10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

A man who was beaten, tortured and imprisoned for just being a monk, left prison with a lot of anger and resentment. After he left the prison where they tortured and hung many monks he told the Dalai Lama that he did not want to be a monk anymore - that it was time to fight.

The Dalai Lama spoke to him for two hours and told him, Violence is against our religion, Violence will make no change to our cause... Peace... smiling.. warmth.. and sharing...and explaining. This is more powerful...he said after the two hour talk he was able to smile again. This exampled showed hie strength. I wish I could have clipped the picture of the battered monk with a smiling face, but i couldn't.

Anyway, I need to remember this lesson.