This rosary, a japa mala, is an eastern rosary with 108 beads, used in both Buddhism and Hinduism for counting mantras.
The 14th Dalai Lama donated the rosary to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2011.
One of the first things you notice about Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, is his glasses. Does the Dalai Lama see the world differently than we do? For the Dalai Lama, the cultivation of inner peace and integrity is the ultimate means of achieving positive change in an irrational world. Tolerance and understanding are the key components in his world view.
The Dalai Lama donated the glasses to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2011.
Even today’s world, the Dalai Lama finds wisdom and inspiration in a sutra with old Buddhist texts.
For the Dalai Lama, the cultivation of inner peace and integrity is the ultimate means of achieving positive change in an irrational world. In his Nobel Prize lecture, he said, “Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility. In that state of mind, you can deal with situations with calmness and reason, while keeping your inner happiness.”
The 14th Dalai Lama donated the sutra to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2001.
