Occupation: Essayist Birth: February 11, 1957
I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do in such circumstances, as well ….
One of the interesting things about Los Angeles is that it's still supplying the whole of the world with its dreams through movies and songs and TV -….
You can continue your practice, you can exercise kindness, you can practice meditation whether you're in a prison or a millionaire's house, whether y….
For me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and seeing everything I thought I kne….
None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones th….
Dalai Lama has made new opportunities for women that they never had in Tibet, introduced science into the monks' curriculum and had Tibetan students ….
Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he's coming with a specific message for the specific circumstan….
The Dalai Lama says that when a Catholic and a Buddhist speak, the Buddhist becomes a deeper Buddhist and the Catholic becomes a deeper Catholic..
The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man..
Travel, for me, is a little bit like being in love, because suddenly all your senses are at the setting marked “on..
I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest th….
The beauty of being foreign is that it snaps you awake..
Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn't underestima….
American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams..
[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that..
Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free..
I think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on..
Its no coincidence that the word holiday suggests a holy day, or that the longest book in the Torah concerns the Sabbath. If you wish to advance in a….
Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice.
I like the way that American has become a kind of spiritual home even for people who have never seen it. American dreams are strongest of all in the ….
In terms of technology and science, tomorrow does know more than yesterday; but when it comes to emotions, living with uncertainty, terror, I'm not s….