For The Maui News
Maui filmmaker Tom Vendetti is pictured with the Dalai Lama, who is the subject of a documentary by Vendetti that will air on PBS on Dec. 26. â Photo courtesy Vendetti Productions LLC
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was asked in a new Rolling Stone magazine interview about any advice he could offer about coping with coronavirus anxiety.
“This pandemic is very serious,” he said. “We’re just so afraid. That’s not useful.”
And then, quoting the 8th century Indian sage Shantideva, he continued, “If the problem can be overcome, then no need to worry; make effort to overcome. If no way to overcome the problem, there’s no use to much worry.”