In the main temple in Mcleod Ganj on Sunday 25th August 2013th The Dalai Lama gave a lecture, and Moran and I were part of that crowd.
People of different nations in the early morning went to the main temple with their accreditation which is the permission to enter the temple and with small pads to sit on and bottle of water, while other things like cell phones and cameras are not allowed at Dalai Lama's lectures.
Atmosphere that prevails in the temple is very interesting. People sit on the floor in groups, which are divided depending on which language you want to listen to the translation of lectures. The lecture is not translated simultaneously , after each part of lecture that Dalai Lama teaches in Tibetan language, translators translate that part in Hindi, English, Chinese, Spanish or other reported languages . The big screens in temple are showing the Dalai Lama, and from the loudspeakers you can hear the mix of many different languages. During the lecture, the monks walk around people sharing their traditional tea with hot milk and small breads . It is interesting to observe people during lectures : grannies who mutter the rosary mantra, those who listen attentively, others who write down everything they hear.
Equality of all people
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet and Tibetan people. As a two year old boy Tenzin Gyatso in the province of Amdo in northeastern Tibet was recognized as a Tulku , the incarnation of Buddha of Compassion . At the age of 15, on 17th of November in 1950. he was officially declared as Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Escaping in India 1959th year due to the Chinese occupation of Tibet, he continued the non-violent struggle for the freedom for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
The Dalai Lama has many fans around the world , and his lectures are respectfully listened by representatives of all religions, and atheists. In his lectures he highlights the fundamental equality of all people, regardless of race, religion, education, material, and financial status . He speaks that modern life moves away from aspirations to be happy and not to suffer, all because of too much alienation and excessive desire for material wealth.
The world in which instead of a sense of community and belonging , we find a high degree of loneliness and alienation that produces suffering, alienates us from that initial goal - happiness, said the Dalai Lama. He pointed out that the negative effects of modern life that take us away from true happiness can be removed, unlike natural disasters and natural phenomena such as aging and death that we can not influence on . The only possible way to true happiness lies in ourselves. This fact explains the paradox that there are people who are unhappy despite their material well-being , as well as those who are happy in spite of life's most difficult circumstances.
Relationship to external circumstances
The main characteristic of true happiness is inner peace, says the Dalai Lama, thanks to which, regardless of the external difficulties, our happiness will not be shaken. For inner peace the fundamental is our attitude to external circumstances. Specifically, external circumstances can not always be changed, but we can change our attitude toward them.
"Crossing my hands I speak to the man with a request to live out his life meaningfuly. Make it binding with the spiritual. Live it honestly and without hesitation, and little by little, step by step, you will be able to change your habits and preferences and less you will think about your own narrow-minded goals and more on others. Doing that, you will discover that you really enjoy the peace and happiness,"advises for every day life, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
DALAJ LAMA KI JAI ! DALAI LAMA ZINDABAD ! (Hail to you Dalai Lama! Long live Dalai Lama! - In Tibetan)
