Dalai Lama

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony. ”

At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment. ”

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion. ”

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. ”

Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body. ”

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world. ”

I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest. ”

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. ”

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also. ”

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console. ”