compassion

Dalai Lama image Courtesy of The News Journal/Suchat Pederson 

The Dalai Lama, in a lecture in Philadelphia yesterday, told a group of about 2,000,

Things are not black and white. Things are relative. Things are interdependent. When we look at a situation we have to consider all the factors.

These days, Dharamsala feels alternately like a temple and the seat of
revolution. At times it feels like both. Every morning, thousands of Tibetans,
young and old, those born in Tibet and those born in exile, march down the hill
from the market of McLoed Ganj, shouting in English for justice and human
rights, for the help of the UN, for the long life of the Dalai Lama. Today,

Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people.

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor
gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
and had breezed through the questions until I read
the last one:

"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the