Sometime we try so hard, only to have it blow up in our face. “Neither a space station nor an enlightened mind can be realized in a day.”ĭiscouragement often takes its strongest hold when we are faced with disappointing results to our efforts. Who do you know that is struggling? What can you do to help? Thinking of others rather than our own worries helps us realize how blessed we are and the difference we can make. However, even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.” “Eating, working, and making money are meaningless in themselves. Life is too short to let the small stuff hold us back. Insecurities and inadequacies which previously held us back become trivial. In understanding death, each day becomes more precious. Only through escaping this cocoon and facing the fragility of life can we truly learn to live. This protective wall provides a comfortable cocoon of false security. Our modern world with its hospitals, hospice care, and funeral homes separates most of us from death. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?” We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. “You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. Decide today what kind of day it will be. Circumstances do not determine our happiness. This agentic freedom means that although we can’t control what happens to us, we can control how we react. How much power do we believe we have over our own happiness? According to the Dalai Lama we can determine how we view our situations, accomplishments, and attributes. It is usually said that you are your own master.” We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. Your feeling, ‘I am of no value’, is wrong. Your talents and unique viewpoints are needed. Yet, the world was made better because of them. Those who performed these acts will likely never know the difference they made. Someone wrote an encouraging note, dropped off a pint of ice cream, gave a hug. Often in my life the things that made the greatest difference were not big. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” Perhaps he has decided that there will be no successor, or perhaps he has not yet designated a successor, leaving the task to other senior lamas, who will almost certainly have to contend with a rival candidate propped up by the Chinese.The Dalai Lama describes himself as a “simple Buddhist monk” yet somehow within his life’s simplicity he has been able to find personal fulfillment and share that fulfillment with others. Perhaps his successor is a young boy from India, or perhaps it is a young girl from Nepal. Perhaps he has appointed his successor already-through a procedure called ma-dhey tulku, or emanation before death, he has directly transferred his religious authority into the body of the next Dalai Lama, foregoing the lengthy process of identifying the next incarnation. He has presumably worked with the religious leadership in the Tibetan community to plan for the future. The year is 2048 it has been almost ninety years since Gyatso escaped to India following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. “She remarked, ‘There’s no doubt you’ll live until you’re 110 years old.’ Other people too have dreamt that I may live till I’m 113.” “Once I had a dream that I was swimming, even though I can’t swim, and Palden Lhamo”-a female deity worshipped by Tibetan Buddhists-“was riding on my back,” he said. Addressing the gathering, Gyatso tried to assuage their fears. The following month, over seven thousand people gathered outside his residence to offer prayers for his long life. He was discharged from hospital two days later. He was 83 years old and suffering from what appeared to be a chest infection. TENZIN GYATSO, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, was flown from his home in Dharamshala to a private hospital in Delhi on 10 April 2019.
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