“I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
As quoted in Nobel Prize Winners (1991) by Lisa F. Dewitt.
“If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.”
"Kindness and Compassion" p. 47.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
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