Nonviolence, anger and his Holiness the Dalai Lama
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- Being around his Holiness the Dalai Lama who has an extremely strong conviction for non-violence you can sense the power of his commitment to nonviolence by being in his presence.
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Nonviolence can be internalized to a very deep degree.
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Well I think with respect to
the effectiveness of nonviolence
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this really goes back to the Gandhi
notion of becoming the change
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you wish to promote.
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And it is exemplifying to others
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the change that you
seek to make in others.
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And so by internalizing it,
by embodying it
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through contact with others,
through social learning
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through the power
that provides,
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there is a real opportunity
to promote change.
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And for example being around
his Holiness the Dalai Lama
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who has an extremely strong
conviction for non-violence
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you can sense the power of
his commitment to nonviolence
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by being in his presence.
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And you know it is internalized
to a very deep degree
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so that when he hears
about atrocities for example
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that the Chinese may be
committing against Tibetans
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he doesn't get angry.
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And so there is no initial
provocation there.
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He is sad.
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He is just tremendously
saddened by the ignorance
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and the delusion that leads
to this but he's not angry.
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And that's something
really profound.
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And what it implies is that
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we all have the capability to
transform our minds in such a way
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that the initial internal
provocation is diminished.
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Well I think with respect to the effectiveness of nonviolence this really goes back to the Gandhi notion of becoming the change you wish to promote. And it is exemplifying to others the change that you seek to make in others. And so by internalizing it, by embodying it through contact with others, through social learning through the power that provides, there is a real opportunity to promote change. And for example being around his Holiness the Dalai Lama who has an extremely strong conviction for non-violence you can sense the power of his commitment to nonviolence by being in his presence. And you know it is internalized to a very deep degree so that when he hears about atrocities for example that the Chinese may be committing against Tibetans he doesn't get angry. And so there is no initial provocation there. He is sad. He is just tremendously saddened by the ignorance and the delusion that leads to this but he's not angry. And that's something really profound. And what it implies is that we all have the capability to transform our minds in such a way that the initial internal provocation is diminished.