RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Dalai Lama, the religious leader of Tibet Buddhists, focused on harmony and friendship among people of the world through their actions as necessary action for establishing peace in the world.
As “The Tibet Post” reported His Holiness the Dalai Lama said: “Harmony is the root of happiness, wars and weapons were created because there was no harmony, we should pray for the world peace, but prayers alone are not enough.”
Visiting the Wat-pa Thai temple in Bodhgaya and addressing the gathering on December 27, 2022 the Dalai Lama added human values, harmony among the world’s religious traditions, preservation of Tibetan culture and a revival of awareness of the value of ancient Indian knowledge should be promoted.
His Holiness said: “We all want to be happy, therefore we should seek friendship and harmony between us. Since religious practice is about cultivating goodwill and affection it’s very sad when we witness quarrelling among members of this or that tradition.
As far as we are concerned, we must do our best to follow the teaching of the Buddha sincerely. If the Buddha were to observe us arguing or criticising each other, I think he might ask us not to do that,” His Holiness said.
“Harmony is the root of happiness, wars and weapons were created because there was no harmony, we should pray for the world peace, but prayers alone are not enough, we should seek friendship and harmony among ourselves through our actions,” he added.
“We follow the same teacher and essentially the same teaching, therefore there’s every reason why there should be harmony between us whether we belong to the Pali or Sanskrit tradition,” His Holiness mentioned.
“There may be some differences between our various traditions, but the important point is that we are all followers of the same teacher. Therefore, it’s essential that we are friendly and respectful towards one another,” His Holiness said.