Reflection of Self in Others
Indian border guard: [[Buddha]
Are you the Lord ]?
Dalai Lama:
I believe I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself.
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Mao Zedong's Perspective on Religion
Mao Zedong:
Religion is poison.
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Vision of a Safe Journey and Return
Dalai Lama:
I see a safe journey, I see a safe return.
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Awareness Amidst Propaganda Outside the Palace
Dalai Lama:
* Upon hearing the propaganda loudspeakers blaring outside the palace monastery.
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Loss of Silence and Freedom
Dalai Lama:
They have taken away our silence.
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The Essence of Spiritual Leadership
Dalai Lama: [[w:Bodhisattva vows|Bodhisattva vows]
* A brief version of the ].
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Commitment to Universal Liberation and Relief
Dalai Lama: [[w:Nirvana|nirvana]
I will liberate those not liberated. I will release those not released. I will relieve those unrelieved, and set living beings in ]. ... Thus by the virtue that has collected through all that I have done may the pain of every living creature be completely cleared away.
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