The Dalai Lama: Six Decades of Spiritual Leadership

 

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U.S. President George W. Bush and the Dalai Lama, on a poster in the New York streets in 2007.

     Work Space

Though his government-in-exile serves as a rebuke to the Chinese presence in Tibet, the Dalai Lama encourages every possibility for dialogue with China.

The Dalai Lama at Home

      The Flame Keeper

His Holiness is a strong advocate for all people's rights to basic freedoms of speech and thought, but holds that violence cannot solve any problem deep down.

 

 

      Daily Reading

Though he is a spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama also holds a doctorate in philosophy. He rejects anything that has been disproved by scientific inquiry and dismisses Buddhist teachings not verified by science.

Daily Reading

Though he is a spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama also holds a doctorate in philosophy. He rejects anything that has been disproved by scientific inquiry and dismisses Buddhist teachings not verified by science.

 

  Session
Among fellow Buddhists, the Dalai Lama delivers complex, analytical talks and wrestles with complicated doctrinal issues. When he finds himself in the wider world, he prefers to offer simply everyday principles that anyone, regardless of religion, might find helpful

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