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Beyond Religion by The Dalai Lama
In his new book “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World”, His Holiness the Dalai Lama argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. Rather he proposes a system of secular ethics that transcends religion as a way to recognize our common humanity and so contributes to a global human community based on understanding and mutual respect.
Ten years ago, in his book “Ethics for a New Millennium”, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles.
Now, in “Beyond Religion”, the Dalai Lama, at his most compassionate and outspoken, elaborates and deepens his vision for the nonreligious way. Transcending the mere “religion wars,” he outlines a system of secular ethics that gives tolerant respect to religion—those that ground ethics in a belief in God and an afterlife, and those that understand good actions as leading to better states of existence in future lives. And yet, with the highest level of spiritual and intellectual authority, the Dalai Lama makes a claim for what he calls a third way.
Dalai Lama’s Quotes on Kindness
The Dalai Lama is one of the best known living ambassadors for peace in the 21st century world we live in. He is famous for his quotes and views on many topics that touch the lives as lived in this modern era, and his signature jovial smile also highlights his inner peace that radiates contentment.
Here are a couple of quotes by the Dalai Lama on the importance of kindness in the world we live today.
Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.
It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others’ hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.
Brand Dalai Lama cannot be valued
While the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, marks his fiftieth year as a Tibetan refugee in India, Anand Sankar from Business Standard does some number crunching to determine how much is he worth? This is totally futile exercise, however detailed it may be, as the Dalai Lama is not out in this world to make a profit, and his brand image has a very high intangible goodwill that you cannot put a value on in money terms.
