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Dalai Lama

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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.


— Dalai Lama


#appearance #everything #interdependent #reality #something

I am just one human being.


— Dalai Lama


#being #human #human being #i #i am

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated.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


— Dalai Lama


#believe #catch #i #i always #king

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.


— Dalai Lama


#describe #i #less #monk #more

I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.


— Dalai Lama


#century #every #happier #i #i think

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.


— Dalai Lama


#difficult #eastern #european #european countries #example

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.


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#desire #nothing #responsibility #shirk #wish

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


— Dalai Lama


#always #future #last #mischievous #people

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.


— Dalai Lama


#common #common sense #different #due #ethnic

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!


— Dalai Lama


#combined #continue #hypocrisy #i #i always






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Karma Pakshi however sought the patronage of Möngke Khan. In response to this scenario Tashi Wangdi the representative of the 14th Dalai Lama replied that the Chinese government's selection would be meaningless. His instruction was based on the premise that Buddhist ideology is eternal and that Buddha would send emanations to complete the missions he had initiated.

The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the leader of the Gelug School but this position belongs officially to the Ganden Tripa which is a temporary position appointed by the Dalai Lama who in practice exerts much influence. For certain periods between the 17th century and 1959 the Dalai Lamas sometimes directed the Tibetan government which administered portions of Tibet from Lhasa. The 14th Dalai Lama remained the head of state for the Central Tibetan Administration ("Tibetan government in exile") until his retirement on March 14 2011.

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