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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's
1st visit
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama performed the formal consecration and
dedication of Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling on October 28, 1980. He came to
NDDL at the completion of a tour to Canada. It was His second visit to
North America (the first was in 1979). Due to political pressures at the
time, the afternoon teaching was kept to an invitation-only guest list,
making for an intimate meeting with the Buddhist leader in the main hall
of Wood Valley Temple.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings convey the essence and purpose
of Buddhist practice. His message brings together all spiritual
traditions to show the identical nature of all human beings' desire for
happiness and their wish to eliminate suffering.
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His
Holiness the Dalai Lama at Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling, Hawaii
April 1994
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The outcome of
religious practice is exemplified by an increase of compassion and
tolerance, along with experience of the wisdom of emptiness. His 1980
talk, one of his first in english, is reprinted here."There are many people sitting together in one room here. Physically
there are slight differences but basically, we are more or less the
same. Inside our heads, there are many varieties of thought, much
different from the face. Our thoughts are coming and going; they are
restless. Sometimes due to certain thoughts we feel happy, sometimes due
to certain thoughts we become very sad. Sometimes thoughts are without
any feelings of happiness or sadness, just neutral. All thoughts come
and go, under the deep nature of the illuminating mind.
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