Dharamsala, HP, India, 29 August 2016 (By Tenzin Monlam, phayul.com) - The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama
today said that education on ‘emotional hygiene’ is in great need
today’s world. The Tibetan leader was speaking on the first day of the
four-day teaching on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of the Middle Way (Uma Rinchen Trengwa) at the main temple of Tsuglakhang.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking on the first day of his teachings at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on August 29, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Phuntsok/OHHDL
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“Like
physical education, learning emotional hygiene is in great need today.
Years of discussions with many scholars and educationist friends have
led to the decision of coming up with a curriculum on moral ethics
without touching any religious aspect,” the Dalai Lama said at the
teachings requested by a group from Asia.
He said that friendship
is built on trust and that trust can only be gained with love and
compassion, in the absence of pride, jealousy and malicious thoughts.
“We
should all keep our identity and religion aside and consider ourselves
human first. At the fundamental level we all seven billion human beings
are the same wishing for a happy life,” he said.
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A view of the inside of the Main Tibetan Temple on the first day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings at the request of a group from Southeast Asia in Dharamsala, HP, India on August 29, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Phuntsok/OHHDL
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The spiritual
leader added that being a follower of Buddha’s teaching and through 81
years of observation and experience, he has seen tremendous
technological developments but lack in the development of moral values.
He said modern education, which mostly focuses on materialistic values,
should include moral values rooted deep in the love and compassion.
Responding
to a question from a devotee, the Tibetan leader said wealth is
important and useful for physical comfort but not for mental comfort.
“For example, my billionaire friends, they have so much money but as a
human being they are very unhappy. So Immense wealth fails to bring
inner peace. The only way to bring inner peace is to break the
destructive emotions.”
Over 7,000 devotees from 57 different
countries attended the first day of the teaching including 1550 from the
group of Asian countries at whose request the teaching is being
conducted.
