Dalai Lama Quotes About Authority

• The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

  Dalai Lama

  Positive, Buddhist, Buddhism

  Dalai Lama, Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman (2012). “MindScience: An East-West Dialogue”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

• To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.

  Dalai Lama

  Engagement, Authority, Empirical Evidence

• On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. ... In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over scriptural authority, no matter how deeply venerated a scripture may be.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Philosophical

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.151, ReadHowYouWant.com

• My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Desire, Wish

  "Dalai Lama ready to give up political power". www.cnn.com. March 10, 2011.

• One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

  Dalai Lama

  Want, Finals, Rebirth

• Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Long, Perspective

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• After I handed over all my authority, I feel now our struggle [for Tibet ] become much, much safer. And me personally, the day I officially handed over, that night, very unusual sound. I am quite free now.

  Dalai Lama

  Struggle, Night, Sound

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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