08-23-2015, 03:51 PM
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"I found this very tepid response to the following question, at about the 01:04 mark:
"How can indigenous people who have become strangers in their own land try to regain peace when surrounded by their oppressors?"
I am guessing the author of the question was talking about Hawaiians. The response was rather tepid. The Dalai Lama's first words in response were "be realistic".
http://dalailama.com/webcasts/post/238-a...r-of-aloha"
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Always good to go straight to the source if can. Video of the talk is about as direct as it gets. Unfortunately, I am having difficulty accessing video right now.
In the link dakine provided (http://dalailama.com/news/post/693-his-h...days-world), there is mention of the question quoted at top.
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"Another question asked how indigenous communities who have become strangers in their own land and are surrounded by their oppressors act. His Holiness said people have every right to preserve their identity. But there was also the need to take a look at the reality of the situation. In the case of Tibetans, His Holiness said we have adopted the Middle Way, which is non-extreme, practical and realistic. He said there was the need to think broadly. He said today’s world has become such that it was unrealistic to think of remaining isolated."
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From reading the summary of the talk provided in the article referenced above it is pretty clear that, first and foremost, the Dalai Lama places much emphasis on finding peaceful resolutions through implementation of a unified perspective of humanity taking primacy over holding onto more divisive provincial mindsets.
I would imagine being presented with the question...
"How can indigenous people who have become strangers in their own land try to regain peace when surrounded by their oppressors?"
...might very well come off as an unproductive choice on the part of the person asking the question to foster a perspective highly loaded with divisive negativity.
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Edit: additional quote from article -
"The moderator then requested His Holiness to explain if there was any relation between his concept of a universal responsibility and the discussion they were having. His Holiness said that universal responsibility was at a different level, at the level of humanity. He said it meant developing a sense of oneness of humanity, without letting the difference in nationality, color, race, religion, etc., divide the people. He said that he found this spirit of oneness among scientists irrespective of their background. Similarly, it was also present in the religious tradition, too. His Holiness felt that if people only thought of the “small we” then problem would arise. Instead they should think about the “big we” that that is global, he said."
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"I found this very tepid response to the following question, at about the 01:04 mark:
"How can indigenous people who have become strangers in their own land try to regain peace when surrounded by their oppressors?"
I am guessing the author of the question was talking about Hawaiians. The response was rather tepid. The Dalai Lama's first words in response were "be realistic".
http://dalailama.com/webcasts/post/238-a...r-of-aloha"
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Always good to go straight to the source if can. Video of the talk is about as direct as it gets. Unfortunately, I am having difficulty accessing video right now.
In the link dakine provided (http://dalailama.com/news/post/693-his-h...days-world), there is mention of the question quoted at top.
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"Another question asked how indigenous communities who have become strangers in their own land and are surrounded by their oppressors act. His Holiness said people have every right to preserve their identity. But there was also the need to take a look at the reality of the situation. In the case of Tibetans, His Holiness said we have adopted the Middle Way, which is non-extreme, practical and realistic. He said there was the need to think broadly. He said today’s world has become such that it was unrealistic to think of remaining isolated."
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From reading the summary of the talk provided in the article referenced above it is pretty clear that, first and foremost, the Dalai Lama places much emphasis on finding peaceful resolutions through implementation of a unified perspective of humanity taking primacy over holding onto more divisive provincial mindsets.
I would imagine being presented with the question...
"How can indigenous people who have become strangers in their own land try to regain peace when surrounded by their oppressors?"
...might very well come off as an unproductive choice on the part of the person asking the question to foster a perspective highly loaded with divisive negativity.
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Edit: additional quote from article -
"The moderator then requested His Holiness to explain if there was any relation between his concept of a universal responsibility and the discussion they were having. His Holiness said that universal responsibility was at a different level, at the level of humanity. He said it meant developing a sense of oneness of humanity, without letting the difference in nationality, color, race, religion, etc., divide the people. He said that he found this spirit of oneness among scientists irrespective of their background. Similarly, it was also present in the religious tradition, too. His Holiness felt that if people only thought of the “small we” then problem would arise. Instead they should think about the “big we” that that is global, he said."