“I believe that our Tibetan ability to combine spiritual qualities with a realistic and practical attitude enables us to make a special contribution, in however modest a way. This is my hope and prayer.
In conclusion, let me share with you a short prayer which gives me great inspiration and determination:
: For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
:* This last statement is a traditional form of the Bodhisattva vows.”

— Tenzin Gyatso

Nobel lecture (1989)

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