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<\/a><\/p>\nOrganised by Tibet Policy Institute, and presided by the Honourable Sikyong, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the session began with an introduction, by Mr. Tenzin Pema, of Tibet Policy Institute, on His Eminence Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche\u2019s life contributions.<\/p>\n
His Eminence Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche began the advisory talk with the remarks:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe theme, \u2018Mental Attitude and the ways of carrying duties by a civil-service person in fulfilling the aspirations of the general public,\u2019 comprises of five sub-themes: the general public, aspirations, civil-service person, mental attitude, and ways of carrying duties.Actually, it would take several days with each of the sub-themes\u2026(laughter); yet, as the modern civilization is characterised by the three attributes\u2014big size, speediness and optimum reach\u2014I will accordingly cover each of the sub-themes in a few minutes, presenting my views.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe general public\u2014proletariat\u2014is a word used mostly by Marxists and Communists, because \u201cgeneral,\u201d spyi, refers to the system, Socialism; and \u201cthe public,\u201d dma\u1e45s, when written as ma\u1e45, includes all people. But in Communist ideology, what is included is only one class. By dividing into many classes\u2014the industrial class, the peasantry class\u2014or specifically referring to the oppressed class as the \u2018proletariat,\u2019 \u2018democratic totalitarianism,\u2019 \u2018dcig-sdud dma\u1e45s-gtso\u1e25i ri\u1e45-lugs,\u2019 is the term used, not as \u2018dcig-sdud ma\u1e45-gtso\u1e25i ri\u1e45-lugs\u2019. That is, it is totalitarian where the proletariat is chiefly important. The human society is divided into many classes, and class struggle is waged, and through class struggle all upper classes are destroyed, and again further dividing into class takes place within the remaining populace, and akin to peeling off layers of onions, class struggle is carried out continuously until nothing is left. It is a Marxist thinking that class divisions is made extinct through class struggle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the past, we Tibetans used to employ the word dma\u1e45s-gtso (proletariat paramountcy) for ma\u1e45-gtso (Democracy; public paramountcy). In Tibetan society the terms \u2018rje,\u2019 \u2018lord,\u2019 and \u2018dba\u1e45s,\u2019 \u2018subject,\u2019 were in use from the ancient times; in actuality, the best word in Tibetan for a society of people is yul-mi; it is convenient if used. A territory with an administration of the combination of sovereign and subjects, with territory borders, with a sovereign, with subjects, and a relation existing between a sovereign and subjects\u2014is called a nation state.<\/p>\n \u201cThe present situation of our society is one not only of great changes taking place politically and economically, rather changes are happening in all spheres: our thoughts, principles, and world view. It is difficult for us to know about society, also it is difficult to know society\u2019s aspirations; we need to know these problems.<\/p>\n \u201cServicer, sri-zhu-wa, one who serves, (\u2018civil-service person\u2019) is a good word. This word has been in Tibetan vocabulary from remote past. Yet, the situation to which it is to be applied is different between that of the past and the present. In the past, in Tibet, when mentioning \u2018gzhu\u1e45-zhabs sri-zhu-wa,\u2019 government service-person, the government was to whom the service was to be done, and those who served were the gzhu\u1e45-zhabs, government service-personnel. These days, to whom the services are done is not the government, it is the public, the society. If the service personnel are the ones who serve the public, then the society which one serves is to be the one from where they need to seek the fields of their trust and service.<\/p>\n \u201cSince serving of the society is being done through an administration, that administration, for the exile Tibetan society, is the Central Tibetan Administration. Whom one serves is the public; the medium for the service is the Central Tibetan Administration. If works are carried out through a clear and correct relation between the two, there would be a genuine \u2018service personnel,\u2019 the term and the actuality resembling each other.\u201d<\/p>\n His Eminence Rinpoche further advised:<\/p>\n \u201cWhat kind of service person one becomes depends on what type of objectives one retains in one\u2019s mind, and for what purpose one retains the objectives. With the mental attitude, there are two stages: causal motive, and the location motive, the motive at the time. The first stage of thought, which is the causal motive, is for example, with what kind of motive one initially entered the service, which is the most important. Initially, whether you were requested by others, or you have applied for by yourself, if at that time you had the motive to serve the society, for the welfare of the humanity in general, and entered the service thus, your motive is a correct motive.<\/p>\n \u201cThe location motive, which is the second stage of thought, is the motive at the time of service, to keep worthy motives, to be able to go on the path of honesty and truth, and with the thought solely for others\u2019 welfare, not of self-interest. \u2018I want salary, a good place to live, good livelihood\u2019\u2014if one thinks one is doing the works for those self-interests, although it is the same work one is doing, the value or the lack of it of the work changes immensely due to the mental attitude. If one thinks, \u2018This is a work for the society, it is for the benefits of the six million Tibetans, and through that, for the welfare of humanity in general, I will do it well, the factors for my livelihood will come about on the side anyway in my carrying out of the duties,\u2019 it becomes a correct, perfect mental attitude. \u2018This is my duty, through this service, I would as well accomplish my own welfare of this and next lives\u2019\u2014thus if one carries the service with enthusiasm, one would not feel any hardship.\u201d<\/p>\n On the mode of managing the service of the Administration, His Eminence Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche gave the advice:<\/p>\n \u201cThe service personnel have to see through the continuity of the works, and the executives have to exert efforts in innovation. Not only there is the continuity, and the maintaining of the continuity, there has to be within the continuity innovations which are necessary. That is to be the way of pooling in efforts by the executive who are for a definite duration of term\/s, and the service personnel who stay for the entire duration of their service.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n