If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.


"Kindness and Compassion" p. 47. - The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)

Tenzin Gyatso Quotes

If I say, I am a monk. or I am a Buddhist, these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

If I say, I am a monk. or I am a Buddhist, these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

If I say, I am a monk. or I am a Buddhist, these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

If I say, I am a monk. or I am a Buddhist, these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.