Religious Harmony

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 encourages students to develop their inner values and ethics alongside their education.

With the hope of defraying some common misunderstandings and exploring resonances between Islam and Buddhism, “Inquiring Mind” set up a conversation between Dr. Alexander Berzin and Dr. Snjezana Akpinar, a Buddhist practitioner with an academic background in Islam.

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.

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso, the simple Buddhist monk, and the man who is now one of the world’s most popular public figures.

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

Following an extensive teaching tour across the globe, Dr. Berzin presented several suggestions concerning the operating policies of Buddhist Dharma centers in foreign countries to the Dalai Lama. Read his observations and recommendations.

Statistics clearly indicate the enormous cost to the environment and the global economy of meat production and consumption. Medical science, religion, philosophy, and common sense tell us to stop eating meat or at least to cut down on the quantity and frequency of our...

​​The main theme of the conference in 1988 in Sarnath was the preservation of all the Tibetan spiritual traditions, lineages and cultural aspects, without sectarian distinction, especially in light of the future of Tibet. Approximately 350 incarnate lamas (tulkus) and abbots...

The Dalai Lama advises Buddhist centers on a number of topics, from giving in-depth teachings on emotions and the mind, to making sure that instead of only giving information to the practitioners, they also make a contribution to the betterment of the society where they live.