Dalai Lama: Compassion is the Foundation of Humanity

The Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at a convention in India this weekend called "Global Congress: World's Religions after September 11th—An Asia Perspective." Our bureau in New Delhi brings us more.
Organized jointly by Montreal's McGill University and New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University, the Global Congress in New Delhi was an attempt to promote harmony between the followers of different religions.

The Dalai Lama was the main speaker at the convention, which concluded on Sunday. He criticized the targeting of a particular religious group after the 9/11 attacks.

Dialogue at the conference focused on how religion can play a positive role in the world to promote peace, harmony, and preserve fundamental human rights.

[Dalai Lama, Tibetan Spiritual Leader] (English)
"So therefore I always believe basically that we human beings are more gentle nature and also compassionate. So I think that is the foundation of happy life."

The congress focused specifically the global significance of September 11th, and how its aftermath has spread far-reaching turmoil.

[Dalai Lama, Tibetan Spiritual Leader] (English)
"Anger, hatred, jealousy, suspicion, fear, distrust—these not go well with our body element. I feel if we promote realization of basic nature and then specific of that warm-heartedness, compassion for happy life, for happy family, happy community and I think many, many big problem certainly will improve."

As part of the ceremony, the Dalai Lama planted this symbolic banyan tree.

NTD News, New Delhi.

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[diepiriye]

If kindness were a human value, we would achieve world peace. Certainly, moving towards compassion as a basic human value, and then translating that into civil code, is a major aspect of building peace. Take the Civil Rights movement, for example, which translated compassion into Christian rhetoric to mobilize the masses and appeal to the nation's own humanity. They marched to get that sense of compassion translated into civil code. That's what Gandhi-ji did, too.

[Ganeschar]

50 cents CCP paid Agent

[Ganeschar]

@cindycantarero hmmm it is not so simple as you think !

[cindycantarero]

I used to admire the DALAI LAMA, I would have never dreamed him instigating against another fellow monk. I enjoy very much tibetan mantras, vedic mantras and the like. I sinpathise with Dorje Shugden practitioners.

[noorbu59]

Hu is denying religious freedom to you?. It's all the shugden idiots who do not understand. HH never said u can't worship that scary Dorjee shugden. He only said those who worship DS are unwelcome to attend his teachings. As an individual he has the right to say that. Anyways the police got to nab the guy called Dorjee shugden. He is the one who mess up everything.

[truehilltop]

This monster monk has broken all his vows as a monk; he is not even qualified to be a monk, he is trying to create hatred among human beings. He has never been a peaceful man. He is the destroyer of Tibetan culture. He never was the head of all Tibetan Buddhism and never will. Please give us religious freedom, stop religious discrimination and persecution of Dorje Shugden practitioners; we are trying to keep the real Tibetan Buddhism alive. Long live Dorje Shugden practitioners.

[dorje168]

Obama knows the Truth about Tibet!

The Chinese should see that it is in their best interest to work with the Dalai Lama to assure the identity and cultural integrity of Tibet, to resolve the concerns of the Tibetan people and to take meaningful steps to build the foundation for a legitimate solution for Tibet, recognizing genuine Tibetan autonomy within China.

USA President Barack Obama