“Why didn’t you fight back against the Chinese?”
The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, “Well, war is obsolete, you know.”
Then, after a few moments, his face grave, he said, “Of course the mind can rationalize fighting back…but the heart, the heart would never understand. Then you would be divided in yourself, the heart and the mind, and the war would be inside you.”
May 14, 2007 at 12:12 pm |
such a wise, simple, beautiful concept.
Thank you Frauke
July 22, 2009 at 5:06 pm |
Wonderful..thank you. I read it over several times and I feel it clarified my thoughts into a simple tale.