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Te Dalai Lama with the GSWS board and team. He said one key to health is no sugar
Continued from front cover Te Dalai Lama told GSWS delegates that individuals who receive affection from their mothers are secure and happy inside, he said: “Mothers’ love is very important, and we should have compas- sion for those who didn’t have enough of it, because it affects their self confidence.” He believes self confidence is vital: “You may
be an intelligent person, but telling lies, hypoc- risy and procrastination are signs of weakness and a lack of self confidence. If you have self confidence, your life is happy and it’s an immense help in reducing a self-centred atti- tude. Most problems come from a self-centred attitude, whereas courage and principled hon- esty gives you inner strength and confidence. He’s a great believer in science and educa-
tion saying: “Sometimes the minds of religious people are a little biased, but genuine scien- tists’ minds are open, wonderful and generally unbiased. Education through scientific findings is the key to understanding – learning comes through education, not religion.” Te 2013 GSWS theme is ‘A Defining Moment’
and Pelletier asked the Dalai Lama about defin- ing moments in his life. With emotion he said: “When I was 16 I lost my freedom, when I was 24, I lost my country. Ten I lost my individ- ual freedom when I became the Dalai Lama. “When I was young I realised I wasn’t holy,
but I had to pretend to be holy,” he said, “I had no interest in studying and my tutor had a stern face. I had to sit with him and pray and do rec- itations, but Buddhism involves much training of the mind, so I became interested. It’s been 60 years since then and I have learned that your most reliable friend is your own intelligence and warm heartedness.” He’s strongly in favour of equality, addressing
both male and female delegates he said: “Tere are seven billion of us and we are all equal.” Te Dalai Lama said people’s basic needs are
the same as those of animals – “we sleep, we eat, we drink”, but that our “special brain” is a
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unique giſt: “We have a special sort of brain – if you don’t use it properly, it’s wasted.” However, he said this intelligence can bring
great pain as well as happiness: “It creates most of the worry and greed and this creates pain and problems. But, because these problems come from human intelligence, so the solution must also come from there. Education is the solution.” He said the main weakness of the modern
education system is that it’s orientated towards material things and that it must include a focus on the “mental qualities that bring peace”. Te Dalai Lama said he’s optimistic about
the future: “People are fed up with violence and human beings have great potential for peace – all religions accept the importance of love and compassion. We are social animals and in all social animals, co-operation is essential. We’re becoming more mature and human creativ- ity can reduce man-made problems such as nationalism – which is a self-centred attitude – as well as pollution and hatred. “Secular doesn’t mean disrespect for reli-
gions – respect between religions is very important in today’s world. We need to engage in respectful debate – respect everyone, even non-believers. Extend your unbiased compas- sion towards your enemy. Tese are sufficient reasons to be optimistic about the future.” When asked about his experiences of spa
bathing, he said he understood there was great expertise in knowing which springs are good for which illnesses. Giving a huge laugh, he said that he personally just found them to be really “quite comfortable”. He repeatedly mentioned having pains in his right knee and difficulty walking and many in the audience were clearly itching to invite him to their spa for a treatment. And the Dalai Lama’s advice on happiness
and health? “Compassion and love, trust and an open heart are the keys to happiness,” he said, “and everyone has the right to achieve that,” concluding, “Peace of mind and warm heartedness are also key – and no sugar.”
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