His Holiness the Dalai Lama Preaches ‘Compassion through Understanding’ in Tokyo[Saturday, 31 October 2009, 20:30 JST]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving teachings on ‘The Three Principle Parts and Generating Altruistic Mind Enlightenment’ (Lamtso Namsum and Semkyi) at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Hall in Tokyo on 31 October 2009. His Holiness the Dalai Lama stressed on the importance of cultivating a compassionate mind/Photos by Tenzin Choejor
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Tokyo, Japan:
“If someone is causing trouble to you, be more compassionate to that
person. You should realise through understanding that the person is
sinning,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama told an audience of over 5,000 in
Japan’s capital city, today.His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s
teachings on ‘The Three Principle Parts and Generating Altruistic Mind
Enlightenment’ (Lamtso Namsum and Semkyi) at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Hall
was jointly organised by the Liaison office of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama (Tibet House Japan), Shikoku Buddhist Association
(Ehime・Kagawa・Kochi・Tokushima) and Okinawa Mahabodhi Association.The Tibetan scholar Je Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), the main teacher of the first Dalai Lama authored ‘The Three Principle Parts’.Before
beginning the discourse, His Holiness shared his views on the
importance of cultivating a compassionate mind for one’s own physical
health and emotional well being.“Scientists these days are
saying that negative emotions such as anger, fear, greed and envy harms
the immune system,” said His Holiness through a Japanese translator.
“There is no syringe for happiness. You can be happy only when you
reduce the gap between ‘I’ and ‘they’ with a compassionate mind,” added
His Holiness.His Holiness observed the potential in all major
world religions of cultivating peace and happiness and also mooted the
idea of achieving a compassionate and affectionate mind through the
integration of secular practices in the modern education system.
Japanese youngsters taking photos of posters outside the Ryogoku Kokugikan Hall where His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave teachings on ‘The Three Principle Parts and Generating Altruistic Mind Enlightenment’ (Lamtso Namsum and Semkyi) on 31 October 2009. |
While
speaking on practising compassion on your enemies, His Holiness
cautioned the audience that complying and tolerating oppression was not
the correct understanding of compassion.“You should oppose the
wrong actions of your enemy but have compassion for the person
committing those mistakes,” said His Holiness.Responding to a
question from a young Japanese girl on how to ‘like’ herself, His
Holiness said, “If you examine yourself properly you will realise that
only when you are sad you are unhappy about yourself but when you are
happy you love yourself.”His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
encouraging words explained that problems and troubles should be seen
as opportunities to develop inner strength and to make one’s life
successful. Japan has an alarming suicide rate, the second highest in the developed world.At
the end of the teachings, famous Japanese personalities including
Shinsho Wakaomi, secretary of Zenkoji Temple which in 2008 had refused
to be a part of the 2008 Olympics torch relay, Kurana Chibana former
Miss Universe 1st runner up 2006 and Rei Dan popular actress walked up
the stage to greet His Holiness.His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to hold a dialogue with scientists tomorrow.–Report filed by Sherab Woeser, Editor of Tibetan Bulletin