Dalai Lama Is Taking A Subtle And

Home Is Not Just The Place Where You Happen To Be Born. Its The Place Where You Become Yourself.

Our Own Country Seemed More Polarized Than It's Ever Been And Since The Two Terrorist Attacks Of 9/11, Religion Was In Greater Disrepute Than At Any Other Time In My Lifetime.

What We Have To Do Is Act As Clearly And With As Pure Motivation As Is Possible Now, And That Will Sow The Seeds For Good Action Maybe In The Twenty-second Century.

The Ultimate Purpose Of Zen,' I Remembered The Roshi Telling Me, 'is Not In The Going Away From The World But In The Coming Back. Zen Is Not Just A Matter Of Gaining Enlightenment; It's A Matter Of Acting In A World Of Love And Compassion.

The Dalai Lama Acknowledges That He's Met Westerners Who To Some Extent Are Clearly Easterners At Heart, And He Would Never Want Them Not To Become Buddhists Just Because They Happened To Be Born In California.