The Dalai Lama XIV seems to many to embody happiness -- happiness against the odds [Chinese oppression, invasion, genocide, and propaganda], a virtue that is acquired and practiced.
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| Religion = a daily practice. |
Before a live audience in Atlanta, Georgia,
On Being/Speaking of Faith's Krista Tippett had a rare opportunity to mull over
the meaning of happiness in contemporary life with the head prelate [a kind of "pope"] of Tibetan
Vajrayana Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama (
Tenzin Gyatso) who now lives in exile in Dharamsala, India. Assisting is
Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama's English translator.
Also contributing to the conversation are three global spiritual leaders: Muslim scholar
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (George Washington Univ., D.C.), former chief Jewish rabbi Prof.
Johnathan Sacks (King's College, London), and presiding Episcopalian Bishop and Primate (yes,
primate) the Most Rev.
Katharine Jefferts Schori (Episcopal Church Center, NY). An invigorating and unpredictable discussion ensues exploring the themes of suffering (
dukkha), beauty, and the nature of the human body.
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| The 14th Dalai Lama with his government-in-exile in India has a website: dalailama.com |
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because of the ritual... (BuddhaNet.net)
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Can different religions date and marry?
(NBC/Today Show/naomiriley.com) Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of Got Religion? and New York Post journalist, talks about the rise of interfaith relationships and marriage in the USA.
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