OF UNEXPECTED SORT OF OBSTACLES
BECAUSE OF LACK OF FULLER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE REALITY.
AND EVEN THOUGH UNITED STATES SINCE OUR CHILDHOOD,
MY CHILDHOOD, EVEN IN TIBET, VERY FAR.
WE ALWAYS REFER AMERICA CHAMPION OF
DEMOCRACY, LIBERTY, FREEDOM.
SO, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE LEADERSHIP CARRYING THEIR SORT OF
POLICY ACCORDING TO THESE PRINCIPLES.
BUT SOMETIMES IN SPITE OF THEIR MOTIVATION
AND POSITIVE GOAL, BUT MATTERED NOT REALISTIC MATTERED.
SO, SOMETIMES IT CREATE PROBLEM.
THEREFORE, WE NEED FULLER SORT OF KNOWLEDGE OR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE REALITY.
NOW, IN ORDER TO LOOK, IN ORDER TO SEE THE REALITY, REALITY IS NOT SOMETHING, NOT ANY EVENT,
WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, WHETHER HAPPY ONE OR UNHAPPY ONE, ANY EVENT.
AND THE REALITY NOT JUST ONE SINGLE EVENT BUT MUCH COMPLEX, RELATED WITH MANY FACTOR.
AND THAT ALSO DID NOT ONLY REPRESENT A COMPLEX SITUATION,
BUT ALSO TODAY’S EVENT DUE TO PAST DECADE OR PAST CENTURY.
ALL RELATED.
SO, THEREFORE, WE NEED, IN ORDER TO KNOW THE REALITY,
WE NEED MORE HOLISTIC WAY TO LOOK.
THAT IDEA VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WITH FULL UNDERSTANDING , NOT THAT SIMPLE, EVERYTHING IN THE TIBETAN INTERCONNECTED.
THEN KNOWING THAT, AND OUR APPROACH ALSO MORE HOLISTIC WAY.
THAT I THINK VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
NOW MY TOPIC HERE: “PEACE THROUGH COMPASSION.”
PERHAPS SOME PEOPLE MAY GET THE IMPRESSION NOT TALKING SOMETHING RELIGION OR HOLISTIC.
PEOPLE MAY FEEL INITIALLY FROM SUPPOSE A HOLY PERSON, THESE HOLY VALUES.
SO, NOW HERE WHEN I SAY “COMPASSION,” OF COURSE ALL MEASURE IS TRADITION WITH THE EMPHASIS,
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPASSION, A LOVING KINDNESS AND WITH THAT
THE SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS, TOLERANCE.
THESE THINGS ALL MEASURES OF TRADITION.
YOU SEE? CARRY THESE MESSAGE AND ALL MEASURE OF TRADITION TEACH US THESE POINTS, THESE VALUES.
BUT HERE WHEN I USE COMPASSION, “HERE” MEANS MORE UNIVERSAL VALUE.
IRRESPECTIVE WHETHER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OR NONRELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
EVEN CERTAIN THINGS WHICH EVEN ANIMAL ALSO APPRECIATE, THAT KIND OF UNIVERSAL VALUE.
SO NOW, COMPASSION HERE SOME KIND OF GENUINE SENSE OF CONCERN FOR OTHER’S WELL BEING.
AND OTHER WISHING THEY ALSO SHOULD FEEL HAPPY.
SO NOW, HERE ACTUALLY THAT KIND OF SORT OF DESIRE BE HAPPY OTHER.
IS IT THAT DESIRE?
THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF COMPASSION. TWO LEVELS.
LOVE, LOVING KINDNESS.
ONE LEVEL, MAINLY BIOLOGICAL FACTOR.
NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY MAMMALS, THEIR MOTHER ALWAYS SHOW
GENUINE SENSE OF CONCERN AND MAXIMUM CARE AMONG THEIR OFFSPRING.
LIKE BIRDS, I THINK MOST OF THE BIRDS AND MOST OF THE MAMMALS
BUT THOSE CERTAIN SORT OF SPECIES OF ANIMALS, LIKE TURTLE.
SOME TURTLE. I DON’T KNOW. ALL TURTLE. I DON’T KNOW. SOME TURTLE.
I NOTICE THE MOTHER LAY DOWN EGG. THEN MOTHER LEFT.
NEVER MEETING HER OFFSPRING.
SO THE YOUNG TURTLE THEMSELVES HAVE TO MANAGE THEIR SURVIVAL.
SO SINCE NATURE CREATE THAT WAY,
I DON’T THINK IF WE PUT TOGETHER THE OFFSPRING
AND THEIR MOTHER TOGETHER, I DON’T THINK THAT EITHER SIDE SHOWING AFFECTION.
SO, NO NEED OTHER’S CARE.
THEN SOME LIKE BUTTERFLY.
I DON’T THINK THEY ALSO HAVE CAPACITY TO SHOW AFFECTION.
I KNOW I ALMOST FEEL THEM BY NATURE FEMALE BUTTERFLY IS IN MATING WITH THE MALE.
THEN LAY DOWN EGG. THEN FINISH.
NEVER MEETING. THEN THEIR OFFSPRING TINY ONE.
TINY WORM. CATERPILLAR.
FEW MOMENT, I THINK A FEW DAYS SMALL EGG.
THEN AFTER HATCHING FEW WEEKS LIKE CATERPILLAR.
MY CHILDHOOD I ALWAYS AFRAID CATERPILLAR.
(LAUGHTER)
SCORPION OR FROGS. SCORPION I DON’T AFRAID. I CAN TOUCH.
BUT CATERPILLAR NEVER!
(LAUGHTER)
SO I WANT TO TELL MR. BLUM, MY PREVIOUS REINCARNATION MAY BE CATERPILLAR.
(LAUGHTER)
SO I DON’T KNOW. REALLY I DON’T KNOW.
SO YOU SEE, THESE ARE LITTLE NATURE WAY, LIFECYLES.
SO THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY ARE SURVIVAL.
ENTIRELY DEPEND ON OTHER’S CARE.
SO, NOW HERE IT IS GENUINE CARING IN ORDER TO TAKE PLACE.
EMOTIONALLY THERE MUST SOME EMOTION WHICH BRING THAT ENERGY.
ONE TIME MY FLIGHT, I THINK TOKYO TO AMERICA OR SOMEWHERE OR BETWEEN EURO OR INDIA.
I CAN’T REMEMBER. ONE LOCATION I NOTICE IN BUSINESS CLASS.
USUALLY I GO IN BUSINESS CLASS.
THE FIRST CLASS IS TOO MUCH LUXURY.
(LAUGHTER)
BUT ME AS A BUDDHIST MONK NEVER SORT OF DRINK. SO NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
SO THE BUSINESS CLASS I NOTICE ONE COUPLE.
QUITE YOUNG. LIKE MAYBE EARLY 30S.
WIFE AND FATHER WITH TWO CHILDREN.
ONE I THINK SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD.
ONE QUITE YOUNG, QUITE SMALL.
THEN ON THE LONG NIGHT FLIGHT, EVENING OR AFTERNOON
BOTH PARENT ARE TAKING CARE OF THE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.
THEN EVENTUALLY THE ELDER ONE EVENTUALLY SLEPT.
THE YOUNG ONE STILL SOMETIMES CRYING, SOMETIMES TRY TO MOVE HERE TO THERE.
I THINK TWO, THREE HOURS THE FATHER ALSO, YOU SEE, TAKING CARE AS MOTHER DO.
THEN AFTER THREE, FOUR HOURS FATHER JUST ASLEEP. (LAUGHTER)
NO LONGER ANY BOTHERATION.
BUT THE MOTHER TILL NEXT MORNING, WHOLE NIGHT SHE CARRYING THAT YOUNG CHILD.
THEN THE NEXT MORNING THE MOTHER’S EYE RED AND VERY CLEAR SIGN, COMPLETE EXHAUSTION.
HERE, THIS IS THE INDICATION.
FEMALE, MOTHER HAVE MUCH DETERMINATION TO TAKE CARE AND WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE HER OWN WELL BEING.
SO BIRDS ALSO LIKE THAT.
WHEN I WAS IN LHASA, SOME BIRDS I THINK SOME KIND OF -- SPRING SPRINGTIME.
SO USUALLY WITHOUT TAKING CARE, SOME DOGS, ALSO SOME EAGLES AND CROW TAKING CARE OF THE YOUNG.
SO I ASK SOME PEOPLE, PLEASE COLLECT THESE YOUNG ONE AND BROUGHT TO NORBULINGKA AND KEPT THERE.
THEN EVENTUALLY THEY GROWN UP, THEY WILL FLY.
SO AT THAT TIME I NOTICE THE FATHER SAY ALTHOUGH FOLLOWING YOUNG ONE BUT FLYING.
MOTHER UP TO NORBULINGKA ALMOST WALKING NEXT TO THE CHICKS.
SO THESE ARE THE BIOLOGICAL FACTOR.
IT NEED THAT. SO THAT LEVEL OF LOVING KINDNESS OR COMPASSION IS BIOLOGICAL FACTOR LIMITED.
AND MUCH MIXED WITH ATTACHMENT.
THAT TAKE AS A SEED AND THEN UTILIZE HUMAN INTERESTS AND TRAINING.
HOW MUCH USEFUL ABOUT LOVING KINDNESS.
THEN THAT SEED CAN FURTHER DEVELOP.
THEN TO SECOND LEVEL TO DEVELOP, SECOND LEVEL, COMPASSION.
THEN UNBIASED, INFINITE. THAT NOW BUILD BIOLOGICAL FACTOR.
SO, NOW I BELIEVE WHEN I SAY COMPASSION, IS THAT LEVEL.
THAT NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT THROUGH TRAINING.
TRAINING DOES NOT MEAN MODERATION. BUT SIMPLY UTILIZE OUR INTELLIGENCE.
THAT I THINK WE CAN DEVELOP.
NOW, HERE PEACE THROUGH COMPASSION.
NOW, PEACE MEANS GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ALL GROWING.
WE LIVING BEING.
EVEN I THINK TREES, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SUPPOSED NO MIND.
BUT EVEN THEY LIKE WATER COME AT A TIME, RAIN COME. THEY BECOME FRESH.
SUNSHINE, THEY BECOME MORE FRESH LIKE THAT.
SO THEY APPRECIATE LIFE.
WE LIFE WITH MIND.
EVEN WAR, WAR MEANS DESTRUCTION, KILLING, FINISHING.
I THINK IN THE HUMAN MIND AND ALSO SOME BIRDS AT SPRING EVERYTHING FRESH.
OUR MIND ALSO MORE FRESH.
AUTUMN, ONE LEAF FALL DOWN AND BECOME BARE.
SOMETIMES WE FEEL LITTLE COMPARE TO FEELING OF MOOD IN THE SPRING TO FEELING DOWN.
NOW, SORRY, I BECOME OLDER, MY ENGLISH ALSO BECOME OLDER.
SORRY IS DIFFICULT.
SO NOW HERE, SO EVERYBODY INCLUDING ANIMALS WANT PEACE.
IT’S CLEAR. NOW, ONE ENCOURAGING THING IS LIKE ABOUT IRAQI CRISIS HAPPEN.
HOW MANY PEOPLE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA UP TO THE UNITED STATES SHOWING THEIR SPIRIT AGAINST WAR?
SO I THINK DESIRE FOR PEACE IS REALLY NOW VERY, VERY STRONG
SO I THINK DESIRE FOR PEACE IS REALLY NOW VERY, VERY STRONG
IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, EUROPEAN CONTINENT, IN JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, EVERYWHERE.
THIS IS GOOD SIGN.
IN SAY IN 20TH CENTURY, EARLY PART OF 20TH CENTURY THEN ALL THE CITIZENS OF THAT NATION WITHOUT ANY QUESTION PROUDLY JOIN WAR EF
NOW, THAT KIND OF SITUATION COMPLETELY CHANGE.
SO THIS IS A HEALTHY SIGN.
SO PEOPLE’S DESIRE FOR PEACE IS REALLY GENUINE, VERY STRONG.
NOW, PEACE NOT ACHIEVE THROUGH VIOLENCE, CANNOT ACHIEVE THROUGH PRAYER
SO PEACE MUST PRODUCE BY OURSELF.
HERE PEACE DOES NOT MEAN NO LONGER ANY CONFLICT, NO LONGER ANY PROBLEM.
NO, NOT THAT CASE SO LONG HUMAN BEINGS REMAIN ON THIS PLANET.
SOME KIND OF CONFLICT BOUND TO HAPPEN.
SO PEACE MEANS WHEN NOT JUST MERE ABSENCE OF PROBLEM, BUT MORE THAN THAT.
PEACE MUST COME OUT OF COMPASSION.
AND THEN ALSO PEACE MEANS THAT SOME DISAGREEMENT, SOME CONFLICT THERE.
THEN VERY POSSIBLE OPEN CONFLICT.
THEN DELIBERATELY RISKING USING VIOLENCE.
THROUGH NONVIOLENT WAY, THROUGH PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO SEEK WAYS AND SOLVE IT.
SO THAT IS REAL MEANING OF PEACE OR NONVIOLENCE.
SO HERE, NOW, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THAT, WE NEED TREMENDOUS WILLPOWER.
AND ALSO --
NOW HERE COMPASSION, FIRSTLY, BRING INNER PEACE.
THROUGH INNER PEACE THE GENUINE WORLD PEACE CAN ACHIEVE.
NOW, THAT ALSO FIRSTLY, INNER PEACE MUST DEVELOP WITHIN ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE SINGLE PERSON.
THEN THAT PEACE CREATE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF ONE’S OWN FAMILY.
THROUGH THAT WAY 10 FAMILY, 100 FAMILY, 1,000 FAMILY
SIMILAR SORT OF FULL OF COMPASSION, FULL OF INNER PEACE
THEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN BE MORE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY.
REALLY TRULY PEACEFUL COMMUNITY.
WITHIN THAT SOME PHYSICAL HAPPEN.
JUST LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE OR GOOD FRIENDS TRYING TO SORT THAT PROBLEM THROUGH DIALOG, THROUGH TALK.
WITH THIS THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MUTUAL RESPECT, MUTUAL INTEREST.
ON MY PREVIOUS VISIT HERE I TALKED EXTERNAL DISARMAMENT AND INTERNAL DISARMAMENT.
I THINK PEOPLE RESPONSE VERY WARMLY.
SO AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT ALL AMERICA NOT ONLY PRODUCING WEAPON
WITHIN YOUR OWN COUNTRY BUT ALSO SELLING WEAPON ON OUTSIDE.
AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT ALL MANY YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY FEEL ENTHUSIATIC ABOUT NONVIOLENCE,
ABOUT DEMILITARIZE AND DISARMAMENT I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME.
I FELT LIKE THAT.
SO HERE INTERNAL DISARMAMENT, WE MUST CREATE INTERNAL DISARMAMENT THROUGH PROMOTION OF COMPASSION.
NOW, AND THAT ALSO, NOW THAT WILL DEVELOP WILLPOWER NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
YOU SEE, AVOID USING VIOLENCE, USING FORCE BUT THROUGH PEACEFUL WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND THE SECOND THAT IS ALSO HELPFUL TO SEE REALITY MORE HOLISTIC.
BECAUSE COMPASSION IN MIND, OUR MIND MORE BALANCED.
THEN WE CAN SEE THE REALITY MORE CLEARLY.
WHEN OUR MIND BECOME TOO MUCH DISTURBED AND AGITATED AND SOME ANGER,
THEN BECAUSE OF THAT EMOTION, OUR MENTAL BALANCE THEN DISTURBED.
AS A RESULT WE CAN’T SEE THE REALITY.
ONE AMERICAN SCIENTIST, ONE TIME, VERY OLD WHEN I MET IN ’84 OR SOMETHING, I MET STOHOE.
HE ALSO WRITE A BOOK CALLED PRISON OF ANGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO OUR CONVERSATION HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOSE TEMPER AND AT THAT TIME
THE OBJECT WITH WHICH YOU FEEL ANGRY THAT OBJECT APPEARS VERY NEGATIVE.
SO ACTUALLY THAT NEGATIVENESS 90 PERCENT OF THAT NEGATIVENESS IS MENTAL PROJECTION.
NOT THE REALITY. THAT EXACTLY ANCIENT BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGIST ALSO MENTIONED LIKE THAT.
SO, THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO SEE THE REALITY CLEARLY, OUR SUBJECT MIND MUST BE CALM, OPEN, UNBIASED.
SO HERE COMPASSION ALSO IMPORTANT RULE.
SO MORE COMPASSION MIND, OUR MIND MORE BALANCED.
THROUGH THAT WE CAN SEE THE REALITY BETTER.
SO, THEREFORE, I FEEL COMPASSION, COMPASSIONATE ATTITUDE.
THAT MEANS UNBIASED COMPASSION THROUGH TRAINING.
THAT IS REALLY KEY FACTOR FOR KEEPING PEACE EVEN IF IT IS IN THE FAMILY, EVEN ONE INDIVIDUAL’S MIND.
THERE IS AN UNBALANCED WAY OF THINKING.
SOMETIMES EVEN SUICIDE TAKE PLACE.
THE COMPASSION IS NOT JUST SOMETHING RELIGIOUS VALUE,
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR HAPPY LIFE
OR HEALTHY WORLD, HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
NOW, HERE THE REASON WE CAN USE OUR COMMON EXPERIENCE,
THAT MEANS EVERYBODY HERE COME FROM ONE'S OWN MOTHER.
BUT THE OTHER DAY I MENTIONED MY MOTHER, ILLITERATE,
JUST RELIGIOUS, FARMER, UNEDUCATED BUT VERY, VERY KIND.
SO, THEREFORE, I ALWAYS FEEL CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MY COMPASSION, THE REAL SEED OF THAT COME FROM MY MOTHER.
SO, WE, EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OTHERS' AFFECTION.
AND EVENTUALLY WE GROW UP AND SOMETIMES WE GET THE FEELING OF I’M INDEPENDENT.
I DON’T NEED ANYONE’S AFFECTION.
I CAN MANAGE. THAT KIND OF FEELING.
SO THAT’S STRONG.
IN OUR LIFE START UNDER THE MOTHER’S AFFECTION.
THEN DURING OUR CHILDHOOD WHEN WE GETTING STUDY, EDUCATION WITH MOTHER OR PARENT OR RELATIVE,
ESPECIALLY FROM TEACHER, SHARING AFFECTIONS, SHARING GENUINE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, THE REST OF THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENT.
THEN THE LESSON COME FROM SUCH PERSON GO DEEP OUR MIND.
SO BETTER EDUCATION.
I THINK EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
ONE LESSON FROM ONE VERY GENTLE COMPASSIONATE TEACHER.
ANOTHER LESSON, ANOTHER SUBJECT COME FROM TEACHER WITHOUT THESE KIND OF FEELINGS.
WITHOUT THIS QUALITY AT THE CLASSROOM, YES, YOU HAVE TO SORT OF STUDY, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN CAREFULLY.
BUT THE MENTAL GOAL IS GET INSIDE OUR MIND IS VERY CLEAR.
SO THEN THE MEDICAL, WHEN WE ILL I THINK EVERYBODY HAVE SAME EXPERIENCE.
ME TOO. WHEN SEEING SOME DOCTOR WITH MORE SMILE AND HANDLING YOU WITH HUMAN FEELING,
THEN I FEEL NOW THIS DOCTOR REALLY CARING ME AND FEEL MORE CONFIDENCE.
IF DOCTOR COME WITHOUT ANY SMILE AND TREAT YOU LIKE MISSION, THEN SOMETIMES YOU FEEL,
OH, THIS DOCTOR MAY CARRY EXPERIMENT ON ME.
THAT KIND OF FEELING SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THAT. (LAUGHTER)
SO, THEREFORE, IN EVERY HUMAN LIFE AFFECTION IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THEN AT THE TIME OF DEATH, DYING PERSON NO LONGER MUCH USE FOR AFFECTION.
BUT STILL THE DYING PERSON SURROUNDED CLOSE FRIEND WHO REALLY SHOWING YOU AFFECTION,
THAT PERSON FEEL MORE COMFORT, MORE PEACEFUL.
THEN MORE IMPORTANT, THIS BODY ELEMENT VERY MUCH CLOSE WITH OUR MIND.
AGITATED MIND VERY BAD FOR OUR HEALTH.
SOME SCIENTISTS TOLD ME ANGER, FEAR, HATRED, WHEN THESE OFTEN DEVELOP ACTUALLY EATING OUR HUMAN SYSTEM.
LAST, MORE COMPASSIONATE MIND, MORE CALM MIND STRENGTHENING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>>: ONE SCIENTIST PRESENTED A STUDY THAT DEMONSTRATED HOW MANY OF THESE MORE TOXIN TO THE EMOTIONS
>>:EVEN HAVE A PHYSICAL IMPACT ON THE REDUCING A PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE REFERRED TO AS TELOMERASE, WHICH IS A PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
HUMM. (LAUGHTER)
SO I CAN’T REMEMBER. IS THAT NAME THAT WORD. MY THOUGHT ALSO NOT VERY SHORT. (LAUGHTER)
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS THE ONE TIME IN NEW YORK THERE WAS A CONFERENCE ABOUT MEDICAL THING AND THE HUMAN HEART.
AND THERE ALSO THE SUBJECT CAME UP.
THERE WAS A PICTURE, SOMETHING, I DON’T KNOW, A MORE CALM WAY, A MORE COMPASSIONATE MIND TO INCREASE THAT.
AT THAT TIME ONE DOCTOR STATED GUINEA PIG OR MICE.
ONE MICE RECEIVING LICKING FROM ANOTHER MICE.
HIS OR HER BODY ELEMENT MORE HEALTHY.
SO THESE ARE, EVEN ANIMAL AFFECTION REALLY MAKES DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BODY ELEMENT.
SO I HAVE ONE EXAMPLE OF MY EXPERIENCE.
I WENT THROUGH SURGERY ON THE GALL BLADDER.
ACTUALLY USUALLY THE SURGERY TAKES ONLY 15, 20 MINUTES.
MY CASE BECAUSE THE GALL BLADDER ENLARGED THREE TIMES.
THERE WAS PUSS.
MY SURGERY, MY OPERATION TAKE THREE HOURS.
SO I HAD NICE TIME THREE HOURS TO COMPLETELY SLEEP BECAUSE OF ANESTHESIA.
LIKE THAT. (LAUGHTER)
SO ALTHOUGH SURGERY BECOME LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, THEN LATER I TOLD MY SURGEON, “YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL, REALLY EXPERT.”
SO FULL OF CONFIDENCE.
IF I’M YOUR CASE TO CARRY THE SURGERY, THEN I’M EXPECTED SORT OF COMPLICATION PHASE.
THEN I MAY RUN AWAY (LAUGHTER)
BUT AS A DOCTOR FIND MORE COMPLICATION BUT FULL OF CONFIDENCE
OPERATION REALLY SUCCESSFULLY DONE.
AND THEN WITHIN FIVE DAYS FULLY RECOVER.
NO PROBLEM.
SO THE SPECIALIST, THE SURGEON DESCRIBE ME “YOUNG PATIENT.”
HE LOVES THIS YOUNG PATIENT.
SO THEN I THOUGHT, OH, AS I MENTIONED TO DOCTOR,
THEN HE TOLD ME, “YES, I KNOW YOUR AGE, OVER 73.
BUT YOUR BODY ELEMENT LOOKS LIKE 16.”
SO HE DESCRIBED ME AS A YOUNG PATIENT.
SO THEN I THOUGHT, OH, AS I MENTIONED TO DOCTOR,
I HAVE NOTHING SPECIAL.
I HAVE NO MEDITATION, NOTHING BUT SOME KIND OF PEACE OF MIND.
THAT I THINK REALLY MAKES DIFFERENCE ABOUT MY BODY ELEMENT.
SO, THEREFORE, EVERYBODY IS TAKING CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH.
SO THEN TAKING CARE ABOUT OUR INNER PEACE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST MEDICATION FOR OUR GOOD HEALTH WITHOUT PAY MUCH MONEY
SOMETIMES A DOCTOR OR A HOSPITAL, MORE SORT OF FAMOUS HOSPITAL MORE EXPENSIVE
(LAUGHTER) SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ONE, INVEST, I THINK THE PEOPLE LOVE THE BEST, THE QUICKEST AND CHEAPEST.
SO YOU WANT SOMETHING BEST, SOMETHING QUICK.
THEN BEHIND THAT YOU ALSO SEE THE ONE MORE CHEAP THING.
SO, THEREFORE, TAKING HEALTH CARE, TAKING CARE OF HEALTH
PAY MORE ATTENTION ABOUT OUR INNER VALUE.
THAT IMMENSE BENEFIT.
SO THESE ARE THE REASONS TO GET CONVICTION, PEACE OF MIND, COMPASSION MIND.
SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR ME, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THAT WAY ENTIRE HUMAN BEING.
SO, OUR LONG-TERM GOAL SHOULD BE WHOLE HUMAN BEING.
ENTIRE HUMILITY SHOULD BE MORE COMPASSIONATE HUMANITY.
THEN A LOT OF MAN-MADE PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR.
THAT’S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW FURTHER THEN ASK SOME OF THESE MEDICAL SCIENTISTS.
OF COURSE, NOT ALL MEDICAL SCIENTISTS,
BUT SOME MEDICAL SCIENTISTS WHO REALLY LOOK MORE WIDER WAY.
THEY HAVE THIS SORT OF KNOWLEDGE AND MAY ADVISE YOU.
SO, AS FAR AS EDUCATION IS CONCERNED, NOW REALLY HIGHLY DEVELOPED AS FOR TECHNOLOGY.
NOW SOMETHING WE ARE LACKING THAT IS OUR INNER PEACEFUL QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE QUALITY.
NOW PLEASE PAY MORE ATTENTION ABOUT THE INNER VALUES.
THEN YOUR LIFE BECOME MORE MEANINGFULL, MORE PEACEFUL, MORE HAPPIER ONE.
THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU.
SO THAT’S ABOUT MY TALK.
SO IF YOU AGREE, THEN THINK MORE, READ MORE AND DISCUSS AMONG YOURSELF MORE DISCUSSION.
THEN YOU GET MORE SORT OF CONVICTION.
AND THEN ENTHUSIASM WILL DEVELOP.
JUST ONE TALK NOT SUFFICENT, IS IT?
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T MUCH INTEREST OF THESE POINTS.
THEN, NOT NECESSARY AFTER THIS TALK FINISHED THEN FORGET IT.
NO PROBLEM. (LAUGHTER) OKAY.
SO, WHERE I GO I ALWAYS KEEP MY MIND MAINLY TWO COMMITMENTS.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE COMMITMENT ON THE LEVEL OF HUMAN BEING.
I AM ONE OF THE SIX BILLION HUMAN BEING.
NOTHING SPECIAL.
SO EACH OF US HAVE SOME MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THINK WELL BEING OF THE SIX BILLION HUMAN BEINGS.
BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THAT.
THE INDIVIDUAL’S FUTURE MUST DEVELOP THE REST OF THE SIX BILLION HUMAN BEINGS’ WELL BEING.
SO, THEREFORE, FROM SELFISH VIEWPOINT ALSO IS WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE REST OF THE WORLD.
AND PARTICULARLY THIS MOMENT NEW REALITY BECAUSE OF POPULATION
AND ALSO SOME OTHER REASONS MUCH INTERCONNECTED.
SO SOMETHING HAPPENED FAR AWAY IMPACT THAT REACH HERE.
SO, THEREFORE, WHOLE GLOBE, SOMETHING LIKE ONE ENTITY.
SO THE OTHER DAY I MENTIONED NOW OUR CENTURY-OLD CONCEPT OF WE.
SOMETIME IT USEFUL, BUT SOMETIMES IT REALLY CAUSING PROBLEM.
SO NOW OUR WE, CONCEPT OF WE, SHOULD EXTEND ENTIRE HUMANITY BUT SHOULD BE PART OF WE.
WE, HUMANITY.
WE, SIX BILLION HUMAN BEING.
SO THINK MORE OF REST OF HUMAN BEING.
ON THAT LEVEL I’M TALKING PROMOTIONAL HUMAN VALUE IN ORDER TO HAVE HAPPIER DAYS.
AND HAPPIER SORT OF CENTURY. LIKE THAT.
THEN SECOND LEVEL, SECOND COMMITMENT IS I’M BUDDHIST MONK.
I’M, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ONE BELIEVER.
SO, THROUGH MY OWN PRACTICE, THROUGH MY OWN EXPERIENCE,
HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO BRING INNER PEACE AND SOME GOOD THINGS.
NOT ONLY IN THIS LIFE BUT AFTER THAT.
BUT WITHIN THIS LIFETIME WHEN WE PASS THROUGH DIFFICULT,
DESPERATE SITUATIONS THE FAITH CAN HELP TO SUSTAIN OUR HOPE AND WE GOT INSPIRATION LIKE THAT.
SO, WHEN WE SEE CONFLICT IN THE NAME OF RELIGION, THEN WE FEEL REALLY TERRIBLE.
SO, THEREFORE, ONE OF MY EFFORT IS PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY.
SO IN THESE TWO THINGS, OF COURSE, LEADERSHIP CAN DO SOMETHING.
BUT MAINLY THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN VALUE AND THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY MAINLY DEPEND ON PUBLIC.
SO, THEREFORE, EACH OF YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION BETTER HUMAN SOCIETY,
HAPPIER HUMAN SOCIETY, MORE COMPASSIONATE HUMAN SOCIETY THROUGH IMPROVEMENT WITHIN YOUR OWN FAMILY
AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT.
THAT ALSO THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY.
SO, I VERY MUCH SORT OF FEEL HONORED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO KEEP IN YOUR MIND. THAT’S ALL. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE) NOW SOME QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
(APPLAUSE) PLEASE SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.
(APPLAUSE) PLEASE SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.
SOME QUESTION.
>>: THREE QUESTIONS. THE INTERNET HAS ALLOWED FOR COMMUNICATION ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>>: YET, WHY IS IT THAT ONE FEELS MORE AND MORE ISOLATED?
>>: PEOPLE CAN’T SEEM TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER ON A DEEPER MORE PROFOUND LEVEL.
I HAVE NOT MUCH EXPERIENCE ABOUT THAT. I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE SURFING THE INTERNET.
SO SOME PEOPLE SAY LIKE THAT FROM DISTANCE SOME COMMUNICATION,
BUT WITHOUT MEETING FACE TO FACE BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN FEELING BECOMING LESS AND LESS.
SO, I DON’T KNOW.
YOU SHOULD THINK OR IF YOU REALLY FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING LACKING,
THEN WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO COUNTER THAT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. NEXT QUESTION.
>>: WHAT IS THE MOST SENSIBLE WAY TO STOP NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND THE SPREAD OF OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS?
YES, THAT’S MY PREVIOUS VISIT HERE ALSO I MENTIONED
NOW WE SHOULD HAVE VERY CLEAR SORT OF VISION THAT WHOLE WORLD TRIES.
THAT NOT COME THROUGH PRAYER, NOT COME THROUGH JUST A STATEMENT BUT STEP BY STEP.
SO, ONE WAY FIRSTLY, STOP NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THEN OTHER BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
OR SOME OF THESE AWFUL DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS SHOULD ALSO STOP.
AND I THINK ALSO AS THE FIRST STEP, SELLING ARMAMENT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW, RECENTLY SOME NEWS SORT OF APPEARS IN MEXICO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEK SOME AREA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MURDERED AND KILLING BUT MOST WEAPONS COME FROM THE UNITED STATES.
SO THESE ARE SELLING WEAPON.
ONE TIME SOME NOBEL LAUREATE CARRYING SOME INITIATIVE, SOME RESTRICTION SELLING ARMS ON THE STREET.
SO THESE ARE, I THINK, POSITIVE STEP.
THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.
THEN ANOTHER THING, WHY ARE WE TALKING DISARM?
WE MUST SORT OF PROMOTE THE SPRIT OF DIALOG.
BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM THERE.
USING FORCE IS SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WE MUST SHOW THE REALISTIC HUMAN APPROACH ABOUT CONFLICT.
THAT’S THE DIALOG WITH FULL RESPECT, FULL UNDERSTANDING IN WHAT OTHERS’ INTEREST.
AND RESPECT OTHER AS A HUMAN BROTHER, SISTERS.
THERE’S NO POINT TO DISREGARD OTHERS’ INTEREST.
IF YOU SIMPLY CONCERN ONE’S OWN VICTORY, OUR VICTORY, THEY HAVE DEFEAT.
WON’T WORK.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE MUST KEEP THE CONCEPT EVERYONE IS PART OF WE.
SO, THEREFORE, THE CONFLICT WITHIN THAT MUST BE SOLVED THROUGH TALK, THROUGH DIALOG.
SO THAT IN THE SPIRIT MUST INCREASE.
SO, ONE WAY, DISARMAMENT.
ONE WAY PROMOTE THE MEANINGFUL SOLUTION ABOUT OUR CONFLICT.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND PARTICULARLY I FEEL MANY OCCASION I MENTIONED,
I EXPRESS FROM KINDERGARTEN SOME LESSON, LESSON OF DIALOG.
SO THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THEIR MIND THE DIALOG IS SOMETHING A PART OF THEIR MIND.
SO THAT WHEN THEY RETURN TO THEIR FAMILY IF PARENTS SOME QUARREL THERE, OR EVEN IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DIVORCE
THEN CHILDREN CAN ADVISE PARENT.
NOW, THIS IS NOT RIGHT WAY.
DIALOG, THROUGH DIALOG.
I THINK WE CAN CHANGE OUR MIND THROUGH EDUCATION.
HERE WE HAVE TRUTH. EDUCATION THROUGH PROPAGANDA IS NO BASIS, NO TRUTH.
BUT THESE ARE EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF TRUTH.
AND SCIENTIFICALLY, YOU SEE, CRITICAL DATA.
A SHORT STORY. ONE OCCASION NEAR NEW YORK, AGAIN USING MEDICAL SORT OF DISCUSSION WITH SCIENTISTS.
ONE SCIENTIST MENTIONED THERE THOSE PEOPLE WHO OFTEN USE WORD
“I”, “MY”, “MINE” LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE GREATER CHANCE OF, GREATER RISK OF HEART ATTACK.
WHY?
OF COURSE, PERSON WHO OFTEN USE THESE WORDS THAT’S A REFLECTION OF THEIR THINKING.
SO IN THEIR MIND SELF-CENTERED, SELF-CHERISHING IS VERY MUCH THERE.
SO THEY TAKE MAXIMUM CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES.
WHY? HEART ATTACK. MORE RISK OF HEART ATTACK?
WHY? HERE I FEEL MY CONCLUSION IS MORE SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE THEN OUR MIND BECOME MORE NARROW.
SO MORE NARROW AND SHORTSIGHTED BECAUSE THE VIEW EVEN SMALL TINY PROBLEM APPEARS UNBEARABLE.
IF OUR MIND NOT ONLY THINK OF ONESELF, BUT THINK OF REST OF HUMAN BEING OR LARGER COMMUNITY,
THEN EVEN IF IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ONESELF, NOT THAT MUCH SIGNIFICANCE.
THOUSANDS OF BILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS FACING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.
THEN ONE PROBLEM IS NOTHING SPECIAL.
SO THAT I THINK REALLY MAKES DIFFERENCES.
SO, THEREFORE, PLEASE DON’T THINK ONESELF AS A WORLD CENTER.
ACTUALLY THIS WORLD CENTER, OF COURSE.
BUT TOO MUCH THINKING ONESELF I, I, I, THEN YOU MAY DEVELOP MORE HEALTH PROBLEM.
SO THINK MORE ABOUT WELL BEING OF OTHER.
THEN YOUR HEALTH BECOMING MORE BETTER
THAT’S MY MEDICINE. (LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
NOW LAST QUESTION.
>>: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE THIS YEAR?
I DON’T KNOW.
(LAUGHTER)
AFTER SORT OF FINISHING YOUR STUDY THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND JOBS.
(LAUGHTER)
AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO EVENTUALLY FIND YOUR PARTNER.
SO A LOT OF PROBLEMS THERE.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
ONE MY SUGGESTION, REALISTIC SUGGESTION IS YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED OUR LIFE BECOME EASY OR HAPPY.
YOU MUST PREPARE IN YOUR MIND LIFE IS NOT EASY.
A LOT OF PROBLEM BOUND TO HAPPEN.
SO, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING PREPARE THAT.
THEN IF DIFFICULTY COMES YOU CAN HANDLE BETTER.
IF YOU EXPECT ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW PARENT, TEACHERS TAKING CARE,
SO REST OF MY LIFE WILL BE VERY EASY.
THEN SOME UNEXPECTED SORT OF DIFFICULTY FACE, THEN YOU REALLY DISTURBED MUCH.
SO RIGHT FROM BEGINNING TAKE USUALLY IN THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, ONE, OUR SLOGAN IS
“HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT PREPARE FOR WORST.”
SO THAT MUST KEEP ME, EACH PERSON, I CAN THINK THAT WAY.
THEN YOU ALREADY PREPARED.
SO YOU MUST THINK NO DIFFICULTIES, NO PROBLEM.
THAT MAY BE SILLY SUGGESTION BUT THIS IS MY FEELING.
SO IF YOU FEEL SOME REASONS, THEN THINK MORE LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE)
COULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAY STANDING WHILE WE PLAY THE TIBETAN NATIONAL ANTHEM.
(TIBETAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
THANK YOU. OKAY.
VERY GOOD. WHITE DRESS AND WHITE SCARF AND WHITE HEART.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER) OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE GOT A DOUBLE ONE. THIS ONE IS FOR YOU.
AND THIS ONE IS FOR YOU TOO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)
SO THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU.
I ALSO PUT THIS ON.
(APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER) THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. (APPLAUSE)