By Tenzin Monlam
DHARAMSHALA, April 7: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Wednesday emphasized that time has come to realize the importance of moral education.
Speaking at the Vana Retreat Centre in Dehradun, the Tibetan leader said, “The time has come for us to consider seriously on how to change our way of life, not through prayer or religious teaching, but through education. Since moral education can sometimes be merely superficial, we need to devise a systematic approach to exploring inner values and ways to create a more peaceful world.”
He added that he might not be able to see it happen during his lifetime but expressed hope that the 21st century generation will make an effort in creating a happier world and more peaceful world.
“During almost the whole of my life, I’ve been witness to killing and violence. If things continue this way, the 21st century will end up being as violent as the century that went before. Violence always brings suffering and yet no one wants suffering, we all want to live in peace,” His Holiness said.
“Those of us who belong the old generation who created so many of these problems have a responsibility to indicate what’s wrong and how we may achieve a happier humanity,” the Dalai Lama said, adding that most problems people face are man-made as a result of short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness.
“It would be necessary to educate and train a whole new generation not to resort to violence but always to turn to dialogue to resolve conflicts and disagreements. If that could be done there would be hope of this becoming a century of peace,” he suggested.
