The Dalai Lama is a profound believer in peace, compassion, love, and nonviolence. He is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be the reincarnation of the Buddha of Compassion and was supposed to guide the people. Even though he went through difficult times for much of his life and fought to liberate his homeland from Chinese occupation, he consistently resisted the use of violence. “He instead supported peaceful solutions based on tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people.” (The Dalai Lama A Simple Path and an Open Heart pp. 800). Since then, the Dalai Lama began teaching the Four Noble Truths, to demonstrate that they offer an intuitive path to greater happiness for individuals and humanity. The first noble truth is The Truth of Suffering. The Dalai Lama says that we face three different types of suffering: the suffering of suffering, the suffering of change, and all pervasive suffering. An example of the first category of suffering can be poverty and disease in countries where these two can be eliminated and ameliorated. The pain of change can be seen in places where poverty is not a big problem. For example, we may be happy to have overcome a problem faced by our ancestor, but when we least expect it, new ones will arise. People who suffer from pervasive suffering may be those who in developed countries have everything and get bored of the feeling of happiness and start looking for the feeling of equanimity. The second noble truth is The Cause of Suffering. The Dalai Lama states that “…the ultimate cause of suffering is the mind; the mind that is influenced by negative thoughts such as anger, attachment, jealousy and s...... middle of paper ...... and tension. We wouldn't have any fundamental human problems. People would have serenity and be content with the world. The world we live in would be the exact opposite of today's. Society would have no crime, violence, war or disasters. Human beings would not confront each other with hatred, jealousy, greed and all those negative attitudes towards people. Works Cited Susan McLeod, John Jarvis, Shelley Spear Writing on the World "The Dalai Lama A Simple Path and an Open Heart" Thomson Wadsworth, Third Edition. 2005 pages 800-8005 Lama, Dalai. Web "His Holiness the Dalai Lama". April 8, 2015. http://www.dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/a-human-approach-to-peaceLama, Dalai. “Four noble truths”. Archive of the Wisdom of Lama Yeshe. 2005. Network. 8 April 2015.http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=380