13 / October / 2013
The Nobel Peace Prize 1989 He said that to achieve peace, human effort is required, not just pray
Mexico.- Peace in the world will not be achieved only by praying; human effort is required, expressed the XIV Dalai Lama from Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1989.
On his third day of visiting Mexico, The spiritual leader pointed out that most people ask God or Buddha hoping for a miracle and sometimes they come and other times help does not arrive., hence the frustration, so he insisted that the work and effort of people is required.
By giving a two-hour conference at the Mexico City Arena, the Dalai Lama, who has 78 years, considered that religions will not be the ones that will solve the problem of corruption, because there is no universal religion.
In fact, he added, of the seven billion inhabitants in the world, thousand do not believe in anything and mentioned that India is the most spiritual country; however, has a huge inequality gap.
According to him Dalai Lama, The problem of corruption is due to the fact that educational systems do not promote human and moral values. They are more focused on the material, instead of promoting the values, but it also happens in religions where many people promote corruption.
The most advanced religions, express, are those that are based on philosophical sources, although they all agree that the basis of happiness is love and compassion.
The spiritual leader of Tibet He said that material things give comfort to people, but it's not enough; “wealth does not give happiness; on many occasions, you go to a house with a family that has a lot of wealth, opulence, but the members are estranged”.
“Right now there are seven billion people on the planet.”, we are projected to be 10 billion at the end of this century and it is logical that inequality between the rich and the poor will grow.”.
Ante 15 thousand people gathered at the conference “Peace begins in the heart”, the first of two that will be offered this Sunday, the scholar of Buddhist philosophy, born in a village called Taktser, located in the northeast of Tibet, He also stressed that there are two levels of happiness.
The sensory, what is the materialist, and mental happiness. In fact, when you feel pain or loss, mental happiness is what gives the strength to move forward; while the sensory is superficial, he pointed out Dalai Lama.
