His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: If one deeply observes the nature of these physical and mental constituents that make up one’s existence then it becomes evident that none of them are permanent; they are all transient, they are all subject to fluctuations, changes and so on.
Commentary on the Rosary of Views by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
19-21, 2004, Miami, Florida. Translated by Thubten Jinpa. Sept. Transcribed, annotated and edited by Phillip Lecso.
Day two.
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
We left off speaking of the Four Seals of Buddhism.
4) Nirvana is true peace. Nirvana here is the transcendence of all sorrow and refers to a state where one is totally free from conditioned existence, existence conditioned by means of fundamental ignorance. I spoke about how existence is characterized by ignorance and how one’s existence is therefore in the nature of suffering. Continue reading
