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1、TheWorld'sMostInfluentialPeopleOurfifthannuallistoftheworld'smostinfluentialpeople:leaders,thinkers,heroes,artists,scientistsandmore·Leaders&Revolutionaries·Heroes&Pioneers·Scientists&Thinkers·Artists&Entertainers·Builders&TitansLeaders&Revolutionari
2、es·1of100·JAMESNACHTWEY/VIIFORTIMEDalaiLamaByDeepakChopraMillionsofpeopleturntotheDalaiLamaforinspiration,buttowhomdoesheturn?Heandhispeoplehavestruggledalltheirliveswiththeaudacityofhopelessness.Oppressionandexilearetheirdailybread.YettheDalaiLama,7
3、2,remainscalminthefaceofcruelty.Whatdoeshethinkofthehumanrace?"WearethesuperiorspeciesonEarthbutalsothebiggesttroublemakers,"heoncetoldme.China'srulersaren'tliketheBritishmastersofcolonialIndia,andtheDalaiLama'sGandhiesquenonviolentstrugglewon'tgivet
4、hemtwingesofconscience,leadingtoTibet'sfreedom.Ifanything,BeijinghasgrownmoreruthlessinsuppressingTibetanaspirations,aswe'veseenthisOlympicyear.Andyethehasfoundawaytothinkkindlyofthosewhooppresshispeopleandvilifyhisname.Ifoundhimunwillingtoshowanyhar
5、shness.Hesaidtome,"Idon'tdisliketheChinese,onlytheiractions."Tome,themostmysticalthingabouthimisalsothemostordinary:theDalaiLamaishappy.He'shappyinthemidstofchaosandturmoil.Themostinspiringthingheevertoldmewastoignoreallorganizedfaithsandkeeptotheroa
6、dofhigherconsciousness."Withoutrelyingonreligion,welooktocommonsense,commonexperienceandthefindingsofscienceforunderstanding,"hesaid.Idothesamething,butIstillmarvelatthismodelofcalmandcompassion.I'msureneuroscientistswouldlovetoknowwhat'sgoingoninsid
7、ethatbrain.Towhom,then,doestheDalaiLamaturnforinspiration?It'snotapersonbutaplace—beyondIandthou,beyondselfandnonself.Thewonderisn'tthatsuchaplacecanbefound.Thewonderisthatonemanmakesitlooksoeasy.Chopra,authorofmorethan50booksonspiritualityandmedicin
8、e,hasmettheDalaiLamaseveraltimesLeaders&Revolutionaries·2of100·PETERTHEGREAT:GETTY;PUTIN:SERGEIGUNEYEVFORTIMEVladimirPutinByMadeleineAlbrightIhavefriendswhopredictthatVladimirPutinwillfindhisnewpositionasRussianprimeministeracomedownaftereightyearsas