Peace and passion, powerful together

Here's a great question one of my students asked me. "Is it really possible to have passion for life, passion for your ideals, passion for a cause, and still have peace of mind? Wouldn't peace of mind make you dispassionate and uninvolved?" The person who leaped to mind for me immediately is the Dalai Lama. I don't think there is anyone on the public stage today with a consistently quieter mind than the Dalai Lama. Yet he is a  relentless crusader for peace and good will. He has a profound passion...

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