""It wasn't a particular event, but I think there was just an ongoing innate questioning of what is this?" Gere said. "Why am I here? What am I supposed to do of any value? What has meaning? What lasts? Is there anything that lasts? Is there anything that has real meaning and real depth to it? And I think a lot of people in their 20s go through that.""
""She was pregnant and they were worried, how do you bring a kid into this world, how do you teach them." "And His Holiness said, 'Teach them to be kind to insects, whom normally people don't think well of and step on and don't even think about it. To even respect the life of an insect, [that's] something that carries over into all of your life,'" Gere said, recalling the Dalai Lama's words."
Richard Gere, 76, prioritizes teaching his three sons to show kindness to others. The guiding lesson traces to a conversation with the Dalai Lama about instructing children to respect even insects. Gere emphasizes that respect for small forms of life cultivates broader compassionate behavior throughout life. A practicing Buddhist since 1978, Gere has maintained a long friendship with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Gere describes his spiritual journey beginning in his twenties with persistent questions about purpose, meaning, value, and what endures, framing kindness as central to a life of depth and meaning.
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