"For as long as space
endures, and for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I
too abide to dispel the misery of the world."
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His Holiness often says,
"I am just a simple Buddhist monk - no more, nor less." Living in a small
cottage in Dharamsala, he rises at 4:00 AM to mediate and pray, and then
pursues an ongoing schedule of administrative meetings, private audiences
and religious teachings and ceremonies. He concludes each day with further
prayer before retiring. In explaining his greatest sources of inspiration,
he often cites a favorite verse, found in the writings of the renowned
eighth century Buddhist saint Shantideva:
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