Dalai Lama on Huffington Post

Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Perfecting Patience

2012-05-23T06:30:41Z

When we encounter situations that requires patience, can we look at it as an opportunity to be the person we already are?

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Indian Police Drop Charges Against Tibet Holy Man

2012-05-21T11:37:53Z

NEW DELHI -- Indian authorities have dropped charges against Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader involving $1.35 million in cash discovered...

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Tsoknyi Rinpoche: A Different Kind Of Discipline

2012-05-16T08:00:04Z

This is the profound meaning of discipline: maintaining love, maintaining the hope that every living being will awaken, even in the most difficult or challenging conditions. It's a softening of the heart, a letting go of confusion, of anger, bitterness, and despair.

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Arianna Huffington: My Conversation With The Dalai Lama: The Convergence Of Science And Spirituality (Part 2) (VIDEO)

2012-05-15T20:36:26Z

To find the peace of mind that alone can replace aimless searching, which has led to an epidemic of stress, anxiety, and drugs, the Dalai Lama is looking to science to convince a skeptical society of the power of contemplation and compassion to change our lives and our world.

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WATCH: Arianna Huffington Interviews The Dalai Lama

2012-05-14T13:17:25Z

His Holiness the Dalai Lama sat down with Arianna Huffington at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to celebrate his Templeton Prize, and discuss the imp...

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Arianna Huffington: My Conversation With The Dalai Lama: The Convergence Of Science And Spirituality (VIDEO)

2012-05-14T13:15:31Z

For his decades-long passion to bring together science and spirituality the Dalai Lama was awarded the Templeton Prize this week. I sat with him before the awards ceremony. Here is our conversation.

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Davia Temin: The Dalai Lama Told Me So -- Words of Wisdom From the 2012 Templeton Prize Winner

2012-05-14T09:00:56Z

As I was listening to His Holiness, a question sprung full-blown to my mind: "Can, and if so, how, can those who have lost their compassion, or never had it to begin with, regain it?

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China Denies Plot To Assassinate Dalai Lama

2012-05-14T06:16:56Z

BEIJING -- China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate...

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Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Practicing Perfection

2012-05-09T07:47:59Z

Let's challenge ourselves to kick our practice to higher level by practicing generosity in our lives. How often and how far can we go out of our way each day? How does practicing generosity affect our own sense of well-being?

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William Bradley: Mad Men : Rejecting Advertising, Or, Don Draper Meets Acid Rock, Pop Buddhism, and an Independent Wife

2012-05-08T22:19:16Z

Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.

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David Ropeik: The Heartland Billboard Embarrassment and the Dangers of Ideological Ignorance

2012-05-08T14:21:52Z

It is far less an appeal to reason, and far more a campaign to preach to the choir, to circle the ideological wagons of the members of the tribe, and rally the troops around Heartland's deeply conservative and libertarian ideals.

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Joe Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D.: Faces, Voices and the Brain-Heart Brake: The Divine Science of Tibet

2012-05-06T09:00:36Z

Breakthroughs in the neuroscience of empathy, emotions and our conscious control of the breath have radically changed our view of our nature, helping explain the stubborn power of spiritual imagery, prayers and ritual.

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Brigid Brett: The Dalai Lama Comes to San Diego

2012-05-03T16:45:37Z

I've always had a hard time understanding the Buddhist concept of non-attachment but after hearing the Dalai Lama talk about his deep respect for both science and religion, I have a better grasp of it.

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Laura Harvey: Mindful Anger Management

2012-05-03T07:40:46Z

We can gain vital information about ourselves and what we believe about the world when we look honestly at our anger. But when we react unconsciously, repress our anger or get caught up in it, it becomes counterproductive and negatively affects our health and relationships.

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Rebecca Novick: Guns, Monks and Magic: Tibet's Greatest Escape, Part 2

2012-05-01T17:10:31Z

Yidam Kyap was part of what was almost certainly the largest single group to escape into exile from the embattled eastern regions of Tibet in 1959. Here is part two of his two-part story.

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BJ Gallagher: Buddha CEO: Five Mantras for Your Workday

2012-05-01T16:12:44Z

If you really want to be a good student of the Buddha and you're willing to take on a difficult learning assignment, here's a radical suggestion: love your problem people. They can teach you lessons that wonderful people never can.

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Agapi Stassinopoulos: Bridging The Gap: Unbind Your Heart A Little More

2012-05-01T08:00:05Z

At every moment we have the power invested in us to touch another human, heart-to-heart, and affect their lives by conveying the truth of all truths: We are One. We have the power to bridge the illusion and pain of separation.

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Molly Hahn: Buddha Doodle -- Lead

2012-04-30T11:38:00Z

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Rebecca Novick: Guns, Monks and Magic: Tibet's Greatest Escape, Part 1

2012-04-27T13:56:46Z

In April 2010, I interviewed a Tibetan monk named Yidam Kyap as part of the Tibet Oral History Project that documents the life stories of Tibetan elders living in exile.

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Steve McSwain: When There Is Peace Among Religions

2012-04-25T16:02:18Z

Each tradition is valid. Each holds special significance to its followers. All provide Light and Truth to the world and seek to hold sacred the Mystery of Life. Yet, each must respect, value and so make room for all other traditions.

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Dalai Lama Talks 'Love' For Bush

2012-04-25T14:26:32Z

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet said he loves George W. Bush "as a human being, not as a president."

“I love President Bush,” the Dal...

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Ed and Deb Shapiro: What the Buddha Might Say to Mitt Romney

2012-04-24T07:20:24Z

The Buddha taught of the dangers of greed, hatred and ignorance, that he called the three poisons. Where greed grabs our desires, hatred abuses our fears, while ignorance clouds our vision.

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Nobel Laureates Gather In Chicago For Summit

2012-04-23T09:24:08Z

CHICAGO — Poverty, a lack of education and arms proliferation present daunting obstacles, yet peace can be achieved if world leaders are more wi...

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Thomas David DuBois: Is Buddhism Agnostic?

2012-04-23T07:13:31Z

Ask two Buddhists about what they believe, and you won't just get two different answers -- you might get three or four. On the one hand, the sheer size and diversity of the Buddhist tradition makes it impossible to say what "Buddhists" think.

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Reports: Tibetans Set Selves On Fire

2012-04-19T12:26:17Z

BEIJING -- An overseas activist group says two lay Tibetans have set themselves on fire in front of a monastery in eastern Tibet.

London-based Free T...

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