October 14, 2010 at Stanford University
The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) speaks on the centrality of compassion at Stanford University. He repeatedly stressed a secular approach to compassion that reaches beyond individual creeds and beliefs. He spoke of the need for mutual respect and friendship, the care and education of children, and ongoing dialogue for conflict resolution.
Apart from his religious discourses with leading practitioners from traditions like Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism, Tenzin Gyatso's long-standing interest in science and technology leads him to discussions with scientists from around the world on topics ranging from cognitive neurology to physics.
"We all have the desire to achieve happy life. And everyone have right to achieve happy life."
"Genuine friendship on the basis of trust. Trust. Come from openness. Transparent. Honest. Then trust come. On the basis of trust real friendship come."
"All religion is stemming from basic human good quality. Basic human values are secular values."
Dalai Lama and Carl Sagan in 1991"My parent illiterate. Uneducated. Just a villager. A farmer. But, very very compassionate."
"So therefor Buddhist blessing may be there, but Buddhist blessing must go through human hand- human action. So therefor, I believe, last several thousand years, we just praying, but, not satisfactory result. "
"Now something changing now. Not only material sort of development, but internal development is equally important."
Q&A starts at about 48 minutes
Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford:
http://ccare.stanford.edu/node
Dalai Lama Home:
http://www.dalailama.com/
Charter for Compassion:
http://charterforcompassion.org/
