Dalai Lama quotes

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense. I am just one human being.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason – to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.