End of teachings
Today His Holiness finished the teaching of the lam rim texts and gave the audience a long life blessing and permission to do a specific long life meditation practice. The foreigners were fortunate to have an audience with His Holiness in the afternoon in which he talked on the need for secular ethics in today’s world. This talk was based on his book “Beyond Religion” which was released in January 2012 at the Kalachakra in Bodhgaya. The point His Holiness makes is that while all religions preach morality and the ethics of kindness and compassion, too often religion is used for political means or interpreted in ways that harm or divide humanity. He believes that today we can still respect religion but need to base our ethics and morals on our human ability to love, be compassionate and have empathy for each other, our collective human need to have happiness, the laws of human rights as well as respect for our human family. He calls this as secular ethics, and suggests that due to the breakup of the traditional extended family, communities and nations there is a need for secular ethics to be taught in schools so as to encourage human unity and human dignity.
Beyond Religion on amazon at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15/185-5620168-6163137?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=beyond+religion+
Today His Holiness finished the teaching of the lam rim texts and gave the audience a long life blessing and permission to do a specific long life meditation practice. The foreigners were fortunate to have an audience with His Holiness in the afternoon in which he talked on the need for secular ethics in today’s world. This talk was based on his book “Beyond Religion” which was released in January 2012 at the Kalachakra in Bodhgaya. The point His Holiness makes is that while all religions preach morality and the ethics of kindness and compassion, too often religion is used for political means or interpreted in ways that harm or divide humanity. He believes that today we can still respect religion but need to base our ethics and morals on our human ability to love, be compassionate and have empathy for each other, our collective human need to have happiness, the laws of human rights as well as respect for our human family. He calls this as secular ethics, and suggests that due to the breakup of the traditional extended family, communities and nations there is a need for secular ethics to be taught in schools so as to encourage human unity and human dignity.
Beyond Religion on amazon at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15/185-5620168-6163137?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=beyond+religion+
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