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Posted 7 days ago by Michael P. from Vancouver, BC

Change starts with u yourself the Dalai Lama is a great teacher and leads by example. Very inspiring gives hope to the soul. Make a change one by one.
Posted about 1 month ago by Vero from Ventura, CA

As a follower of Tibetan Buddhism living in Southeastern Tennessee (not many of us here!) this billboard lifts me every time I see it, which is almost every day. His Holiness is such an enormous inspiration to non-Buddhists and Buddhists alike. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Posted 6 months ago by G. from Hixson, TN

Hope...
Never let situations make you feel bad: When that happens don't worry because at the end at the tunnel there will be a ray of light to help you be positive. If you felt, stand up and learn because each bad moment has something to teach you...
NEVER LOSE YOUR HOPE!!!
Posted 10 months ago by Jessica C. from Jefferson City, Missouri

Dalai Lama is a vegetarian because he cares for animals and is against violence against human animals and non-human animals. Humans have been conditioned for centuries to not care for the welfare of animals, especially farm animals such chickens, cows and pigs. I don't know how come people disassociate the dogs and cats they cuddle with with the animals on their plate. They all feel the same pain, they all have their own personalities and they all suffer tremendously when they are in the slaughterhouse. Dalai Lama is such a great human being that he is a vegetarian because he can not see a chicken being slaughtered and crying out loud. That is the kind of human being he is, -like him- not many.

We ask for "mercy" and "compassion" and we are so selfish that we deny the very same things we ask to other creatures. That is a double standard, people should pay attention to the cries of horror in the slaughterhouses and do something about it, like Dalai Lama did.

Dalai Lama is the kind of human we should follow. May he and his followers be blessed.
Posted about 1 year ago by Anonymous from Oregon

I came to NYC to promote my first book with my brother about my spiritual journey. I was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and it was thrilling to pull back the curtains of my hotel room and have a perfect view of the poster of the Dalai Lama! It encourages me to work for peace too! Thank you so much! It was serendipitous and wonderful!
Posted about 1 year ago by Tenzin K. from New York City

THAT'S MY BOY!!!
Posted about 1 year ago by Wyatt T. from Lafayette OR.

Wonderful, wonderful picture of an amazing person. Looking into those eyes I connect with his spirit. He encourages me to work for a better world, and that it is possible to do this with an inner peace and happiness. His joyful soul shines out of his smiling eyes.
Posted about 1 year ago by Lorraine R. from U.S.A.

His Holiness shows us the way to find the sacred within ourselves. This wonderful billboard is a great reminder of how to move toward who we "really" are. Frankly, I need all the reminders I can get! Thank you.
Posted about 1 year ago by DeeDee L. from Arizona

Still have not seen a billboard in my neck of the woods... I would welcome it. How wonderful that the true consciousness of humanity is finally shining through.
Posted about 1 year ago by CAN from Kerrville, TX, USA

I understand that the world, at both extremes, values the virtues of hope, love, peace, freedom, among others to which the Dalai Lama upholds so dearly. Where we fall short, and he should not stop reminding us, is the need to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. I salute the Dalai Lama for sticking to his mission and urge him to carry his mission to all parts of the world especially Africa.
Posted about 1 year ago by George A. from Bamenda, Southern Cameroons, Africa

This was the first of your billboards that I saw along the highway and it electrified me with amazement. I looked around: were other drivers seeing this? did I just see what I think I saw? The blessings and power of your billboards are incalculable. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've now read every one of them here on your site.
Posted about 1 year ago by Jana J from Decatur, GA

Peace, Brothers!










Posted over 2 years ago by Bryan from Russia

Don't Worry, Be Happy! =)










Posted over 2 years ago by Bill from Russia

The Dalai Lama is my hero. Thank you for the beautiful and inspiring billboards--they always brighten my day and remind me that we all have so much to offer.
Posted over 2 years ago by Bridget D. from Michigan, USA

For me this is a ray of light in darkness. Positive thoughts lead to a positive attitude, and a positive attitude leads to happiness.
Posted over 2 years ago by Trinatha B. from Bhubaneswar, India

We need affirmations of peace everywhere in a world that is in desperate need of it...be mindful. Thank you.

Posted over 2 years ago by Darthanyia L. from Greenbelt, Maryland USA

I first saw this billboard at the mall of all places, despise the mall but had to be there. As I kept walking I saw it again, and again, and still again. I was in such a great mood by the time I left, and have been a daily quote recipient ever since. Thank you so much for this site and this concept, you embody the spirit of hope and compassion, that is what this world so desperately needs.
Posted over 2 years ago by Micki F. from Florida USA

This is one of the most uplifting sites I have had the privilege to find...Thank you for gracing this world with something so much needed.
Posted over 2 years ago by Stacia K from Alberta, Canada

I have read the quotes and I am very much happy with them. Thank you!

Posted over 2 years ago by Kiran T.M. from Chitradurga, India

I'd prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting!
Posted over 2 years ago by Imavaninlense from Venezuela

Thanks for the dependability thing.
Posted over 2 years ago by John W. from

I don't think they have dependability, but their "integrity" (mechanic) billboard comes pretty close!
Posted over 2 years ago by Ben M. from Colorado, USA

does anyone have a billboard on dependability?
Posted over 2 years ago by John W. from Mcminnville,OR,USA

This is the most lovely web site I've ever been to...is it world wide?
Posted over 2 years ago by Marshall D. from McMinnville, Oregon USA

Just by reading his feelings and these comments I am a better person. I will show others how hope works for everybody.
Posted over 2 years ago by Yolanda M. from USA

Hello, very nice site, keep up good job!
Admin good, very good.
Posted over 2 years ago by Stasigrii from Cook Islands, New Zealand

I love having the Dalai Lama looking down over my town, like a blessing.
Posted over 2 years ago by Didi P. from Durham, North Carolina USA

I founded an organization in Washington DC - Peace thru Culture, Inc. to teach people (mainly youth) about various cultures in hopes of creating peace, understanding and new experiences. I was so excited to see this billboard in an area where many may not know of the Dali Lama. I hope it will prompt every person who sees this billboard to question it and to find out who this person is by visiting this site. I hope they will be inspired.
Posted over 2 years ago by Adriane A. from Washington DC, USA

The Dalai Lama has touched my heart. This billboard is an affirmation of how and think and feel...and hopefully live.
Posted over 2 years ago by Jeremy C. from Appleton, Wisconsin USA

We should pass on hope because you can always hope for good and for better things to happen. Use hope to become a better person or hope to be somthing you want to be. This billboard is very inpiring.
Posted over 2 years ago by Cheyanna G. from California USA

Hope is a vision of great things to come. Being at peace with oneself is a state of being content that life's vision has been achieved. God bless this site.
Posted over 2 years ago by Ian S. from Queensland, Australia

I am so happy to see the Dalai Lama on a billboard near my home. It reminds me that good things are happening all the time and the more we notice them and are greatful for them, the more these blessings will continue to show up in our lives!

Thank you to the people that started this thing...now let's all Pass it On!


Posted over 2 years ago by Alexandra from South Florida, USA

This guy is awesome!!! Very insperational
Posted over 2 years ago by Adam H. from

All summer long as I took my exit home, I saw this. It does not get better than that. Thank you.
Posted over 2 years ago by Douglas S. from Lyndon Station, Wisconsin USA

The Dalia Lama appeared on a billboard which I pass every day on my way to work. He brightens my day and he always brings a smile to my face. He puts me in a positive mindset for the day ahead.
Posted over 2 years ago by Cathy G. from New York, USA

I think this billboard is very inspiring.

Posted over 2 years ago by Ashlee L. from

I like his robe! Anyone know where they sell them?
Posted over 2 years ago by Kristine from china

My husband and I were on our way to Bloomington and we saw His Holiness the Dalai Lama grinning at us with the message of HOPE. We both were amazed and so happy, not to mention grateful of the messages the billboards send. I hope this is spread far and wide, and peace with it...
Posted over 2 years ago by from Columbus, Ohio USA

This is just fantastic!
Posted over 2 years ago by Deepu V.L from Bangalore, India

An instant uplift when driving the freeway. I love, love, love it...thank you so much.
Posted over 2 years ago by Carole R. from Wisconsin, USA

Thats a good thought and work! Kudos!
Posted over 2 years ago by Isaac A. from Nigeria

We could all learn a lot from this remarkable human being. Pass it on!
Posted over 2 years ago by April P. from Hubert, North Carolina USA

Thanks so much. We have a HHDL billboard here in rural, central North Carolina and it is so inspiring & uplifting. There is hope!!!
Posted over 2 years ago by Debbie W. from Sanford, North Carolina USA

This is a very good site.
Posted over 2 years ago by Hemant from Pune, India

Surprised and so very happy to see the Dalai Lama smiling down on me from a billboard in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Thank you!!!
Posted over 2 years ago by Eileen F. from Appleton ,Wisconsin USA

I love this picture. I have had the opportunity to see the Dali Lama speak and shake his hand as he left. What a marvelous individual. He's the real deal.
Posted over 2 years ago by Brooks D. from Eagle, Idaho USA

I love this billboard!
Posted over 2 years ago by KH from Louisiana USA

I love it! Thanks so much.I love having my kinds (age 9 & 7) see that the things I read and talk about with them are indeed real. Happiness and hope are an everyday possibility! My children are seeing that positive thinking creates positive energy! Thanks for all you do.

Posted over 2 years ago by Jennifer R. from Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA

Thank you for your site. I have found here much useful information.
Good site ! ;)
Posted over 2 years ago by Guillermo from Panama

I saw this billboard at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and it moved me. His Holiness is one person I would like to meet.
Posted over 2 years ago by Rodney S. from Phoenix, AZ

Very inspiring. Puts a smile on anyone's face. Keep going!!
Posted over 2 years ago by CST from Manila, Philippines

One of the people (Nina B., 08Jul) posted here that she wished she could see a billboard like this one of HHDL in rural North Carolina. Her wish came true, much to the benefit of all who pass by. On Highway 15-501, entering Sanford NC, it is there. I literally got goose bumps when I first saw it. Thank you, FBL.
Posted over 2 years ago by John W. from Sanford, North Carolina USA

Passing on hope is the best way to serve the world. On my way to reunite with cousins that I hadn't seen in years who were brought back into my life recently, I felt a bit anxious as I was getting closer to their home. There it was: The Dalai Lama billboard and it magically restored my sense of peace, purpose and hope. Thank you!
Posted over 2 years ago by Kathy M. from Brownsburg, Indiana USA

Thank you for His Holiness Dalai Lama's picture all over Manhattan. I really feel better when ever I pass by.
Posted over 2 years ago by Karma T. from Queens, New York USA

Wow! It's so nice to read your quotes. Amazing!
Posted over 2 years ago by Ayn Joleen S. from Philippines

I don't think I have been so surprised ... turn the corner in my neighborhood to see HHDL! WV needs hope.
Posted over 2 years ago by georgia t from Clarksburg, WV

THANKS for ALL your billboards, they are all so inspirational. Appreciate the message and hope everyone around here thinks about them.
Posted over 2 years ago by Emlyn S from Central Louisiana

ALL of your billboards are remarkable, and a great force for good; the new HOPE one picturing HH the Dalai Lama is a perfect home run. Thank you for all you do!
Posted over 2 years ago by Paul H. from Wisconsin

It made me sooo happy to see the Dalai Lama smiling down from that billboard in Ocala Fl. All I could think is that this message needs to be everywhere and how happy I am to see the word is getting out! I wished there would be one on the road where my office is and sure enough He appeared on a bus stop ad right down the street from my office!
Great message! Pass It On!!!
Live it-I do my best everyday!
Posted over 2 years ago by Lisa W. from Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Ideas from a man like him...could change the world!
Pay attention!
Posted over 2 years ago by Barbara O from Warren Ohio

I just have found your web in the internet, I looked through all your billboards and I would like to say that it's amazing! They give such a deep emotional charge, I wish we had such in my city too
Posted over 2 years ago by Elena from Moscow, Russia

This is inspiring...I wish I had the link earlier. It made me rethink the various situations I have been in.
Posted over 2 years ago by Cyrus Cruz from Dubai

I am involved in the campaign to create a U.S. Department of Peace. When I saw this lit signboard in the Denver airport, I stopped in my tracks and drank it in. Tears came to my eyes. I love this man. I told over 50 people about it the next day.
Posted over 2 years ago by David H. from Eugene, Oregon

Thank you for bringing the Dalai Lama billboard to my town. It was such a happy surprise to see him smiling down on us.
Posted over 2 years ago by Candy N from Warren, Ohio

I was just up in the backroads of dairyland Wisconsin, driving past rolling fields of the greenest corn, when I spotted your wonderful billboard with the Dalai Lama's photograph that spoke of hope. I asked my friend to stop so I could take a photograph of that dear, wonderful man, there in the midst of those waving green cornstalks, like a sea of green - it's something that I'll never forget, and something that I wish I would see here on the highways of rural North Carolina. Peace and gratitude for all that you do...
Posted over 2 years ago by Nina B. from Western North Carolina, USA

This Billboard gave me goosebumps and reminded me that instead of cursing the light one should light a candle :) !!! Thank you for the inspiration that you share....
Posted over 2 years ago by Jamie H from Lebanon

When I saw the Dalai Lama on a billboard near my home, I thought to myself, "There is hope for the world!" His photo inspires me every day and always makes me smile. I hope it stays there forever.
Posted over 2 years ago by Michelle R. from Maryland USA

Thank you for bringing the message of the Dalai Lama to my home town. It was the last thing I expected to see here, but has reminded me that with enough compassionate people doing things bigger than themselves, there can be hope for our world. Thank you again!
Posted over 2 years ago by James F. from Lorain, Ohio

Hi! very good site!

Posted over 2 years ago by from USA

As a role model, he embodies peace, he lives peace, he is peace...a shining star in a world in need of light & inspiration!

Posted over 2 years ago by Deb V from Gold Hill, OR

A very nice and sincere comment. A comment which people should look into and ponder more seriously.
Posted over 2 years ago by Srinivas T from Bangalore, India

I want to say that your site better throughout the World Wide Web :)
Thank you. Keep it.
Posted over 2 years ago by from

this man is pure inspiration...
Posted over 2 years ago by jay p from michigan

Just with looking at him I know I will be a better person tomorrow, I will give more love, I will have more patience, and I will try to be more happy. This must be happening to many people at the same time.
Posted over 2 years ago by heidimarie h. from Santiago, Chile

ditto on the bumper stickers... so that we too can "pass it on."
Posted over 2 years ago by Lindsay from Toronto, CANADA

This should be made into a bumper sticker!
Posted over 2 years ago by Rebecca J from Alberta, Canada

Although I don't like billboards and I'd like to see them evaporate like magic, I'd like to see at least billboards like this one as an intermediate step to substitute all of them for none at all!
Posted over 2 years ago by Alvaror from MEXICO

At last a billboard that will actually beautify the landscape. I hope it is widely used across our nation...the message and the man are timeless.
Posted over 2 years ago by Judi D. from Virginia

Hope

About This Billboard

In 1937, a group of dignitaries and holy men arrived at the home of a peasant family in northeastern Tibet. The Tibetan Regent had seen the house with its unusual gutters in a vision. They were coming in search of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the temporal and spiritual leader of Tibet.

Three-year old Lhamo Thondup passed the traditional tests to confirm that he was the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama, who died in 1933. Enthroned in 1940, he was renamed Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. Soon after, Tenzin Gyatso, now known as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, was initiated as a novice monk and began intensive studies in Buddhist philosophy, logic, Tibetan art and culture, Sanskrit, and medicine.

In 1950 the People’s Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet. The Tibetan people called on the Dalai Lama to assume full leadership of the country at the young age of fifteen. The future of Tibet has remained an ongoing question, and the Dalai Lama now resides in northern India. Throughout a half-century of conflict and uncertainty, the Dalai Lama has told his people, “our struggle must remain nonviolent and free of hatred."

The Dalai Lama has led Tibet in becoming a modern and democratic nation, initiating reforms in government and education. He has worked diligently to build a relationship with China and open dialogue about Tibet’s future. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his dedication to nonviolence. As the Nobel Committee said, “he has instead advocated peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people."

A monk and scholar who rises at 4 a.m. to pray, The Dalai Lama has written or coauthored many books, including his autobiography and best-seller The Art of Happiness. He travels the world to promote “human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline” among individuals and nations, as well as respect between religious traditions. Whether his listeners are monks or corporate leaders, diplomats or high-school students, many are inspired by his message, delivered with optimism, candor, and humor.

The Dalai Lama believes all things and people are interconnected. As the world enters an era of globalization, he emphasizes the great potential of nations and people to learn from and help each other — and our responsibility to make that happen. “The key to creating a better and more peaceful world,” he has said, “is the development of love and compassion for others.” This starts at the level of the individual. If individuals practice what the Dalai Lama has called “inner disarmament,” focusing on compassion for others rather than on selfish thoughts and aims, they will be able to help the world achieve peace. And kindness helps the doer, as well: “Taking care of more people, you get to benefit,” he has said. “Taking care of one’s self only, you lose.”

The Dalai Lama has called the 20th century “a century of violence.” He calls upon all people to make this new century into “a century of dialogue” that will lead to peace. The Dalai Lama is acquainted with the sorrow, suffering and violence in the world. Yet he has upheld a principle shared by belief systems worldwide – of compassion towards others, regardless of their beliefs or actions. In this way, the Dalai Lama hopes, and works, for a better world.

Sources: Tibet.com (government site), Nobel prize site, Dalailama.com (his web site), Wikipedia, http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/hhdl/hrurspeech.asp (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition: Speech on Human Rights and Universal Responsibility, June 15 1993)