We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. If you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.
— Dalai Lama (14th) Contemporary

Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism

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