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size=4Advice from the Dalai LamaBRHR noShade align=leftP size=2 face=ArialThe Dalai Lama continues to be an inspiration to millions of people throughout the world. The books and CDs that encapsulate his wisdom are treasured elements of our liaries. Now, some of the Dalai Lama?s talks have been made available on line at A href="http:www.beliefnet.comstory152story_15260_1. html" target=_blank face=Arial 247cd4[url]www.beliefnet.comstory152story_15260_1.htmlA[url] face=Arial. PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2The Beliefnet.com?s Buddhist section offers several of the Dalai Lama?s Dharma talks, which capture some of his most valued teachings. The heart of the section are the video and audio clips of the Dalai Lama?s talks, excerpted from the his public talks in 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston and in Central Park in New York City. PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2The video clip experience has both pluses and minuses. It?s great to see and hear His Holiness The Dalai Lama. However, it can be hard to decipher the message because of his accent. My recommendation is to play the messages at least twice, for as you listen over and over, the interference of the accent fades and the message comes through loud and clear. If you?d rather just read a transcript of the talks, however, just scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on ?Read a Transcript.? It was an interesting exercise to try to understand the spoken words and then read the transcripts and discover how much I had missed. My advice is to listen to the talks for the flavor and experience of seeing the Dalai Lama, then read the transcripts to capture the essence of the message.PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2Here is a sampling from the talks available at this site:PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2Old age: ?Now old age, or sick, or eventually death?if you look realistically, then these are part of our life. So long this body there, old age will come. If you want to live long, old age bound to happen ...?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2A realistic approach for an interdependent world: ?No matter how one individual is powerful, its survival and its successful life depend on other[s]. And especially with today?s modern economy, and also the environmental issue, and also I think the population, and also, due to technology?our world becoming much smaller. So, in reality, heavily interdependent. That?s the reality. So under those cir***stances, now compassionate attitude is something really realistic, a realistic approach.?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2Too much ?me me me?: ?Those individuals who always feel oneself most important?so as expression, as a result of expression use ?me,? ?I,? ?my,? ?mine,? like that?often people who often uses these words, these people have greater danger of heart attack. I think reason behind this sort of finding, I feel, quite clear. More compassionate feeling inside it automatically open our inner door and through that way?find it very easy to communicate with other fellow human being. And not only other human being, but even animals. And also the moment think about other, or humanity, or world, your mind widen. So, as a result, your own problem then appears not much significant?not like unbearable. But if one think oneself only, ?me, me, me,? like that, then your whole sort of attitude, very narrow. So then small problem appear looks very big, very serious, unbearable.?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2How to develop self-confidence: ?So I would like to share with you that happy life, successful life much depends on our own inner strength. If we too much rely on other external things, then we will get sometimes much more disturbances or disappointment. So for that, self-confidence is very important. Self-confidence with reasons, I think that is very crucial. Now how to develop self-confidence properly: Sometimes I think self-confidence out of ignorance?that also happens?that is even dangerous. But then I think the proper, useful self-confidence?how to develop it? I believe warm heart?compassion?is, I think, the real basis of the development of inner strength that ings positive self-confidence.?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2The foundation of peace is compassion: ?Peace [is] not just absence of violence, but peace is something full. Peace means, I think, any action [made] out of compassion, out of sense of concern, out of respect [for] others? rights; that is peace. So in the promotion of peace we have to create a foundation of peace: that is human compassion.?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2Religion is not necessary for happiness: ?Whether we accept religion or faith or not that?s up to the individual. We can see some successful or some happy person without religion, we can see. So in order to have happy life, religious faith if have, very good, but even without you can be a successful family, a happy family. But without human affection, without human sense of concern, I think that person very difficult to be one happy human citizen. So therefore, irrespective of believer or nonbeliever, very important to have a more compassionate heart.?PP face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2The whole world is one body: ?Then look [at] humanity as a whole. Now today the reality?whole world almost like one body. One thing happen some other distant place?the repercussion reach your own place. And particularly in the field of modern economy and environmental issues?our world is just one?one body. So we have to look all parts of the world, all parts of the humanity is part of your life - yourself.?P face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=1HR noShade face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif size=2BMary Montgomery-CliffordBI is a certified web author and developer. Her company, Montgomery Media Enterprises ("Freelancing with Finesse!"), specializes in public relations, events, promotions, writing project and web authoring, development and publicity. Ms. Montgomery-Clifford has a Master's Degree in religious studies from Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) in June 2002 and is working on a Ph.D. with a focus on the new scholarship of Unlimited Love and the Other Regarding Virtues in the Fall of 2002. She is also in the process of completing the Morris Pratt Institute Course on Modern Spiritualism. Contact her via e-mail at IA href="mailto:www.montymedia.com" 247cd4Monty764@aol.comAI, by phone at 773-235-8821 or at her web site at IA href="http:www.montymedia.com" target=_blank 247cd4[url]www.montymedia.comAI.I[url] size=1