FIND PEACE IN NEGATIVITY.

Under a brilliant midday between spring, the path towards Long Beach Convention Center becomes crowded bustle a unusual way. The car runs more and came close to Convention Center, the more time the number of vehicles increased to a surprising way. When the car we're parked waiting for red lights to the third but still has not passed beyond the intersection near where the Hall Long Beach, scholarships have a sport to become rather expensive beans on par with my car. An American man is still quite young, there seems to be a well-to-do person, carrying on a very beautiful young woman, appears and then head out to Germany's session I ask the Dalai Lama. His question made me slightly by surprise because of his attention to a Buddhist monk. I am also happy to answer questions and show him the building Convention Center had seen from a distance. He nodded thanks me. The green light turned on, both cars are hitting the hustle to work station for fear of late hours.



Near to the place, I saw on the silhouette of the Tibetan monks there, Vietnam had, originally, the Northern Tribe has depending on the dress of the dress which I guess whisper. Looking at the lineup, people poured into the buildings, I had to make estimates more than five thousand people attended. But when it reached the Hall, heard about us, I am surprise about the number of attending overcrowded enough all inhabitants were available. In moments, I felt proud of what Buddhism are contributing to humanity. I happily smiling upon entering the building.



In the Long Beach Convention Center had to almost ten thousand people converge sitting time Hall. The stage is decorated quite simply, there is no smoke flavor ngut altar. A huge painting that was hanging up in the Center. The two sides are very beautiful fresh flower pots was finished pitching along the stage, illuminated by the lamp mounted on the ceiling of the Hall. In the middle of the stage is a large red velvet upholstered chairs that He often sat during the sermon. Nearby, there is a Chair for the small mattress. The atmosphere in the Hall was quite busy because people are sitting stable. For a while after, a Tibetan delegation in stand up about his talks about the Dalai Lama. The atmosphere the Hall began to settle down. A Tibetan monks walked out an introduction to the theory of Dalai Lama. Then, both the auditorium filled with a string of sound mighty bass resound from the trumpet so long characterized by ethnic Tibetans, led by a Tibetan artist performances, making the atmosphere the Hall are noisy become more remains. All the commotion seemed to settle down, and then silence, although that certainly in the Hall there are nearly ten thousand people are tingle wait hear preaching.



After the introduction of the Mayor of Long Beach, And some people in the Organization, the American amateur Richard Gere appears. He was a faithful disciple of the Dalai Lama from several dozen this year. In the suit, he said: though are attending a meeting at the Universal Studio with a film crew, he had to quit the meeting ran down to Long Beach to present German welcome DaLai Lama. On the road with traffic a lot, but he prayed to be able to keep up. Fortunately, he got to the Hall Long Beach right now. After a few words about the brief introduction about his activities in how much this past year lobbied for the sovereignty of Tibet, as well as promote a World without war, he sincerely speak up about us in Germany the Dalai Lama. He appeared on the stage, everyone in the Hall simultaneously stood up, cheered Him. In Germany the Dalai Lama accept the property hand people according to Buddhist rituals so humbled. He walked around the stage, bowed in Welcome hostel Conference Hall. Then, He walked the marbled red and Don sit up. When He just sat on the couch, legs folded old sale-style instant as the Buddhist monks. The most interesting is the Red cone that He team over the top. The hats are sewn very much like the ones that casket cones or in team matches. It's only a piece of cover in front of the forehead, for umbrellas, and a ring around the head. Cone has no Spire, completely red. The team that Cone, He looks really is "cute", a budget and love life.

In Him does not seem exuding images of a living Buddha paranormal and high contrast, He also seems real close with people even more than some of the Buddhist monks that I be given an opinion.



Lectures begin with laughter at ease of Dalai Lama. Apparently his carefree laughter has an enormous power to both the Hall bringing a refreshing mood. And both the Hall and take off laughter echoes hooked the tail of his laughter. It seems everyone has a feeling the same: it is a true sense of warmth from the heart. He took off the warm tone in English hybrid drive a Tibetan voice. next to Him always with an interpreter to help Him translate the English word hard from the Tibet that He wanted to say.



Today, He lectures on the subject: "Peaceful mind in time of trouble." (Keep the spirit of peace in difficult periods). Start with a comfortable laugh. He asked people to:

-Make you think I never know sadness, said anxiety, suffering right?

Both the unmoved. Sir smile says:

- You are convinced that the mistakes to know! I'm rather than have to wood where stones that don't know worries, knowing sadness, know suffering.

By đỏm Zi from an accent, He said:

-Telling the truth rather than the past, when I was young, being master spanking, I still cry to know more than anyone!



The whole Hall burst pours in laughter, along with his songs which encourage laughter on stage. The air becomes warm no longer looks solemnly as at the beginning. He inclined the same smile with everyone, and then put the output on the cones to decipher hand scratching scratching. After the hats on, He said:

-If I told you to do this because: there are many who have the myths that the Buddhist monks when the Director has prime order will no longer have feelings anymore. They are not happy, not sad, not laughing, not crying, no despair, no suffering. ...He is completely misunderstanding. All of us (He refers to Himself and the Buddhist monk) still have the feeling as you do this, nothing else at all.

He is silent for a while and then tells a story of him as a child:

-Revert a kid, when I was certified as a successor of the 13th Dalai Lama thirteen. Me and my brother are put into a special program to educate. Because body parts I differ from my brother so our teachers have two different roi from shopping. A whip is called la "Holy Wheep" used to penalize me when I do something wrong. The roi, normally used to penalize my brother.

He muffled and then tells more:

-Master I are tough in our teaching. Every time me or my brother do anything wrong, we were the teacher punished the same. My teacher explained that: Because love us, want us to study seriously and has tons of, so I have to be tough, disciplined we if we do wrong word of master đạy. But expressly master never angry at us all.

He is witty, scratching scratching their heads not their hair, and more:

-Child I realised that, whenever a guest teacher, then I also saw pain as I was. That is the pain of a Lat Ma, like the pain of a normal person. Which at the time, I thought the roi "Holy Wheep", I won't see the pain, Because I thought my brother on the other. But each time he was finishing blow food I look I asked "that hurt?" I just nodded and replied "Hurts rather than stars didn't hurt!".



The Hall again pours out into laughter in laughter would irreversibly start would irreversibly start to his nature.

Suddenly He n his voice:

-The first Thing I want to say to you is always Da Buddha Teachings taught us applied compassion (Compasion) and forgiveness (of Tolerance) in the cultivation and solve difficulties in life. But we need to distinguish clearly the compassion and forgiveness must be applied properly. In each incident, we need to distinguish the action (action) and the person performing the action (Actor). We need to understand that we use compassion to not accept the false action (actor), we forgive users do wrong, but we didn't accept wrong actions (Wrong action).

He stopped for a while and then said:

-There are many myths about compassion and forgiveness when confronted with difficulties in life. Let me give you an example: a person is taking advantage of the kindness of you to do the wrong thing, when the harm you do just for the sake of their own. With compassion, we will forgive the person (actor) causing the wrongful act. They can because of the ignorance that made up the action. But we can't accept action (Wrong doing) then continue forever. Need to prevent her action as soon as possible, as adamantly as possible. So compassion and forgiveness needs to cover touching the right spot then it maximize its effect. On the road looking for peace of mind, we need to develop compassion persistence, courage. For the compassion we extend loving mind, irrespective of all species, all of them born, peace in the soul will increasingly bigger and firmer.

Bass is a little accent, He said:

-Compassionate Heart has its seeds in each of us. I and you are equal in seeds of Compassion. Just who is the other try cultivated and irrigated soaked seeds of Compassion, it will germinate and grow quickly in our hearts. Who does not bear the perseverance to do so then the seeds of Compassion will be buried deep under the ignorance in thought and action. Start of compassion is love. I believe that anyone of us has "Love" thing.

He hatches a smile and asked about His mother with a warm voice:

-My mother is a woman and kind to everyone. She treats people would also kind alike. I remember as a child my mother would hurt me. I would love to be riding up her back every time she wants to go. She way according to my liking. She mated me up the back. When I sat back up, I love to play the horse by holding her ears to control her turning right or left turn.

He laughed then would irreversibly start would irreversibly start to say more:

-Never my mom yelled at me about the game's ear. She always PM me, but she used to say to me in that tone half-joking half truth: "Mai great fad then it must properly, relatives there. By no one came for the ride back that doing so. "

I know as a mother's love for her that she stay off the game of naughty, childish of me.



He edited the posture sitting on the bench for a while. Both the im phắc phăng Hall, listening to each word of his homily. In Germany the Dalai Lama made a gesture sketch of a great love, And said:

-Most of us are born out of love of parents and the family. Child, we have been watering the laced love. It's clear that we are afraid of loneliness, fear of being hated. Those less fortunate was born in an atmosphere of this hatred, dislike, then the truth. The seeds of Compassion in them has not been fully laced irrigation, have been the actions of hatred, dislike making it the remnants of withered because of fear and suspect riders. Only new true love to delete the hatred, fear, human riders facilities. Developing compassion is not the easy thing, by then the seeds need to be challenging in hard, painful, then raised it in his mind deep into the new firm. So, we need to have the courage and the commitment to pursue that goal comes along.



He ended with the words, resounding applause. He lifted both hands up high from the beginning, accept the hand vái greet audiences below. His actions really natural and very humbled. Applause still continued to jam his hand up, signals like to say more:

-To pursue the development of the mind of compassion, courage, perseverance, persistence, we need to have the discipline to yourself. We need to set these controls his senses, do not let them (feelings) dictate. You need to order of the meditation in each moment. Control of thought as well as action in all the time, And always toward the development of the mind of compassion they expect tangible results. Meditation is a very good method to help us in control of his actions And inner.

He left hand turn the cone red casket onto a bit of head scratching, scratching their heads and hats again. By witty voice, Him telling stories:

-I remember there was a time I stems to Japan With a mission to Tibet at the invitation of a Japanese Buddhist organization. 3 minutes to welcome me, yes the Japanese monks to attend. In his talk, I notice the monks are worn on the hands of a lengthy rosaries. He's just talking to me, but still not forgotten times. Incidentally, I found a lump, the beads are strands of beads that transform seconds. The beads thrown scattered all over the place. But I saw the monks still sit more level course, the eye does not see the seeds are scattered on the ground. His hand was still invisible strand of beads times not agitated. Even though the monks sit next to also not be embarrassed at all.



Both halls resound before laugh the condition "" crying "laugh" by the Japanese Zen monk. In Germany the Dalai Lama smiles, Writes humor:

-Usually the natural reaction of an ordinary person like us that encounter such a case, certainly we would be very embarrassing, "gushed. And then we will crawl down the floor that lo shooting for with all the seeds are splashed all over the place, right?-laughter again. He continues:

-But the control of his actions, still sit still as there is what, And continue the story with us. Confession, I'm extremely focused the lens of the teacher. The Medal of honor he has set for himself a great capacity to control his mind and body. There must be a sense of enduring, steadfast and very discipline to do that.

-We humans are often uncomplicated thing. He said muffled – that is the mind. We often provide the "look" to compare, evaluate others, that at least one thought is that there are "the one" they have is correct, is correct, is. ..For example, people cooking the other is bad, but they never ask them where to normalized so that the other is bad. If considering the deep lyrics to cooking comes as this exact new: "that person is worse than me." That is, they actually have given themselves as standard to measure the pretty bad, or bad ... of others. Such as the Chinese often decry Americans have pragmatic spirit, matter. But they don't realize that they are going to follow that path.

Laughter in the Hall, at the same time He added a very honest:

-The Russians do not like dictatorship in China, but in today's Russia, the power is also focused on some people. It is not recommended when there is too much power (too much power) was in the hands of some people.



By the identification of subtle and witty, He has created the laugh spread throughout the Hall. What messages He sent to them are hearing the message of peace, not to evoke hatred, segregation. He spoke of China as well as talk about other countries has a sound alike. He comes to the beautiful, the good as well as bad ones, ones that do not carry the distinction. Nice with him, as well as the good, the bad and bad, all need to be present in this life, and they are also essential to us as breathing, as the Sun's rays.



His talk was hearing the questions that we put to him. In Germany the Dalai Lama sat on the bench are very comfortable, ready to listen to the question to ask him. The interpreters sit near Him is the reader questions.



He read out a question:

Question 1: Sir, what is most important to have peace in the soul?

Answer: the most important thing for us is the serenely in the soul of generosity (compassion), the mind does not distinguish (no distinguise), the mind does not own (no possession). If we practice it, we're going to peace.

Question 2: what is happiness, Sir?

Answer: happiness is peace of mind. Happiness is not based on materialism, money ...It is based on the satisfaction of the spiritual values that we contribute to our lives. Happiness is created from the dedication (give), rather than from the receive (receive).

Question 3: what He like and hate between the Western (Western) and the East (Eastern)?

Answer: the first thing that I don't like in this question is the distinction between West and East (including the Hall turn to laugh, surprise and delight before the witty answers and it's smart of him). To me, there is the Western and Oriental at all. People are equal. The person would also have the or and the not yet or need to change in order to progress.

Question 4: people often go in search of the ultimate purpose of happiness (happiness), but apparently they only see the suffering (suffering). Hope He explain that?

In Germany the Dalai Lama inclined people ask me this question again. The interpreter read the question. He listened attentively, and then He turned to laugh, answered it succinctly:

Answer: Then you don't go looking for happiness! and as soon as you do terminate in search of happiness, the happiness will be available immediately.

Hall laughed again before the answer is very simple.

He again said:

-When you locate the ball in pursuing her happy, how you have time to get to know the things around us. Mind you 're soul because of the expectation of happiness, then you cannot have peace in her soul. Happiness is peace of mind.



His talk came only about two hours. But nearly ten thousand people sitting to hear a passion and way of use. Lectures end, He stood up to accept the hand-bow to everyone, uttered the sincere thanks of the people have come here to listen to Him. Turn to the Organizing Committee, He thanked them for giving Him the opportunity to be exposed to our hearing again and the white neck scarves scarf panels on them according to the custom of Tibetan Buddhism, He slowly walked down the entrance spot. All the Hall stood up, clapping seeing Him leave the stage. Everyone looked upon His footsteps. Follow the footsteps of his firm no longer on the ground, the se spasms in my heart to know that he is also inevitably qui law "was born, premature aging, disease, death" of humans. Although it is a living Buddha, He still suffered a one tough universe's law: laws of Birth, Impermanence.



When I walked out of the Hall then had about six more hours. Just go, I just silently unfortunately English is not enough to hear all the words He just taught. Sunny afternoon's brilliant yellow ribbon Spring plenty everywhere to lighten up the face, radiant smile. Long Beach sea Rana johnsi blow, with Golden sunshine in the afternoon as I saw her crush expose Coordinator. Off the road, the line, the busiest for one afternoon last week. Heaven is high, the Shearwaters flying. Occasionally, they water pond swooping down in the Hall and then parked there to preen, Sun bathing, it's indifferent. In the brief moments of peace, do not worry, not touched, something fun, something sad I find myself happy. It is happy to know he was still healthy, and breathe air, also see the life is busy around themselves. Life would be fabulous under eye one if we don't require anything in it. If we accept that this life is presented by an open heart, and especially if we contributed to this life with moments of peace, in, my, life is a gift you .



In moments of peace, there was a hope not yet into the suddenly rekindled in the Palm, I was silently speak up: "thank you your life!". END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/5/2013.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).