14.09.2011

Dalai Lama til frokost

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Firstly, on the level of a human being, His Holiness' first commitment is the promotion of human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline.  All human beings are the same.  We all want happiness and do not want suffering.  Even people who do not believe in religion recognize the importance of these human values in making their life happier.  His Holiness refers to these human values as secular ethics.  He remains committed to talk about the importance of these human values and share them with everyone he meets. 
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På min reise til Tanzania leste jeg to bøker av Dalai Lama. 


The Art of Happinessby H.H. the Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler

A guide to achieving happiness, written with contemporary western preoccupations in mind.


How to Practice
by H.H. the Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins
As human beings we possess one common desire: the need for happiness and a meaningful life. In this book the Dalai Lama offers guidance for developing a daily practice in the quest to find true fulfilment.

Disse to bøkene er helt fantastiske,
de 
burde absolutt leses av deg!


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Secondly, on the level of a religious practitioner, His Holiness' second commitment is the promotion of religious harmony and understanding among the world's major religious traditions.  Despite philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.  It is therefore important for all religious traditions to respect one another and recognize the value of each other's respective traditions.  As far as one truth, one religion is concerned, this is relevant on an individual level.  However, for the community at large, several truths, several religions are necessary. 
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Siden jeg ikke rakk mitt møte med NOAH - for dyrs rettigheter, pga en ringeklokka på telefonen som bestemte seg for å automatisk oppdatere programvaren slik at den ikke lenger har lyst til å vekke meg. Takk. Jeg kjente at det gjorde meg sint, det var da jeg kom på Dalai Lamas budskap om at sinne og hat ikke er konstruktive (nærmere destruktive) følelser, det var slik jeg kom på at jeg skulle på innom hjemmesiden til His Holiness Dalai Lama; http://www.dalailama.com/ . Overrasket over den utrolige gjennomførte nettsiden ble jeg mer og mer nysgjerrig i hva Dalai Lama kunne tilby på nett. Overveldet av hundrevis av foredrag, diskusjoner og samtaler på video, valgte jeg å se på ett foredrag som han har holdt på University of Southern California (USC), som het Secular Ethics, Human Values and Society. Foredraget var rett og slett fantastisk. 
Jeg anbefaler alle til å ta en tur innom hans nettsider for å lære noe om hvordan verden kan bli ett bedre sted. 
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Thirdly, His Holiness is a Tibetan and carries the name of the 'Dalai Lama'.  Tibetans place their trust in him.  Therefore, his third commitment is to the Tibetan issue.  His Holiness' has a responsibility to act as the free spokesperson of the Tibetans in their struggle for justice.  As far as this third commitment is concerned, it will cease to exist once a mutually beneficial solution is reached between the Tibetans and Chinese.
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Noen quotes fra hans facebook-side (som er verdt å like)

Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality, calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, even if you lack the various external factors that you would normally require to be happy, it will still be possible to live a happy and joyful life.

The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to develop compassion towards my enemy, it may not benefit him directly, he may not even be aware of it. But it will immediately benefit me by calming my mind. On the other hand, if I dwell on how awful everything is, I immediately lose my peace of mind.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during his public talk entitled "A Talk for World Peace" at the West Lawn of the US Capitol in Washington DC, USA, on July 9, 2011. Photo.Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
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However, His Holiness will carry on with the first two commitments till his last breath.
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Hilsen Louis Wibe
leder av Reach Out And Touch:
Future, Animals, Climate, Earth, 

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