His Holiness the Dalai Lama expresses gratitude to German Tibet Support Groups[Sunday, 2 August 2009, 10:12 a.m.]
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing a gathering of around 450 Tibetans and 50 German volunteers of Tibet Support Groups in Frankfurt,Germany, on 1 August 2009 |
Frankfurt, Germany: Addressing
the members of the German Tibet support groups in Frankfurt on Saturday
afternoon, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his deepest gratitude
for their support for the Tibetan cause.The members of the
German Tibetan Community and some 50 volunteers of the various Tibet
support groups based in Germany attended the talk.At the same time His Holiness conveyed his great concern for Tibet’s deteriorating environment.His Holiness said that Tibet was passing through a very difficult time in our history and over 1 million Tibetans have died. His
Holiness further said that there has been an increase in contacts with
ordinary Chinese over the years. There have been about 680 articles
written on Tibet by Chinese mostly expressing their concern and support
for the Middle Way Approach. Over 100 of these articles were written by
Chinese living inside China. Earlier in the day, His Holiness
the Dalai Lama took part in two different symposiums on the theme “One
World – One Mind – One Heart”.The morning symposium was a
dialogue with three scientists and prominent personalities on global
and personal responsibilities with Prof. Dr Mojib Latif, Prof. Dr.
Karl-Heínz Brodbeck and Prof Götz Werner. The afternoon symposium on
Ethics and the Economy and global responsibility with Prof. Dr. Tania
Singer, Ven. Matthieu Ricard and Prof. Gerald Hüther. The moderator for
the symposiums was Mr. Gert Scobel, a respected journalist on culture
and religion in Germany.In his address, His Holiness said “The concept of we and they are now outdate. We must think of everyone as part of ourselves.” While
speaking on developing compassion, His Holiness said, “something I know
for sure through my own experience is that cultivating universal love
and compassion is not only crucial for mental peace but it is also good
for one’s own physical health.” “Destructive emotions like
hatred, jealousy and extreme attachments not only destroy one’s peace
of mind, but these are harmful for one’s physical health,” His Holiness
added.More pictures:
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mr. Christof Spitz, German translator on the screen inside the teaching hall |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the panelists of the morning session |
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| Asian bazaar outside the teaching hall |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the panelists of the afternoon session |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the Tibetan audience (450 Tibetans and 50 German volunteers of Tibet Support Groups) |
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