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Excerpt from a speech by the Dalai Lama on Oct. 14, 2010, at Stanford University
"When I talk with people, from my side, no feeling of barrier. And when you put some questions, from your side also should not feel any barrier. We are the same human beings. Mentally, emotionally, physically, we are the same. But then, no matter what our appearances, we all have desire to achieve a happy life.
Everyone has the right to achieve a happy life. So we are the same, 100% same, on this level. Then particularly now, in today's world. In reality I think no longer the concept of "we" and "they." The entire now nearly 7 billion human beings should consider part of we. Because our individual future depend on them.
So, for one's own interest, we have to think about the whole planet, whole humanity. So that is reality. Not like ancient times. Ancient times the concept of "we" and "they" was very strong. Because interest was more or less independent. So according to that circumstances, the concept of war, destruction of "they," victory of "we."
Now that concept is outdated because of the new reality, no longer that much gap or separation."
Excerpt from a speech by the Dalai Lama on Oct. 14, 2010, at Stanford University
"When I talk with people, from my side, no feeling of barrier. And when you put some questions, from your side also should not feel any barrier. We are the same human beings. Mentally, emotionally, physically, we are the same. But then, no matter what our appearances, we all have desire to achieve a happy life.
Everyone has the right to achieve a happy life. So we are the same, 100% same, on this level. Then particularly now, in today's world. In reality I think no longer the concept of "we" and "they." The entire now nearly 7 billion human beings should consider part of we. Because our individual future depend on them.
So, for one's own interest, we have to think about the whole planet, whole humanity. So that is reality. Not like ancient times. Ancient times the concept of "we" and "they" was very strong. Because interest was more or less independent. So according to that circumstances, the concept of war, destruction of "they," victory of "we."
Now that concept is outdated because of the new reality, no longer that much gap or separation."
