Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love, and Happiness by Dalai Lama

Author:Dalai Lama
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
ISBN: 014219607X
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2002-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

What is the best method to stop the population growth? Does Buddhist philosophy have a role to play?

More monks and more nuns, of course! I call it nonviolent birth control. It is necessary.

On the eve of your first visit to Jerusalem, what is your message on interreligious relations?

A few years ago I started a practice that I consider a step toward establishing harmony among religions: a pilgrimage to different holy places with a group of people from different religions. We go together and pray together in silence, and it is quite an experience. I started with Sarnath. Last year at Trivandrum, in Kerala, I got the opportunity to visit a mosque, a church and a Ganesh temple. I saw a beautiful silver Ganesh. I thought Ganesh had a very nice stomach; after that visit, I thought I would make some money, but I didn’t. Anyway, I loved that Ganesh. At the mosque I had my first opportunity to pray together with our Muslim brothers. This I really feel is a powerful method to communicate with people from different religious traditions. I saw Jerusalem many years ago, after which I have been very eager to go to holy places like Jerusalem.

Recently I visited Lourdes in France—where the vision of Mary appeared. It was truly wonderful. I am not a Christian, I am a Buddhist. And in that way I am a nonbeliever. I do not believe in God.We Buddhists do not accept a creator. Nevertheless, I deeply respect and appreciate the Christian tradition and all other religions.Therefore, when I was there, I felt a deep satisfaction. It was quite wonderful. If possible, I will go to Mecca as well, but I don’t know when. I am really looking forward to going to Jerusalem with a group of people from different religious traditions.

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