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Your best drama WDI you channeled. From the Indiana University auditorium in Bloomington. This is coverage of the speech of his holiness the Dalai Lama on the topic overcoming differences. After the speech the Dalai Lama will answer questions from the audience. I'm Keith Klein and I'm joined now by Elliott Sperling an associate professor of Tibetan Studies department of central Eurasian studies at Indiana University in Bloomington. Professor Sperling how important a figure is His Holiness and the figure of world leaders today. The Dalai Lama is a figure of considerable importance and in a number of ways actually in some ways he's rather unique. As a result of various historical prophecies in the 16th and 17th century the leaders of the Get look but sect of Buddhism which is the sect of the Dalai Lama became the supreme political authorities in Tibet. As a result. The Dalai Lama. Is in a unique position within the
Tibetan system that Tibetans often term their system a. Merger or a union of the religious and the secular and the Dalai Lama sits astride that system. And as a result of that he has a very unique claim on the hearts and minds of the Tibetans. This. Is not only significant for Tibetan politics it's also significant for Asian politics and the reason as a result for world politics because the question of Tibet is one that has never really been resolved. And the importance of his appearance at Indiana University. His appearance at Indiana Indiana University I think is going to be rather important. I'm not certain what he is going to say here tonight but already at the press conference which was held earlier today in the union he spoke about his ideas regarding a solution to the Tibetan question. I should say in this context that the last time he was here in 1987 and he came here he came to the United States at that time as a result of an invitation
from the Tibetan cultural center which is headed by his brother Professor Tipton jiggery Norberg who is now retired from Indiana University. He came here. And he was also invited by the university. And also by certain people in Washington congressmen invited him to speak before them. He made a number of proposals regarding the future of Tibet. The Chinese government did not like that they began to crack down crack down because of loyalty to the Dalai Lama which is a very important factor in Tibet which in turn precipitated demonstrations in Tibet and led to a whole new visibility for the Tibetan question. As as I said this has this visibility. Has. Helped the Tibetans in the sense that they have more sympathy you can look around yourself here and just see the tremendous number of people who have turned out to hear the Dalai Lama. It is also lent a greater visibility to the Dalai
Lama's message with regard to Buddhism. So in a sense he wears two hats he wears as a choose me as a political leader. He also wears the hat of a spiritual leader. Which does it put him in a really unique position as a world leader. I think it does. I think it does. I mean he's not simply somebody who has a certain amount of faith in religion a rather religious leader who attends church or temple occasionally that sort of thing. No he actually is a a religious teacher. The Tibetan term Lama is simply a translation of the Sanskrit term guru. The Dalai Lama is regarded by the Tibetans as a very important guru. We are about to begin so we'll go in now to the stage where Indiana University President Myles Brand will introduce his holiness the Dalai Lama. It's a very great pleasure to welcome you all here.
And it's a very special honor that Indiana University enjoys today to be able to host the Dalai Lama. We face a world of violence and disrespect from church burnings in the south to airline explosions to hatred amongst many groups. War has not disappeared from our planet. Faced with such a world we need men of peace. Leaders of the very highest spiritual kind can guide us to a resolution of our problems in a nonviolent way. We are most fortunate this evening to have in our presence one of these great men and again I
thank you for coming. Without further ado let me introduce his holiness the Dalai. Brothers. And sisters. I am extremely happy to be here with you and have the opportunity to speak with you. And of course you should know my English for my broken English. Sometimes
I say it is dangerous to do. I do use the wrong word in my mind is something different meaning so. So this is a danger. So I would like to give you some warning when you learn your lesson. That alone was a broken English should be very very careful. So occasionally when I my English is stuck then he will have me. My old friend proffers a gypsy So it will help but I will try to try. I say speak or use my broken English as much as possible in order to save time and also in communication with the audience. Then Then course as he has a lot of people busy. Yeah
and also I was told have some other ideas some people doubt. So you came in with some expectation and often what you introduce or I think you you've made me livid. I good that I've been wrong I was wrong. You should not expect much. I have not. I have nothing to offer to you simply I think is it trying to have the time to share some of my own experience. So that's all. Now what do I talk. Yeah I will come to the overcoming differences.
Oh yes that's. Just it. So is the topic. Now difference is always there even when you see more and not only differences but conflict or contradictions we can always find even one single person in my mind is finding that different opinions are different. Those are the ideas novels umbel morning. You may have one idea at that moment you feel this is right. Then after some time you you'll find something wrong with
that idea and may have another idea. So this is a conflict so conflict. Always the difference is always there. So they have to overcome that. Again. Now there also is a day I set the minimum on me and I go to church. Even if there are many differences there are common qualities like this it is one individual case. It's a different idea these two idea was to contradictory one another but because it's see it within oneself. So usually you see that conflict will not
go very extreme it will go to extreme then sometimes you confuse then eventually even as a suicide and things of that happen. But usually you work on that. Because every day all day sort of busy within within reason within within one's own mind. So similarly a family member a family member some differences on the basis of all belong one family on that basis. Yes. If you if you look closely there's differences. But if you look from a little bit wider perspective you can see all family. We have to find out who will come and go to that community to community nation to nation to the continent the same basis
look differences. Diverse diversity. Actually I think that diversity is good and also conflict or contradiction. It's also I think it's self I think very good with that kind of with the diversity of degrees the idea or system we see. Can our city can be can be can be the basis of further development further progress. But why did you see the two ships provided it is contained within a sense of commonality. Now I would like to stress this here on two issues on all religious duty today due to different religious
tradition. This is sometimes a conflict that happened and I do do as a different nationality or too much concern about one's own nationhood. Then you see different then you see develop complex conflict. So I think the first part. There are differences among different traditions. Some differences are even fundamental differences. Now for example as many of the world's major religions their fundamental faith is a creator god actually and then there's some other religious tradition such as Buddhism Jainism and some more. It is a fundamental I believe is some kind of self
creation. So it is a big differences but then if you look at the value or effective course if all these different traditions. And then you can you can easily overcome. Is it dead or is it the negative feeling on the basis of differences. Now you're in this respect. I also have some experiences because I'm really keen to promote the Jinyan harmony in all the different traditions. Now look is it what is this the value or usefulness about is a different vision. It is quite simple that
amount of humanity is so many different mental and disposition. So therefore one religious tradition simply cannot satisfy the right of people. So therefore it's more of a rite of religious tradition more useful for a variety of people. I often use the big example like dishes. If one has a restaurant serve one type of dish morning noon evening and week by week month by month only one dishes one only one dish. Then I think customers eventually reduce I think less and less less. Eventually No. No more. Any customer. And if you see did restaurant serve right or food
that the American food or the French food or Chinese food Indian food or Tibetan food not much variety. So you see these guys there's a variety of food that they want. It will it will satisfy a variety of people. That's very clear. Then the question of who see my religion. In fact I consider food of mind or food the food of consciousness. So it is all in the mental world. I think that a lot of different varieties so simply that the reality one religion kind of sets of people. So it is much better to have more of it at religion's.
Sometimes I do. I called the supermarket of religions right. And you can you have the liberties to choose according the one ones on my disposition. And then also now they I think because of the zemindars subsidy added to look to some people see the theory of philosophy as a creator with that is the only one to life is I do that philosophy I think very very powerful very useful is a just one life one life this very life created by a creator. So that give us something to give to that person somewhere. Is that the feeling of what we call intimacy intimacy.
Sometime sometime you will. Intimacy Yes intimacy with God or creator. So you see with that feeling they do what is the God's wish mainly. What city if you love your fellow human to be dead in they day. If you genuinely love respect concern to other fellow human being that I think is really fulfilled God's sake was which. So if you see someone who don't care about us welfare and the idea of love. No no respect others then such person you see as at the other hand may show a deep faith in God. Then I think it is rather a question that
a person truly is a believe God or not. If that person truly believe then is it that a person must do to show love towards other fellow human being. So this is one very often we do not good on. And the other is a tradition that says Buddhism is a more emphasis on one's own shoulder self creation long long future depend entirely on your own shoulder. You behave with that kind of approach. Is it more effective to some people. So the answer is to do all different traditions have all the major religious traditions have the authority equal effectiveness to transform that practitioner. Into good human being on Hotspurs.
So is it looking. I usually see it as it looks. I was looking at look I always look on the face of what the purpose of the different religious tradition not on the different methods. So then you can easily get the conclusion or understanding. Yes the same effectiveness. So it automatically develop that appreciation or respect to those different reach. And in February just last year to date three or four days I participated in the dialogue a dialogue at get Semele in Kentucky the monastery of late Thomas Merton.
So there are all these areas of fun. There are so many similarities between Christian monastic U.S. practitioners of life and the experiences. And it's just the way of life and experiences and orphans. And this time I really found such enthusiasm that he too want to have it to promote mutual understanding mainly between Christian monastics as monastic and Christian Christian monks and nuns and he was just so. So these are. I think once you develop closer relations and to desolation better understanding of others the value of other tradition then you see these
differences easily. You can't walk walk right now. And the other field as I mentioned earlier the different parts of the nationality or the the feeling or as feeling strong feeling of nationhood. In previous times they even not only nation to nation but even I think the village to village more or less I think complete independence. All requirement produced by themselves. So there's no need of the other's cooperation. But that's not completely changed. So not only nation to nation but even to the continent to continent heavily. I see so heavily dependent on one another
and obviously in modern economy or national boundary. As I said the. I mean nothing in an economy field economy modern economy no world beyond the national boundaries. So there's that this is a fact. And also I think there is a problem. Now we are facing the ecology problem such as the ozone layers or sea depression. Is it these Sulu's one or two nations cannot solve this problem are less worldwide. Well anti-humanity is a big effort. So therefore it's a reality now will become much smaller heavily dependent on the Internet. So therefore is there no longer some end of the independent self sufficient
that kind of an agent no longer existed exist. So therefore is it a concern. I mean I really take care about your neighbor should be there because your neighbors devlopment very much with your own development the neighbor's economy develop. So does that really effect your economy. So is it that that's not reality. So therefore the. It is very very important to realize the oneness of life energy. So so therefore you say if we have the when when we have that kind of regret that kind of hours look of look perspective then it easily can work
with the differences on the basis of nationhood. Now you see we need as I think religious religious case the Tao than damaging one's own religious tradition meantime serve in common interest or common benefit. Similarly each individual nationhood is in their culture including the language of life. The These must preserve especially the culture. I believe culture how to develop a culture of different communities they know not just what I have wrong but these are two centuries see injuries according to city environment or the circumstances including temperatures the
city what city high and the surrounding vegetation is according as in these circumstances it is certainly unique culture of heritage. So it is very fit for that particular community. So therefore it is worthwhile to preserve in order to set the site of that particular community. But meantime that should not isolate the interest of the whole humanity. So I think you see the thinking that this line then is that there is always the possibility of workpieces differences due to the on the basis of my nation destination. Then here also I think the very important thing to do to know they say their concept of the sun might interest all
our interest and their interest. I feel I think actually dead. I think the reality is that there is no clear cut our interest in that interest. So now we have to treat a whole world like just one's own body is something happened that eventually it Fealy your own your own site. So that's the reality. Ivan one problem I feel the reality is much changed. But all concept still remain a little bit behind. So that's why I think sometimes the humanity may face some unnecessary problem. Isn't my feeling so doubtful. I think that in reality now will become as I mentioned before so much more close at one another heavily to one another.
So under these circumstances now the concept of war concept of using force I think now become old fashioned when you see it there is sort of independent do you see. Which is separate independent interests. Then you say there is a detour to agree to do it or city. In reality you see using force destroy either disregard others U.S. interest and defeat the other. Say you may gain some U.S. benefit. Now today I think to destroy your neighbor or so-called as your enemy. Almost like you destroy your own leg. I think that's the frustration. For I think now I often telling my
friend that this century this century Usually I call my century now. Now this century from one aspect looking from one aspect I think that we can call this century as the century of bloodshed since that awful war. So next century I think we should try to have that sense you should be censored off dialogue. Differences are always there. But in order to solve those differences making false or disregard others interest is no use not benefit not non-beneficial even even to oneself. So therefore the only thing is realistically speaking only thing is shared interest
for oneself through the other. So that's the compromise if possible 60 percent Arcite for the person. I think best. Otherwise if you don't come up this is a god other interest. So therefore I do want to pause. I think the only practical way to solve these differences are not using God using gun violence as it is if one side to use God and violence the other side or for counterviolence So result and less violence. And also I think the one terrible tragic situation if he uses violence is the first casualty. Those poor innocent men women children those troublemaker that didn't meet them and in a very secure place and comfortably. So I
think that's I that's a very tragic thing. So therefore I think we have to see these these line seriously and then he tried to make known now the using violence is outdated and differences conflict. So all human beings have in the conflict always it is wrong to exploit their humanity without any conflict peaceful or friendly. I kind of I can kind of. Because what the expectation is truly I think we're shooting. So some form of conflict always there. So and using violence is out of date and very harmful and destructive. So the only alternative is die. So I think they are next century. I think we should try next
century should be the center of central data. Now think about the idea of demilitarization. I think that's very very crucial for some already on this planet like the Central America like Costa Rica the city since I think the 40s. They already become the demilitarized nation. So the concept of demoiselle demutualisation to some people is very much very much alive very much in doubt. So I think that now we have to act and not just see. I mean that is a comfort to me view lives within short period. We have to we have to take we have to go step by step one day. What city. I think we all
wish disappearances of woolen ball the Berlin Wall guys because the disappearance of the Berlin Wall. Or is it the threat of organized nuclear of the third of the Holocaust. Now that also a city and some some aspect is dead. Now much of the Jews. And now today is the day. They are the leaders now truly now talking about the deduction we reduce nuclear weapons and also some order to use it to implement these things. I think very very hopeful beginning. So are our efforts as it should be now eventually to no more nuclear weapons then use
the chemical the chemical and germs germ warfare. DS I think the elimination completely. These things then I think offensive weapons elimination then I think as the first and then another I think important thing. Seriously think about the stop for arms thing. I think this is a very serious matter. I think the. Want ones you made one bullet is a bullet really but most of the bullet is good. And I think that's all there is a belief that some things that over nice or smart. But but you cannot use as a decoration. So the edge of
this is good. So so once you do that and the sell and profit and from that money of the profit is use hardly doing something. I think that's a data on the expenses of somebody else's life. I think very very disheartening. So I think that we have to think seriously about to do something to do better to do we do. Even a complete stop. I'm straight then and at the end of the day of the government of our city as nation is try to try to create unified force now in Europe European continent no Friendswood Germany unified forces there so bad. I think the best of Galanti no longer any threat of fighting between the member states. So I think that idea can expand on the
basis of vision of bases and eventually something that has the international forces actually the United Nations. Now is the United Nations forces so-called non-Asians forces now you see coming coming coming more effective. So that's I think one of the I think very important for is a better future. I think we have to think about and see the reduce of weapons and eventually eliminate all these military establishments. So then they really achieve something and I think they got into for no longer than any of the big big bloodshed. A small small but I should always always happen. Well just one thing and mean time in order to implement it. DS I think a noble noble
noble work the first of we need determination political will. Without that no matter how beautiful idea him a Jew dies. So how to build it that way. Yeah I feel the compassion is I feel the very very important factor as a compassion a sense of some of the sounds of concern of the whole humanity more development of that kind of mental attitude than decency determination we will develop and become become a symbol. As strong. So this also is it. And while this is the campaign of compassion and motivation it automatically reduce
it. So this usually I call in on disarmament. So the external disarmament and internal disarmament these two things should go together. So yeah. When we talk about the compassion it is really important to note what is compassion. Compassion is usually easy. Some people get the impression that compassion is something that the closeness feeling of us leaves a compassion sometimes we we consider as a feeling of bitchiness and that's just not right. It the compassion genuine compassion and in genuine compassion there is also a sense of respect. So so you see the compassion.
There's no meaning of looking down first then second compassion of love and compassion. Sometimes the Zardoz is a sense of caring towards one's own friend. So that very often I think mixed with attachment and also to see what see much much involved about other mental projection to make some decisions as something made up by the mind mental projection. Yes. In any case you see that kind of closeness feeling is very much biased only towards your own friend. And that also is the day when some slight just some something wrong with that and then
you get that feeling immediately you change. And today very close this feeling tomorrow maybe very much as a hit it was it was that same same same simpers. So this is very much easy for us to be biased. Secondly very much just a mental projection. Something wrong. I like immediately to change. So is it a genuine compassion as we should know. Is it that is there irrespective of what does is the attitude was you rather hostile or friendly whether Ventra friendly or friendly or indifferent doesn't matter. The main thing is others also just like myself who want happiness. I also have the right to walk am suffering on that basis. You see no sense of self sense of caring.
That's compassion. Unbiased. It can. It can develop towards your enemy. So a diverse group of people as they do it you something you see honey or something distance but Z because they're jealous on the basis of realization. Deice also a human being. She's also have the right to overcome suffering. And with that realization devlopment of the sense of can some of them dances and compassion. So now question are the ones that are dead and that kind of a mental attitude that that person would actually be much happier person much happier person. That's quite clear because it's quite easy to imagine you see someone who have ill feelings towards other solos and that feeling
is that because of your own experience your own mental attitude you also feel that other people also have same similar sort of attitude towards me as it is that fear and suspicion these difficult and very difficult to communicate with other ones. You have the compassion and motivation here. Automatically you see what is happening. I mean what is it. It's almost like open a door and very easy to communicate with other fellow human beings. So therefore is it that bring us inner satisfaction and less fear more self-confidence. So that's the basis of this successful life or happy life. So so therefore you see compassion really you see
very very useful useful thing when is in the mental world. All world of mind in a world in a world in a world that's full of many different ways the mental part in mental huzzy attitudes. Yes I did lose a thinking's. So there are some of the writing just like it doesn't matter as we analyze those matter is something harmful to us if we get rid of those those things which something useful for us. Usually we cultivate and an increase. So similarly when we look in the world of feeding the right of talk or variety of OCD attitudes or attitudes. So it is very important to analyze which emotion or part is harmful which is
useful even the physical physical has also the certain emotion. You see very harmful. In fact the other day I met one who said he was the one one interviewer busy voting him in this country day one of the killer of many people are anger so much anger and including something like heart attacks and these things are happening. So therefore is a day some of these emotions that are harmful then other like compassion sense of forgiveness. These are very positive emotion not positive and negative. It means those emotions something good for us.
It's just those emotions something harmful to us including have including peace of mind. You see these DC motions you should consider as a negative. So therefore it is very important to do an allowance in the mental capacity. Different model different attitudes or attitudes. Now the question is whether we can change oneself whether we can improve or increase these positive emotion whether we can. But again we say we do all we can. These negative emotion. A big question but if we implement if we get serious about about this matter then suddenly we can change we can increase these
positive positive emotion we can certainly reduce these negative emotions through my own experience. When I was young I'm I was very shocked Amber short tempered very short temper. But is it through training. Now my age now 16 I think six to what Mother Sister 1. So it is a day since I think my age around 16 years old say I start some serious sort of interest towards the practice of Dharma. So you see now I really feel oh is this is if there is some religious change there so therefore all those in my city I was a progressive very little very little very slowly. But but but in any case the two D.C. experience I can say you see if big attempt
if me make training of mind as you can you can transform yourself you've become a much more complex and much more happier as a result of your own family. Also getting much happier family and most importantly your children and indeed family become much happier much healthier much healthier physical development as well as mental development and eventual use of these children can be in a city it can be compassion to those children who have that kind of human interaction than physical development as well as education development. And eventually I think the worst and most unfortunate thing is did they find it very difficult to show other people human effects because from their
own experience it a grown up under the MFL lack lack of human interaction. So I think so therefore today if you make effort constant effort and one thing I would like to mention to you is it it often is a summary of the Westerner who is showing interest of autism but doesn't usually use it to questions such as What is the best method. What is the quickest. Then. Then I think I'm sure in their mind one of the cheapest. So I think I can do with these questions. I feel that there is a sign of a failure. Oh you want something immediate without much effort that's under existing mental development take take time
means a lot of can continue effort so so so so that very important is to know the needs to change and use it to roam and mended and we need effort. Now one thing when I see the importance of compassion and a sense of forgiveness you should not look at these matter as a religious subject whether you should believe or non-believer it is entirely up to individual. Obviously we can manage our life our happy life without any faith. That's that's not possible. But now what is what is the important thing is the soul and we are human beings. So we are indeed indeed human huzzy in the human community Oh well work community.
It is impossible to be happy person or useful person in society without without compassion. Yes me too. All right that's fine. It is impossible to be helpful to the world community without compassion. You to confuse love and desire to do so. So you know it is it is. So we have to make clear there are two kinds of two kinds of spirituality. One's reality with religious faith and spirituality without any religious faith. So I simply try to be nice person. Of. Course. So that's.
I think a date. I see it gliding once on daily experience. You can you can eat I thought you can you can you can understand how important the compassionate feeling inside is in you know happy daily life. So that's the bottom my main tall. So. So if you feel you see some of the wind which I mentioned is something interesting then you see these things more and analyze these display and you'll find these CDC finds are nonsense. Then just forget it. No problem. Thank you. The Dalai Lama will now take a few questions.
It is the desire to become enlightened. A desire which will prevent Leitman his. Desire. Naturally that the sum dissolves negative some results are positive. Now if somebody is a desire for Happy World desire to do something for either. And for practitioner a desire to fulfill that wish desire to achieve Buddhahood. These are
very positive. Without such a desire no spiritual development or no progress. So his eyes labored then dissolved which I think I think the Indian Indian does. Indonesia of discontentment. Why would you talk me into a desire that arises out of not being satisfied out of being out of lacking contentment. That I've been decided that in speaking it even I think the something I mean just one just does that. Just just been and out and instrumentation was out quite a bit to do with what you need in that esteemed Gunders. Any idea what for instance of these simple desires where you feel. Well if I get it then it'll be all right. And if
when you do get it then you're satisfied. And that does kind of desire is probably OK but when desires become extreme and you're seeking seeking seeking then that is negative. No I think one is number z. Again you might want the experience sometimes but I have the time I was busy go shopping. Not necessarily non-necessities see value buying but looking looking. Just to see it toting musing look look what I did. So is it occasionally some Muzi by Bhadra so so now days is when I saw all beautiful things. Sometimes a camera or some watch or some see little instruments things like that I feel on that. Also I want all I want then is the second thought. You
need these. Then onza. No no no no. No. So you see that is the easy one. Oh I can agree without it. I think Doo-Doo discontentment trauma's you so that God does eventually bring trouble. So deadfall and of course the other does you see. Does your neighbor should should have something more. Probably just like you said news and negative of course. Do you feel like your involvement in politics harms or helps your role as a spiritual leader. So far so long you see the type and the kind of political struggles to which I involve
So long as it does remain as a freedom struggle. I have no problem because Tibetan freedom very much linked with the dharma without proper freedom is it a Tibetan Buddhist culture cannot survive. So therefore it is a myth that all dead has a nature and a certain kind of Venice of that nature. I feel my involvement in Tibetan freedom struggle. I believe this is part of my spiritual practice. Then when you say that nature is see change this is something you want us to
hear. OK. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So when is it that kind of destiny that nature can change now for example when when we return with a certain freedom or Higgs I'm seeking genuine wonder is he really a good solution to find. And when you say evangelised your time then I already made very clear since I think five six years ago now when that day come then I will set of one sort of interim government in the interim government interim interim government then I will handle the will. All right let's do it all started to do that government then I'm no longer as the head of Tibetan government because then I feel see.
It can be icy body politics quality. He made clear the future of Tibet should be demark genuine democracy the government to Jinyan election. So on the basis of a body. Slow down for you see body politics. Then is it combative politics. So then there is a question of a Buddhist monk. But as it should be involved there are not. So they have already made clear then I will no longer be in government. Yes if Buddhism does not believe in a Creator God. To whom do Buddhists pray and why do they pray. Buddhism accept or believe. Hi B. Yes but does the Buddha said to us and our deeds not
right from the beginning. Because as we have been originally just like our south London being but to dwell on scening training eventually reach higher spiritual experiences then we can say that these are high energy so we can pray or six out of blessing or influence from these beings. Next question how does it feel to live in exile from your own country. Of course one way of course is that is sad and particularly why we remain outside on country. You said a lot of destructions about his sufferings. Now this as really sad. But other hand the exile of
life also. I see provider for white rights is a new opportunity meeting with people from different religious tradition and also the people from different walks of life or different professions. So for me personally being a refugee status so no longer the importance of what are call articles or portable protocol or as a formality. I don't like it a bit too much formality and also that these particles these are I think the not much meaningful. When I was small a Dalai Lama I just was just a simple young boy.
It is a project as a very holy man. I think that that's too much than that. So you see now I've become as a refugee when we pass through difficult to see period. There is no room to pretend. So you have to you have to accept the realities of reality. So I think it's become refugee I feel. And it wasn't too difficult period. Rabs I think that I've become more I think just maybe. So in that sense I feel you see too personally. I personally I feel it is my experience this is a sad period sad experience. Very useful. In fact I think human any human being when you are a life. As we all see become easy and there is a danger to spiral. You are in a certain quality
when you you passing through when you are faced with the difficult experiences. And of course if you lose all hope and death and that's of course a great tragedy otherwise is it a difficult experience. Actually I think the best period of best time to gain inner strength. So that's why I say the experience of this person would Gunday is passive resistance techniques work in Tibet. I believe so. I do one one the one I think the thing is quite now become quite clear that is because our struggle carried strictly according to non-violence non-violence principle.
Now more and more Chinese among the Chinese intelligence some writers some thinkers and also some are just now showing genuine concern and sympathy. And in some cases this is showing the sense of solidarity. I feel this is gorgeous. So after all the problem which we are facing we should find a solution between Chinese and Tibet. No one else. Of course international community can have a lot to do lies meaningful negotiation. So that's why is he is sincere just in time. I'm appealing to the international community. Please help us that you see Dumitru that is meaningful negotiation without any preconditions. So
helpful. I would like to appeal to you as a human brother sisters. Please please help us in order to see in order to a meaningful negotiation. MacHugh lives by ritualize meaningful negotiation and also as I've mentioned before the non-violence is I think the only option for future for humanity. So now that Tibetan non-violent freedom struggle this one way is concerned with small human community in a remote area. Five years from the United States. But one way it is something very very much different with international
the international implicate implication the one way I see it day conflict or contradiction is that people are sick. I mean I should be fed up about bloodshed violence. But at the same time on this you make some bloodshed. Nobody paid attention. This is the problem. So they support like a Tibetan nonviolent freedom struggle. If this succeeds all those already some good example in South Africa under the leadership of Nelson Mandela and also be sure to do so. I think some remarkable see the peaceful non-violent her steady steady
success and also in some extent in Middle East. Also today now the city the freedom of non-violent topic is it. I don't know what what would probably would. The idea the idea of nonviolence now also coming even in the Middle East area. So these are all fighting to be a positive indication for positive sign. There's always a Tibetan freedom struggle to non-violence. Also once this city succeed that will be the new pattern for it's a similar community. I mean other communities who have a similar problem they will feel they have more encouragement to follow non-white. If you see that Tibetan non-violent freedom struggle nor does it feel this implication the implication they are valid that that cause or
that the issue is that they are the one who should be an indication the terror attack on the other. Tarshish and I never said if the Tibetan nonviolent itim to restore its freedom fails then this will be taken as a general sign in the world that the nonviolent path could not succeed. So it is vital. Yes. On this question some Buddhist groups allow their believers to eat meat and others are vegetarian. Which one is right and why. And why. Why is. There are some but this is a tradition. It's a strict vegetarian. Like I said it is a
Chinese tradition and venomous tradition is usually generally stupidity then in some cases like day and terawatt the world generally generally the one location is the one monk from Sri Lanka was a told me once that the Buddhist monk neither vegetarian. No not today. Whatever you get from that off from the offer an offering should should accept I that original idea. I think that's very true. But anyway basically although I myself am on average day day in 65 I tried to become vegetarian and the next about containment I live in veggie then some easy day
to day illness some problems started. So then I returned to my previous diet non-image day. Since sometime back I usually usually do. One day vegetarian one day non-vegetarian. So at least six months as a veggie. So no one is a definite thing I would like to mention here is the must to promote vegetarianism. That's excellent. That's very important. And and just that if you can remain veggie is best. This is the last question What are your feelings on the situation with the
pension Lama. Is there any possible resolution in your opinion. Well certainly I feel you see some great news. We'll find it because at the time when I finalize Benjamin Huizinga nation day Chinese Well that's a policy not only do is Tibet but also do as well as Taiwan is he very much has a hotline a hotline is a policy. So you see in spite of my effort to communicate to the Chinese government is it even actually the International eventually become what I see. I mean involved much trouble. But the all Chinese government policy become more open more flexible more reasonable.
Then suddenly we will find a mutually agreed solution. As I said the entire nation. Now again I want to say one thing that this is my young bench and that is good. Now in fact now become iting youngest political parties complete in the but is that so my anxiety is his safety and his steady soul. Fortunately outside world and some some bottom and also some government. Actually he's very much concerned about his safety and his courage. So eventually I think as I mentioned I mentioned earlier that we will find some roots. Thank you very
much. Good night. You've been watching live coverage from the Indiana University auditorium of a speech
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They are all the same. It also all almost tends to make the Stinger missile IDM because those are heat seeking missiles and they would go after not the belly of the airplane and blow it apart and they blow an engine apart and you'd see that on the flight data recorder. You also hear a report of the crew I'm sure on the cockpit voice recorder and so we're going through a process of elimination. What do you suppose they're doing at this point with that voice or what would be happening now. I mean what if they have a sound spectrum team that has been assembled. Both the NTSB the FAA and I noticed also they're bringing our colleagues in from the investigation accident branch of the ministry of transport sectors trade to transport with the U.K. some of whom may well have worked on the Lockerbie investigation and tried to do a comparative analysis. But again I think you heard that sound with the Lockerbie it was again this sudden and abrupt end to the cockpit voice recorder and not only on Pan Am 103. Air India wanted to and the Korean Airlines incident from
1987 off the coast of Burma the Air India also had a sudden and abrupt and with no anomaly on the cockpit voice recorder and no anomalies on the flight data recorder
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Indiana University
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Chicago: “His Holiness the Dalai Lama Indiana University,” 1996-07-26, WTIU, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 29, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-160-655dvbq7.
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