Eine Meditations DVD Kollektion mit Anleitungen seiner Heiligkeit des Daiai Lamas What is the intent of the „Being Peaceful-DVD project“?

His Holiness the Dalai Lama said during the Kirchentag May 2003 in Berlin/Germany:

„Compassion is the key to peace in the world and instead of only talking about peace, we have to grow peace in ourselves.“

To help grow peace in people’s minds and hearts - that is our intention with the DVDs.

The DVD’s will be a platform to spread the wisdom of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. On each of the six DVD’s His Holiness gives a teaching on topics as for example: how to become a peaceful mind, the importance of compassion, how to cope with our – negative – emotions, how to practice a peaceful mind in every day life etc.

A lot of western people do not have many experience with meditation and or want to know more about Buddhism and it´s knowledge. They can get instructions how to calm down and how to relax the body as a first step. Words/ teachings/ instructions, pictures/films, sounds/music reach the viewers on various ways. By this DVD collection many people can easily share the knowledge and wisdom of Buddhism tradition and the teachings can find their way to the minds and hearts.

A prominent person – i.e. Richard Gere - could lead through the DVD. He recites poems and sutras, speaks about the life of the Buddha, about the History of Buddhism and Tibetan History. He explains why we have to work with our mind to pacify our thoughts; he could as well report about his own experience with meditation and the ways of coping with – negative – emotions and give a statement about the importance of peace for every single being and for all of us everywhere, every time. etc.