Religious Harmony

The Dalai Lama shares his conviction that in today’s interconnected world, belief in one religion and one truth can be helpful for one individual, but acceptance of multiple truths is needed for society as a whole.

The Dalai Lama looks at the major world religions, each having their own specialty. Through close contact in a globalized world, they can learn new things from each other and enrich their own traditions.

Lecture by the Dalai Lama at the University of Maryland, USA promoting religious harmony and the implementation of moral values in everyday life.

We can view sectarianism in Buddhism superficially but looking at it deeply, we discover it to be a complex issue.

Each undertaking of translation from a specific base language to a specific target language has its unique linguistic challenges. In addition, it is important to understand well not only both languages, but also both cultures.

In 1990, eight rabbis and Jewish community leaders from the United States and Israel visited Dharamsala as a continuation of a Tibet-Jewish dialogue that had begun during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s October 1989 visit to the United States.

The Dalai Lama believes it is wrong to characterize a whole religion as bad because of the actions of a few mischievous people. This is true regarding Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism alike.

“A Meeting of Two Oceans; Dialogue on Sufism and Buddhism”: a dialogue at the Roshan Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland.

The universal values of kindness and honesty transcend any religious differences.

It is very important to maintain a nonsectarian point of view of Bon with regard to the Tibetan traditions. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama always stresses, these different traditions share the same ultimate aim: they all teach methods for achieving enlightenment to benefit...