Spiritual leader of Tibet talks about secular ethics to students
Tuesday, 23 May 2017 11:23
ane Cook, Tibet Post International
Dharamshala — Three different groups of students attended a talk on secular ethics given by the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on May 19, at his residence in Dharamshala, India.
10 from the University of Minnesota are taking a short course in Tibetan Medicine at the Men-tsee-khang and 20 were from the University of Guelph, Canada, and are serving as volunteers within the Tibetan community in Dharamsala. They were joined by twenty-five students and staff from Tong Len a charitable trust whose vision is to support displaced Indian communities in the Kangra Valley, North India.
The Tibetan spiritual leader urged the students to make 21st century 'a more peaceful Century. His Holiness told the youngsters that whereas he belongs to the generation of the 20th century that is coming to an end, they belong to the 21st century and have the future ahead of them.
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate also emphasized the importance of reason for raising awareness about the basic human nature of compassion which he said would create a peaceful world.
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