Lhasa Quotes

“When I was young and living high above the city of Lhasa in the Potala Palace, I frequently looked at the life of the city through a telescope. I also learned a lot from the gossip of the sweepers in the palace. They were like my newspaper, relating what the Regent was doing, and what corruption and scandals were going on. I was always happy to listen, and they were proud to be telling the Dalai Lama about what was happening in the streets. The harsh events that unfolded after the invasion in 1950 forced me to become directly involved in issues that otherwise would have been kept at a distance. As a result I have come to prefer a life of committed social action in this world of suffering.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

“Lhasa was that kind of place. You had no idea what was going to happen under the bright blue sky. The coin you bought might turn out to be priceless. Perhaps the girl walking toward you, who beauty made you forget everything else, was descended from the Nepalese nobility. Lhasa, the city of the sun, where you had no idea what tomorrow would bring, where people came from miles around to chase their dreams.”
― Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, Black Flame