看達賴喇嘛怎麼談快樂與排氣
在這個剪輯的影片裡一開始達賴喇嘛說，我們都擁有潛能。他是這樣開啟座談會：親愛的兄弟姊妹，我真的非常快樂。接著與談人問他：就佛教徒而言，特別是身為一位達賴喇嘛，快樂是何意義？
達賴喇嘛回答：我通常以較深的滿足感來形容快樂。快樂不必然是一些愉快的經驗，而是一種會帶來深刻滿足感不帶特定立場與定見的經驗。
與談人又問：就您的經驗，讓您感到真正快樂的是什麼？
達賴喇嘛回答：我以為是內在平靜。內在平靜的先決條件是要有一顆溫暖的心。心溫暖就能減少對他人的惡感，也能減少對他人的不信任。我一向開放，從不認為自己特別。如果我自認與你不同，比如我是佛教徒，甚至是達賴喇嘛，更甚至是諾貝爾和平獎得主，那就是給自己造一個監獄。我不把這些放在心裡。我看待自己僅是七十億人口中的一份子。在心理、情感與智能上我們是一樣的。
這時聽眾問到排氣的問題。
達賴喇嘛這樣回答：坐在飛機裡當這個排氣問題來時，你知道的，要排出來是有困難。所以呢，你偶而會看一看四周，然後你就這麼做了。（達賴喇嘛作勢把身體斜傾一邊，好像要放出一個大波，然後哈哈大笑。）
達賴喇嘛說：滿足的終極源頭是在我們內在裡。如果你做不對的事，傷害別人，你就會得到負面的結果。如果你幫助別人，帶給別人快樂，你就得利益。更強的內在力量，對生命目的與加以實踐的信心更堅定，你就總能感到快樂。當我們年輕時，這些內在價值朝氣蓬勃，不過當年紀漸長就發生變化，特別是在這個甚少談論內在價值的社會。社會上談的盡是些所看報紙或電視的體育新聞或投資理財這類的東西。而所有的廣告全是一些物質價值。沒有人談論或解釋溫暖熱心。
二十世紀早期與晚期發生許多正面的改變。這世界的確有諸多危機，許多壞事，但也有不少好事。我們是社會性動物，因此友誼非常重要。友誼伴隨信任，恐懼與信任相抵觸，有恐懼就無法培養信任。帶著恐懼我們如何發展友誼呢？
在大城市裡，許多人就只想著自己，本著自我中心的態度，對愛的感覺無所知，卻有過於強烈的競爭感與嫉妒心。嫉妒帶來不信任，不信任帶來挫折，接著就是恐懼，寂寞感也因應而生。所以寂寞感不是起於環境，而是你自己的心態。我認為我們終究會發展出對生命有更深刻的體驗。許下承諾，從現在起你要從新做人，同一個身體，不過是一個新的人。達賴喇嘛的談話在這裡結束。
當新人就是創造你當下一個真實的經驗，而創造的能量來自有意識的選擇行動。達賴喇嘛幽默談這些簡單的道理，道理簡單歸簡單，猛然聽到還是讓人若有所悟。我們今天所做的決定，常常不會是明天的選擇。不過所有大師共有的秘訣是：持續選擇同一件事，一心一意去做，直到它成為生命的事實。而要快樂就是每天保持一顆溫暖的心。
我們看達賴喇嘛笑得這麼開心，事實上作為宗教領導者的達賴喇嘛怎會不知道西藏人民所受的苦難！他的樂觀是一種超然的樂觀，不是要達成想欲的樂觀，而是把握生命的活，一種通透、不執著、活在當下天空的樂觀。他也讓我們看到本著平等心所散發出平勻光輝的力量。
附上我錄自影片的英文字幕：
We all have the potential. Dear brothers and sisters, indeed I'm very happy. I usually describe happiness is the sense of more satisfaction. Happiness is not necessarily some pleasure experience, but neutral sort of experience that can bring deep satisfaction.
One of the speakers asks him: In your experience what makes you truly happy?
The Dalai Lama answers: I believe. . .peace of mind. That peace of mind also comes firstly from warm-heartedness. That I think reduce ill feeling towards others, and also reduce distrust. I always open. I never consider myself as something special. If I consider myself as something different from you, like I am Buddhist, or even more, I am His Holiness The Dalai Lama, or even if I consider I am Nobel Laureate, then actually you create yourself as a prisoner. I forget these things. I simply consider I am one of the seven billion human beings. We are mentally, emotionally, intellectually the same.
Then an audience asks him about the gas. Hence the Dalai Lama answers: "When in aeroplane, sometimes this gas problem comes. Then, you see, it is difficult to let out. So, occasionally, you see, look around, then you go like that."
The ultimate of satisfaction is within ourselves. If you do wrong things, mainly
harming others, you get negative consequences. If you do helping others, bring more happiness to others, you get benefit. More inner strength there, more sort of confidence of purpose of life, and fulfillment about that purpose, then you always feel happy. When we are young, these inner values〔are very much alive〕. And we are growing up, particularly in this society where there is not much talking about these values. Only talks when we read the newspaper or television sports or money, number of dollar. . . like that. And all the advertising, material values. No one telling, no sort of explaining the importance of warm-heartedness.
Early part of the twentieth century, later part of the twentieth century, much positive change took place. I think the world, yes there are a lot of crises, a lot of bad things, but there are a lot of good things. We are social animals, therefore friendship is very essential. With friendship comes trust. Fear and trust go contradiction. More fear there cannot develop trust. With fear, how can we develop friendship?
In a big city, a lot of people just think of one's self, self centered attitude, and no idea of sense of love, and then too much competitive sense, then jealousy. Jealousy brings distrust, distrust brings frustration, therefore fear, then the lonely feeling automatically comes. So lonely feeling is not the creation of environment, but the creation of our mental attitude. I think eventually we develop a more deeper experience about our life. Make some kind of pledge. From now on I must make a new person--the same body, but a new person.