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Tenzin Gyatso ist der 14. Dalai Lama.

Er ist buddhistischer Mönch, gilt als Linienhalter der Gelbmützen-Schule des tibetischen Buddhismus und befürwortet die Rime-Bewegung. Ab seiner Inthronisierung war er, wie alle Dalai Lamas zuvor, Oberhaupt der tibetischen Regierung. Aus diesem Amt zog er sich 2011 zurück, um seiner Funktion als ein geistliches Oberhaupt der Gelbmützen-Schule den eindeutigen Vorzug zu geben.

1989 wurde er mit dem Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet.

Formelle Bezeichnung ist, in Anlehnung an die Anrede vergleichbarer religiöser Würdenträger, auf Deutsch Seine Heiligkeit bzw. bei direkter Anrede Eure Heiligkeit, Tibeter nennen ihn Kundün oder Gyelwa Rinpoche.

✵ 6. Juli 1935   •   Andere Namen Tendzin Gyatsho, 14. dalajláma, Tändzin Gjamccho
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„Was sie Sozialismus nennen, ist heute in Wahrheit Kapitalismus. Sie arbeiten völlig gegen die ursprüngliche marxistische Idee, die ich in China studiert habe. Als halber Marxist darf ich mir dieses Urteil erlauben!“

Über die Volksrepublik China; Bild Interview http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2007/05/09/dalai-lama/bild-besuch-deutsche.html

„Wenn wir also gut zu sterben wünschen, müssen wir lernen, gut zu leben: Wenn wir auf einen friedvollen Tod hoffen, dann müssen wir in unserem Geist und in unserer Lebensführung den Frieden kultivieren.“

auf S. 7 im Vorwort zu Sogyal Rinpoche "Das Tibetische Buch vom Leben und Sterben" aus dem Englischen von Thomas Geist und Karin Behrendt; Fischer Vlg., Frankfurt/Main, 2003, ISBN 3-502-61113-0; Original: "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Revised and updated version" Harper, S.F. 2002

„Mehr als jede andere Tugend betont der Buddhismus Uneigennützigkeit, die in Liebe und heilender Hinwendung Ausdruck findet.“

Worte der Hinwendung, realp.de http://www.realhp.de/members/shambala/Seine_Heiligkeit_Dalai_Lama.html

„Das tibetische System vermittelt dem Schüler jedoch nicht nur Wissen, es verfügt auch über eine differenzierte Methodik, mit deren Hilfe seine geistigen Fähigkeiten trainiert werden.“

"Mein Leben und mein Volk - Die Tragödie Tibets" aus dem Amerikanischen von Maria Steininger; Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, München (c) 1962, vollständige Taschenbuchausgabe 1982, ISBN 3-426-03698-3, S. 30; Originalausgabe: "My Land and My People" McGraw-Hill, N.Y. 1962

„Der fortwährende Einfluß des Buddhismus […] ergab eine Gesellschaft des Friedens und der Harmonie. Wir genossen Freiheit und Zufriedenheit.“

Panorama, 20. November 1997, Verklärt, verkitscht - Hollywood feiert den Dalai Lama http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/media/dalailama74.html

„Ein armer Tibeter hatte wenig Veranlassung, seinen reichen Gutsherrn zu beneiden oder anzufeinden, denn er wußte, daß jeder die Saat aus seinem früheren Leben erntet […] Wir waren schlicht und einfach glücklich.“

Panorama, 20. November 1997, Verklärt, verkitscht - Hollywood feiert den Dalai Lama http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/media/dalailama74.html

„Es ist besser, wenn jeder Mensch seiner eigenen Tradition folgt. Sie im Westen haben einen jüdisch-christlichen Hintergrund, es ist besser, wenn Sie bei Ihren Wurzeln bleiben.“

Auf die Frage, wie er die hohe Popularität des tibetischen Buddhismus im Westen bewertet, Der Spiegel Nr. 13/2007, S. 122

„Ich betrachte mich oft als halber Marxist und halber Buddhist.“

Pressekonferenz beim Waldzell Meeting im Stift Melk, Mittwoch, 19. September 2007; standard.at http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3041506

„Ich bin für Gewaltlosigkeit, aber wenn ein Habicht auftaucht, während ich andere Vögel füttere, kann ich mich nicht beherrschen. Dann hole ich mein Luftgewehr.“

Auf die Frage ob er ein Lieblingstier habe, Reader's Digest http://www.tibetswiss.com/de/de-temp_news/2005/10.05/05.10.05/Der-Dalai-Lama.html, 5. Oktober 2005

Dalai Lama: Zitate auf Englisch

“Our own security is enhanced when peace breaks out between warring parties in other continents.”

Nobel lecture (1989)
Kontext: Our own security is enhanced when peace breaks out between warring parties in other continents.
But war or peace; the destruction or the protection of nature; the violation or promotion of human rights and democratic freedoms; poverty or material well-being; the lack of moral and spiritual values or their existence and development; and the breakdown or development of human understanding, are not isolated phenomena that can be analysed and tackled independently of one another. In fact, they are very much interrelated at all levels and need to be approached with that understanding.

“With the ever-growing impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a greater role to play by reminding us of our humanity. There is no contradiction between the two.”

Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
Kontext: With the ever-growing impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a greater role to play by reminding us of our humanity. There is no contradiction between the two. Each gives us valuable insights into the other. Both science and the teachings of the Buddha tell us of the fundamental unity of all things. This understanding is crucial if we are to take positive and decisive action on the pressing global concern with the environment. I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.

“Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity.”

Nobel lecture (1989)
Kontext: Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so many ways, that we can no longer live in isolated communities and ignore what is happening outside those communities, and we must share the good fortune that we enjoy.

“Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind.”

Deity Yoga (1987)
Kontext: Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind. When the mind becomes the practices, one is a practitioner of religion, and when the mind does not become the practices one is not.

“Some say I am a good person, some say I am a charlatan — I am just a monk.”

Daily Telegraph interview (2006)
Kontext: Some say I am a good person, some say I am a charlatan — I am just a monk... I never asked people like Richard Gere to come, but it is foolish to stop them. I have Tibetans, Indians, backpackers, AIDS patients, religious people, politicians, actors and princesses. My attitude is to give everyone some of my time. If I can contribute in any way to their happiness, that makes me happy.

“I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.”

Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
Kontext: I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share. Although I have found my own Buddhist religion helpful in generating love and compassion, even for those we consider our enemies, I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

“My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation”

Tenzin Gyatso buch The Universe in a Single Atom

The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (2005).
Kontext: My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation: if scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

“There is a saying in Tibetan that “at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar.””

The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one’s desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
In [Rubin, Gary, Your Emotional Fitness: Everything You Need to Know to Live a Life of Abundance, http://books.google.com/books?id=CGqu8-5W7UUC&pg=PA173, April 2013, Balboa Press, 978-1-4525-7059-4, 173–].

“As we enter the final decade of this century I am optimistic that the ancient values that have sustained mankind are today reaffirming themselves to prepare us for a kinder, happier twenty-first century.”

Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
Kontext: As we enter the final decade of this century I am optimistic that the ancient values that have sustained mankind are today reaffirming themselves to prepare us for a kinder, happier twenty-first century.
I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we succeed in building a better world through human understanding and love, and that in doing so we may reduce the pain and suffering of all sentient beings.

“Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.”

News conference in Vancouver, B.C. as quoted in The Globe and Mail. (8 September 2006) http://web.archive.org/web/20070326201154/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060908.BCDALAILAMA08/TPStory/.

“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”

As quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by Margaret Gee, p. 71.

“Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. … If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.”

On the killing of al-Queda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden by US military forces, as quoted in "Dalai Lama suggests Osama bin Laden's death was justified" by Mitchell Landsberg, in The Los Angeles Times (4 May 2011) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0504-dalai-lama-20110504,0,7229481.story.

“Each of us has the potential to contribute … You have a great opportunity to make a new shape of the world.”

As quoted in "Dalai Lama urges students to shape world" in The Seattle Times (15 May 2001) http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010515&slug=dalai15m0.

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito”

The earliest known example of this quote comes from a January 1993 article in Time magazine, where it is associated with British businesswoman Anita Roddick:: "Even Body Shop trucks are employed as rolling billboards for pithy slogans. Roddick's current favorite, taken from the side of one of her company's lorries: IF YOU THINK YOU'RE TOO SMALL TO HAVE AN IMPACT, TRY GOING TO BED WITH A MOSQUITO".
IN the 21st century, it was cited as an "African proverb". Earliest attribution to Dalai Lama is from 2004.
Disputed
Quelle: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, "Anita the Agitator" https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm7uAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anita+roddick%22+mosquito&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=mosquito, Time, 1993-01-25
Quelle: https://indianinthemachine.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/if-you-think-youre-too-small-to-make-a-difference-try-sleeping-in-a-closed-room-with-a-mosquito-african-proverb/
Quelle: https://books.google.com/books?id=K8Q53xW1ie8C&pg=PA1&dq=%22too+small+to+make+a+difference%22+mosquito+lama&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjxrTbkbnJAhVHLYgKHVfdB84Q6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22too%20small%20to%20make%20a%20difference%22%20mosquito%20lama&f=false

“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.”

Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living (1989) ISBN 094066609X
Unsourced variant: In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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