Most people, he explained, seek to find joy and escape from pain through satisfying their sensual desires, but the mind is often unhappy even after the senses are satisfied.
達賴表示，《心經》闡述的是空性見解，任何眾生都會產生「我執」，進而產生「我愛」與離苦得樂之心。大部分人追求離苦得樂的方式在於透過感官滿足五慾需求，但往往五官獲得滿足之後，內心仍然不快樂。