Words Of Wisdom From His Holiness the Dalai Lama


The Zen of Steve Jobs: Right Livelihood

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reprinted courtesy Huffington Post, 11/17/11 04:30 PM ET by Lama Surya Das Many people have been asking me of late if Steve Jobs really was a Buddhist. The answer is yes, and for many years. He was a Zen Buddhist, which inspired his simple, informal, monkish black dress code and the meticulously minimalist yet elegant consumer products he so ingeniously designed. If you look at Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait as a Zen monk you'll find many similarities with that other famously difficult creative genius. Perhaps Steve was van Gogh's tulku (reincarnation).Like Jobs, van Gogh was also...



Lama Surya Das in the Media

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The Zen of Steve Jobs: Right Livelihood In this engaging article in the Huffington Post, Lama Surya Das discusses the late Steve Jobs in Buddhist perspective.  Surya Das suggests Steve Jobs as an incarnation of Vincent Van Gogh, describes his personal interactions with Jobs,  and how he exemplified the virtuous aspect of the Noble Eight-fold Path taught by Buddha: Step Five, Right Livelihood and True Vocation. "Many people have been asking me of late if Steve Jobs really was a Buddhist. The answer is yes, and for many years..."  Read the full Huffington Post article here How Do I Not Lose...



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Words Of Wisdom From His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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"Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred and inequality that inevitably causes it-- in that part of the world which I touch? What can you do TODAY, this very moment?" -- The Dalai Lama, Sept. 11, 2001