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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

“Dr. Rajendra Prasad was a true Bodhisatva. His humility brought tears to my eyes.”

Tenzin Gyatso buch Freedom in Exile

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama (1991).

“I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.”

As quoted in Nobel Prize Winners (1991) by Lisa F. Dewitt.

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”

As quoted in A Small Drop of Ink: A Collection of Inspirational and Moving Quotations of the Ages (2003) by Linda Pendleton.

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”

As quoted in Especially for Christians: Powerful Thought-provoking Words from the Past (2005) by Mark Alton Rose, p. 19

“If a woman reveals herself as more useful the lama could very well be reincarnated in this form.”

News conference in Italy, as quoted in "Dalai Lama says successor could be a woman" in Telegraph (07 Dec 2007) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1571850/Dalai-Lama-says-successor-could-be-a-woman.html

“We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.”

As quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by Margaret Gee, p. 49.

“My true religion is Kindness.”

Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984)
As quoted in Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination (1988) by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria.
Variante: My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

As quoted in Meditations for Living In Balance: Daily Solutions for People Who Do Too Much (2000) by Anne Wilson Schaef, p. 11.

“Thousands — millions and billions — of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent. Certain killing is purely a "luxury." … But perhaps the saddest is factory farming. The poor animals there really suffer. I once visited a poultry farm in Japan where they keep 200,000 hens for two years just for their eggs. During those two years, they are prisoners. Then after two years, when they are no longer productive, the hens are sold. That is really shocking, really sad. We must support those who are attempting to reduce that kind of unfair treatment. An Indian friend told me that his young daughter has been arguing with him that it is better to serve one cow to ten people than to serve chicken or other small animals, since more lives would be involved. In the Indian tradition, beef is always avoided, but I think there is some logic to her argument. Shrimp, for example, are very small. For one plate, many lives must be sacrificed. To me, this is not at all delicious. I find it really awful, and I think it is better to avoid these things. If your body needs meat, it may be better to eat bigger animals. Eventually you may be able to eliminate the need for meat. I think that our basic nature as human beings is to be vegetarian — making every effort not to harm other living beings. If we apply our intelligence, we can create a sound, nutritional program. It is very dangerous to ignore the suffering of any sentient being.”

Interview in Worlds in Harmony: Dialogues on Compassionate Action, Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992, pp. 20-21.

“Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.”

"A Talk to Western Buddhists" p. 87.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)

“Great wealth can only be obtained through deception and corruption.”

37 Practices of the Bodhisattva, teaching at Bodhgaya https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/thirty-seven-practices-bodhisattva (January 1974).

“Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!

First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later.
There is not much hurry.
If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love,
with compassion, with less selfishness,
then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.

The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.

If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Whenever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.

Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.

According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life.
The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated.

The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.

Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.

When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down. The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy. Why? I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature. Constructiveness is the human way. Therefore, I think that in terms of basic human feeling, violence is not good. Non-violence is the only way.

We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and, therefore, largely ignored.

The fundamental philosophical principle of Buddhism is that all our suffering comes about as a result of an undisciplined mind, and this untamed mind itself comes about because of ignorance and negative emotions. For the Buddhist practitioner then, regardless of whether he or she follows the approach of the Fundamental Vehicle, Mahayana or Vajrayana, negative emotions are always the true enemy, a factor that has to be overcome and eliminated. And it is only by applying methods for training the mind that these negative emotions can be dispelled and eliminated. This is why in Buddhist writings and teachings we find such an extensive explanation of the mind and its different processes and functions. Since these negative emotions are states of mind, the method or technique for overcoming them must be developed from within. There is no alternative. They cannot be removed by some external technique, like a surgical operation."”

Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 2004

“Don't compare me with Jesus. He is a great master, a great master…”

Interview in The New York Times (28 November 1993).

“What surprises you most about mankind?”

God answered:
"That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived."
Misattributed, "What surprises you most about humanity?"

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