Happy Birthday Dalai Lama, Tibetan Leader Turns 75

by NowPublic Staff | July 6, 2010 at 08:48 am

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Dalai Lama Turns 75 In Dharamshala: Quotes, Background
The Dalai Lama, (born Tenzin Gyats) the leader of Tibet's Buddhists celebrated his birthday in his exiled homes in Dharamshala in North India on Tuesday. Actually, his Buddhist followers and devotees celebrated and honored the Dalai Lama, their exiled leader who fled Tibet after the Chinese occupation of the Himalaya kingdom in 1959.

Dalai Lama Background

On his 75th birthday his holiness gave a speech to about 5,000 people.

"The Tibetans in Tibet have a great desire to celebrate my birthday but they are not allowed to," he said in Tibetan.

Staring out at a banner depicting him at various stages over the last three-quarters of a century, he reflected on his work of preaching peace and religious tolerance while keeping the issue of Tibet in the spotlight.

"When I see those pictures and see the development, I know my life has not been wasted," he said.

Tibetan communities in North America, Europe and Australia organised festivities on Tuesday, but in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu police briefly detained around 200 Tibetan refugees on their way to a birthday celebration.

Dalai Lama Quotes

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Sleep is the best meditation.

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