Will live 110 yrs or more: Dalai Lama cites dream
After having said in his latest book that he would reincarnate outside China, the Dalai Lama — while teaching in his main temple at Mcleodganj — said that he had dreams that he would live 110 years or more.
The Dalai Lama today concluded his two-day teaching to celebrate the Day of Miracles, when the Buddha performed miracles at Shravasti in response to a challenge from six rival spiritual leaders. The celebrations were attended by 6,000 people.
The Dalai Lama said that this event was part of the Great Prayer Festival (the Monlam Chenmo) established by Je Tsongkhapa at the Jokhang in Lhasa in 1409. After some time, the celebration lapsed, but it was revived during the time of Gendun Gyatso, the second Dalai Lama and has continued to be observed to the present day, he said.
He further said, “We have lost our country and come to live in exile here in India and elsewhere. Here and in other parts of the world, we have encountered growing interest in the teaching of the Buddha.
“Avalokiteshvara is described as having 1,000 eyes, which I don’t have, but I have served dharma to the best of my ability. I was born in the vicinity of Siling and was given the name Lhamo Dondup, which prompted the prediction that I would be discovered as a boy with a girl’s name. Later, I was enthroned as the Dalai Lama. I took the exams to become a Geshe Lharampa. In exile, I have served the Buddhadharma and beings to the best of my ability and there have been indications in my dreams that I may live to be 110 years old or more. In my remaining years, I am determined to continue to serve dharma and beings as best I can. I am moved by the prayer Je Tsongkhapa wrote at the end of his ‘Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment’” said the Dalai Lama.
