His Holiness the Karmapa: The technology of the heart

www.ted.com His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler Dewar.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

[@jimmacdougall781]

Hats off to Tyler Dewar for such a rich translation - he made it seem so effortless

[@tenztse3292]

Galwa Karmapa Khenno! The translator did a excellent job man.

[@sonambhutia2028]

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[@bobhakasowie8218]

Translator level : Ninja

[@sonambhutia2028]

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[@madchemist5926]

Tyler Dewar is a beast at translation.

[@herself50]

The interpreter is awesome. he brings Karmapas words to life for those of us who don’t understand his language. thank you.

[@rubygirlgo2452]

May Great Karmapa have good things come to him!

[@e-Vanya]

I feel the pain of His Holiness the Karmapa :( He is missing his family, mother and father, sooo much. I wish him the very soon reunion with them!

[@asunbeam232]

I am writing this comment in Aug 2021, when my country is suffering thousand of death due to Covid-19. Million people in the world are under harsh situation. The concept that Karmapa has given of being aware of happiness in each every breath means a lot to human being in the Earth now. Perhaps we had never paid enough attention that ones could loose their freedom forever in seconds. I would thank you everyone for all you have done and I am sorry that I have also not sincerely paid good enough attention on your information.

[@herself50]

As always, Your Holiness, your powerful and wise words touch our hearts. Thank you.

[@nadabhutia3465]

Very impressive translator ♥️🙏. I can understand both languages 🤗🤭♥️♥️♥️😂 thank you sir karmapa. Huge love from East Sikkim sumin lingzey ♥️

[@virginiabaker5559]

Full of Grace.What a pleasure to be in his presence if only electronically.

[@buddyrichrocks]

the role of the translator really captivates me. he is as calm and collected as the Karmapa during the talk.

[@precioustange]

Buddhas teachings, tolerance compassion, no ill towards one each other, good to remember this I think.

[@lamarapten]

Thanks to His Holiness, to the translator and to the broadcast team.

[@bladvagsrgyallo2053]

The translator is as if he manifests Karmapa. Well done and expressed just as karmapa intends.

[@rosymylene1878]

Such depth and brilliance. God Bless the Karmapa!

[@jntx937]

I appreciate the sharing and caring thoughts to organize this event. I have learnt new teaching or Karmapa. Much love and peace

[@RagDoll2band]

Maybe some of you wonder what is so special about Karmapa and his speech that deserves standing ovation in the end. Well, you will not find it in his words, there are many more talented speakers and brighter ideas than compassion. Important is what Karmapa represents. He might said nothing at all and stil he would have been applauded. Because this man represents the beautiful being which is in everyone of us. He is the beautiful being, by status. And he carries this quality through centuries.

[@isabellepreuilh8207]

thank you to the french translators !! Long life to His Holiness, the extraordinary and unique Karmapa

[@dorjghising9879]

It's tibetan not french 🙂

[@roseshelmerdine2710]

French! So funny 😂 💕💕

[@lkarma23]

Long Life His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje "Karmapa Khenno"

[@Mettadana]

Karmapa also looking on him so lovingly!

[@veganmusicactivists.2166]

I always feel inspired at Karmapa's words.

[@bingg.4866]

This is my second time watching this talk, so touch and make me crying. Thanks to HH Karmapa, you are real Buddha. Thanks to the translator doing the great job.

[@MBS-oo2yv]

What is the evidence that this person is a Buddha?

[@b.bailey8244]

so eloquently said, and translated. Deep respect and gratitude.

[@MiriamSPia]

Thank you so much for whoever posted this. It is very nice for me to be able to find this material!

[@EvelineNow]

Today watching this after so many years I am aware today more than ever of what contribution I can make in the world I live in

[@rangzenla]

THIS MAN UNDERSTAND TIBETAN REALLY WELL. VERY IMPRESSIVE

[@charlottek2032]

To the long life n flourishing activities of his holiness 17th Karmapa🙏Om Mani padme hum🙏🙏🙏

[@nicosmeets1709]

I am still shocked what happened 15 years before. Now going 80 and living for the past 40 years in Nepal

[@huongvu1109]

What’s happened? Can you tell me, please?

[@yehudahhachassid6191]

Om mani padme hum! Thank you for the inspiring video on the teachings and reflections of His Holiness. May all beings be happy. KARMAPA CHENNO! Mangalam!

[@lungriggyaltsen5617]

really nice meaning of his talk, i respect you, thank you. also the American translator really did good job, thanks again,

[@signingupiseasyd]

Okay, this is a nice talk, thank you!

[@Mettadana]

Excellent translation !!

[@tenzi2978]

Translator level: 💎💎💎💎

[@yassveena]

[@bichnguyen6946]

Great translator

[@prutledge07]

our main motivation may be to have happiness but in doing so we may get lost in the motivation just to obtain; missing the opportunities to experience joy that is presented in a subtle way.

[@wentingzhou2789]

Amazing interpreter!

[@franziskaseger9179]

Very helpful most precious talk ,thank you Wonderful humble translater

[@Asianb0y69]

I believe he is real karmapa.

[@user-kd4vh6yv5l]

I‘m not. And now?

[@lingnemesis]

Great to engage the Eastern thought into TED as well! Kudos to HH The Karmapa! =)

[@sachamm]

More a blessing to end the conference than a TEDtalk. Not a complete waste of 25 minutes, but not really what I sub to TEDtalksDirector for.

[@stacytruex1]

It would be nice if someone cared enough about the hearing impaired to put good subtitles on this. I wish some of you who hear would read this gibberish and think how we feel.

[@joyjohns6574]

Very good point. I will see what I can do to facilitate proper subtitles on HH Karmapa's media.

[@lkc1866]

I clicked "cc" at lower right corner to see English subtitle. You can try it?

[@b.bailey8244]

@@lkc1866 thanks to the excellent diction of this fantastic translator, the captions are pretty accurate. this is not always so and it is very frustrating for the hearing impaired to read such gibberish that is not at all what is being said.

[@amadeovalls8121]

mis hermanos en el Dharma..., sois las valiosas joyas que voy encontrando..., en el sendero del camino..., hacia el abandono del sufrimiento de samsara..., y por el beneficio de tod@s l@s seres del ciclo de existencias..., podamos tod@s alcanzar la iluminacion.

[@TheSanovita]

Wow so much information

[@creativespirituality]

Excellent. Tashi Delek!

[@precioustange]

Buddhas teachings, tolerance compassion, no ill

[@LudicrousTachyon]

I don't know why people don't like this talk. The message I got was sometimes we are more interested in profit and growth that we forget to care about others. While profit and growth aren't necesarily bad, they aren't the whole picture and ignoring the rest will not get us where we want to go.

[@tainnam5699]

translator thank you so much for translator! you are kind man,

[@petardenchev75]

Just for the fun of it, I'd like to hear the other karmapa on this show :)

[@SourcesAreEverything]

@paulmerz TED's tagline refers specifically to innovations in Technology, Entertainment and Design being "ideas worth spreading".

[@AkiraBergman]

@Tendagami Where does his holiness come from?

[@agnostoatomo]

@maiashakti i'd like to add: And if you aren't affected by his words or presence, or even feel resistance and other Negativity, then still, Tashi Delek...may you truely live in contentment,,joy, ease and never feel separated!

[@ashleylovesdaddy]

I'm ashamed to admit, I couldn't make it to the end. The translation process was maddening. Why doesn't the Dalai Lama come to Ted? He must have been invited by now.

[@stacytruex1]

YAY!Joy Johns. He has a few that are subtitled well,but most are not. You are a peach!

[@joyjohns6574]

I sometimes use the auto CC on Chinese Language talks and it types in English buy its not so great. Live CC would be really great, and for sure on archived media. I hope it can be put in motion real soon. Thank you for making this issue known. Karmapa Chenno!

[@bichnguyen6946]

He’s so young

[@tainnam5699]

i love you translator!

[@wangmolhamo5583]

Great translator:)

[@DianaChenPemaLhamo]

There should be subtitles of more than 20 languages for this video. How come I can't see the choices of the subtitles here?

[@MaBuSt]

So a word to the wise. This video is 20 min long, but half of it is in a language you cannot understand. I suggest letting the entire video download and then skipping ahead little bits at a time until the guy in the suit on the stage starts talking in English. Thumbs up to help everyone else out!1

[@TheAnniepies]

@CymroGoch Case in point. You make an assertion, declare victory, and presume to have won the argument. You have to present the stronger argument to assume victory. You present NONE.

[@dongjunh]

I was particularly moved by the positive interpretation of the destruction of the Buddhas by muslims. Normally we would think that they would be offended by what happend, which would further detereorate relations between two peoples. What a cool positive Buddhist way of looking at things! Reminds me of 'Offer the other cheek!'

[@rootytuners]

@TalynCo I agree with your statement in principle, but I'm not sure this speaker had anything to say. What in particular did he say that was important or interesting? Could you bullet-point the items? And what did you learn?

[@MyDavidsun]

This is very interesting

[@Tanya_katoch]

@gratewite THANK YOU. YOU HAVE READ THEM CORRECTLY :)

[@samala51]

nice talk

[@roseshelmerdine2710]

Wow, this translator is superhuman!

[@aviseklama802]

How many years ago was it recorded?

[@fununlimited4240]

Who is greater than the two following greatest personalities in India now 1. The Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi 2. The Father of the Constitution Bodhisattva Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

[@oanhnguyenthi2327]

Ngài Kamapa tướng Ngài phúc hậu quá! Con xin đảnh lễ Ngài!

[@7Drummy]

I liked his ability to compare the destruction of Budas in Afghanistan to the destruction of the Berlin wall. Rather than an insult it was necessary to remove these for communication. I don't know if this lead to more communication, but I liked the twist in perspective.

[@JoeCharogoff]

Okay, wow, okay then. I'm speechless.

[@TheWheatless]

@fonzdaii (I used "see" because I was running out of space. You should know I meant that which you cannot, essentially, test in some way).

[@sudhanadhikari6308]

Great

[@apphola]

To all those who are complaining about this vid... maybe you don't know who the karmapa is, but he happens to be a revered lama that many people around the world listen to intently. Yea, perhaps its not exactly a riveting talk, Just cause he's not talking about a subject that you're interested doesn't mean you can slate him. Listening to different ideas, Isn't that what TED is all about? cheers.

[@saraondo2698]

A Karmapa for the books for sure. He has taken the lineage where it has never been.Karmapa loves to be entertained. boredom can really bring

[@JaredWarrenGardner]

Interesting observation... still human... still important...

[@jewbacca7777]

@SAsgarters it depends how you define "religion". My perspective is that Buddhism is a set of practices and ideas designed to help you live in alignment with the principles of truth, love and compassion. Much like a good self help or personal development book it helps you understand yourself and the world around you better, not through telling you what to believe, giving you rules to live by or through mythical tales... but rather by encouraging introspection and critical thinking.

[@MysticCaravan]

@Arturo Merino Siermann, thank you for showing your innate understanding of the true dharma. facepalm.

[@TalynCo]

@DoltMasher I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, do you mind rephrasing it?

[@amrwg6111]

different perspective then the usual, interesting.

[@lingnemesis]

@lIlLLinIlI Haha, nice to meet you here then. Yeah, TED is an amazing project to keep track of. =)

[@SpinyNormanDinsdale]

I remember when the Dalai Lama came to Ottawa. It was great! The funniest part was when the Dalai Lama was trying to find the correct translation for a puppy at it's mother's breast (something to do with natural instinct to nourish... I forget) and he could not think of the right word. So he asked his translator to describe it and he just simple said "the uh..nipple" and everybody laughed! Good times!

[@evanwolf6618]

🐍🦜 'Do words embarrass you?' -- Monty Python

[@aerobique]

good man

[@GaryCainMusic]

@hcortens Glad we agree. :)

[@gyanulama7611]

Verry Good karmapa

[@VortexMotiveVision]

This man didn't say anything I found particularly offensive. Other than the moment where he suggested that in developing our "outward" selves we shouldn't forget our "inward" development... as if the two are some how antithetical or diametrically opposed to one another... In that if you develop one you somehow risk unbalancing the other. I did find that offensive and patronising.

[@idapingala7963]

TIME TO RISE OUR VOICE IS NOW !!!

[@antonkhuu]

poor translater gets data overload from karmapa .. but tyler dewar is doing a great job , the guy is a genius translating this much .. very impressive performance .

[@JohnFleshman]

@dimakritchevski as a westerner I totally agree with you. most of the people I know fit your judgment completely. I am trying very hard to not fit the mold.

[@Tendagami]

@rootytuners motivation and integrity of our approach in life to others. material prosperity alone will not bring happiness. He is talking about happiness and environment.

[@creativespirituality]

I second that.

[@kittypang6636]

感恩，法王，蔼玛巴菩提💖心，真誠。

[@revjimbob]

@GargantuanLifeform99 "Sounds like a great location for retreat." It was on the aptly named Holy Island (it used to be home to an early British Christian hermit) - in the Firth of Clyde. The Buddhists bought the island about 20 years ago. I made a short film about it a few years ago - it wasn't a great success as they were on a long silent retreat as well when I filmed! Not many interviews!

[@elchafa337]

@dannyboyfour why thank you very much good sir/lady

[@yhtomitsutfol]

HIS HOLINESS is a title that Vajrayana Buddhism uses (in English translation) for the head of lineage or a very accomplished meditation practitioner - these people demonstrate accomplishment by clearly displaying compassion and wisdom. It is given from others. Buddhism is an experience-based tradition, not faith based, so criticizing it for being "religious" because you don't like christianity is simply ignorant. At what point in this talk does he say something anything "religious"?

[@yhtomitsutfol]

@DistinctiveBlend in what way is Vajrayana Buddhism "superstitious"?

[@lnd3005]

@guscaldas2 Used to?

[@Luper1billion]

@liquidminds most likely he said it in english to help the translator out.

[@Vitaminnn07]

so many cranky people commenting out here. it's a positive message, god damn it, feel the bliss of healing nectar inside you, let the delusive waste water be drained by the holes of wisdom...