Alive Quote by Dalai Lama

“The preservation of Buddhism is preserving your own internal heart. If Tibetans became terrorists they might win back Tibet, but Buddhism would be destroyed…

— Rodger Kamenetz

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

— Dalai Lama

One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a…

— Dalai Lama

“Decades of destruction, suppression, genocide, sterilization, and political indoctrination could not break the Tibetans’ will for freedom, or their deep-rooted religious beliefs. On”

— Heinrich Harrer

“I re-traced your footsteps to that miserable little Tibetan monastery. It was hard to get the monks to talk, what with that vow of…

— Anne Flanagan

Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous. Foolish! Not…

— Dalai Lama

The Tibetans have many teachings on how to die, consciously, and how to remain in the clear light, and it works. You can see…

— Tenzin Palmo

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

— Dalai Lama

Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage…

— Dalai Lama

What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant…

— Martin Scorsese

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,…

— Pico Iyer

“Wherever I go in the West, I am struck by the great mental suffering that arises from the fear of dying, whether or not…

— Sogyal Rinpoche