Religious Harmony

The Dalai Lama shares his appreciation for all religions since they bring deep benefit to humanity. Knowledge of each other’s religions brings understanding that they all have that same goal.

Buddhist science, philosophy and psychology can be of great benefit on a global scale to many issues faced in the 21st century. Dr. Berzin reflects on the particular challenges the major traditional Buddhist countries of Asia face.

Outlines of similarities between Sufism and Buddhism go in the right direction concerning generalities, but need to be supplemented with detailed analyses of specific cases in order to avoid misunderstanding.

An overview of the basic Buddhist concepts that allowed Islam to consider Buddhists “People of the Book” – those who follow the ethical teachings of a higher authority.

The Dalai Lama advises that the concept of nonviolence and dialogue needs to be taught in educational institutions. It is important for the younger generation to learn them, so that the ideas of dialogue and nonviolence become a part of their lives.

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.

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.