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10 EASTERN HORIZON | TEACHINGS

The source of a happy life is leadership: the trailblazer, who
within us. Troublemakers in leads from the front, takes
many parts of the world are often risks, and sets an example; the
quite well-educated, so it is not ferryman, who accompanies
just education that we need. those in his care and shapes the
What we need is to pay attention ups and downs of the crossing;
to inner values. and the shepherd, who sees
every one of his flock into safety
The distinction between violence before himself. Three styles,
and nonviolence lies less in the three approaches, but what
nature of a particular action and they have in common is an all-
more in the motivation behind encompassing concern for the Master Hsing Yun (born
the action. Actions motivated welfare of those they lead. Lee Kuo-shen, August 19, 1927
by anger and greed tend to be
– February 5, 2023) was a
violent, whereas those motivated The Dalai Lama is the spiritual
Chinese-born Buddhist monk and the
by compassion and concern for leader of the Tibetan People.
founding abbot of Fo Guang Shan,
others are generally peaceful. We He was awarded the Nobel
Taiwan’s largest monastic order.
won’t bring about peace in the Peace Prize in 1989 and the U.S.
He entered monastic life at age 12
world merely by praying for it; Congressional Gold Medal in
under Master Zhi Kai at Qixia
we have to take steps to tackle 2007. Rasmus Hougaard is the
Temple in Jiangsu, and received full
the violence and corruption that founder and managing director
ordination in 1947 after graduating
disrupt peace. We can’t expect of Potential Project, a global
from Jiaoshan Buddhist College.
change if we don’t take action. leadership and organizational
development firm, and the After relocating to Taiwan in 1949,
Peace also means being coauthor of the new book, The he served in editorial and teaching
undisturbed, free from danger. Mind of the Leader: How to Lead roles before founding Fo Guang Shan
It relates to our mental attitude Yourself, Your People, and Your in Kaohsiung in 1967 to promote
and whether we have a calm Organization for Extraordinary Humanistic Buddhism through
mind. What is crucial to realize Results. He has created an culture, education, charity, and
is that, ultimately, peace of app that will help you develop
spiritual cultivation. Over decades
mind is within us; it requires mindfulness, selflessness, and
he established more than 300
that we develop a warm heart compassion in your leadership.
temples worldwide and founded
and use our intelligence.
universities including Fo Guang
People often don’t realize that The Dalai Lama with Rasmus
University (Taiwan), University of
warmheartedness, compassion, Hougaard
the West (USA), Nan Tien Institute
and love are actually factors for Published in the Harvard
(Australia), Nanhua University
our survival. Business Review
February 20, 2019 EH and Guang Ming College. A prolific
writer and cultural innovator,
Buddhist tradition describes
three styles of compassionate his legacy continues to influence
global Buddhism. He passed away
peacefully at Fo Guang Shan on
February 5, 2023, aged 95.