Seven Years in Tibet1997

Heinrich Harrer:
You have to leave. You have to leave Tibet, Kundun. Your life's at great risk. Forgive my presumption but I have made arrangements to get you out safely. We should leave directly after the enthronement, the Chinese won't expect it.

Dalai Lama:
How can I help people if I run away from them? What kind of leader would I be? I have to stay here, Heinrich. Serving others is my path to deliberation.

Heinrich Harrer:
Then I don't go either.

Dalai Lama:
Why not?

Heinrich Harrer:
Because you are my path to deliberation.

Dalai Lama:
The Buddha said 'Salvation doesn't come from the sight of me. It demands strenuous effort and practise. So work hard and seek your own salvation constantly.' I am not your son. And I've never thought of you as my father. You've been much too informal to me for that. Do you ever think about him?

Dalai Lama:
And what do you think about?

Heinrich Harrer:
It's not a conscious thought really, Kundun. He is always there. When I crossed Tibet he was with me. When I came to Lhasa he was with me. When I sit beside you he is there with me. I can't even imagine how to picture the world without him in it.