His Holiness addressing the members of Diplomatic Consular Corps at Bengaluru
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His holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to speak at the Diplomatic Consular Corps of Karnataka, a gathering of representatives from nearly twenty countries, at the National Institute of Advance Studies in Bengaluru, Karnataka, southern India, on 6 December.
His Holiness was welcomed to the platform by Anatole Kuschpeta from France and HE SabitSubasic, the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina who introduced His Holiness to the gathering and wished him good health and a long life.
In his address to the gathering, Peace for Economy, His Holiness said that conflict arises when we dwell too much on secondary differences between us: nationality, faith, wealth, education, etc. Instead we should focus on the fact that we are all human beings and we all appreciate affection and are capable of showing affection to others. “We can no longer put national interests ahead of the global interest. We will only create a more peaceful and harmonious world if we adopt a peaceful approach by engaging in dialogue” added His Holiness.
The Diplomatic and Consular Corps of Karnataka was to forge a symbiotic relationship between the government of Karnataka and the various foreign representations and missions in the State.
In the afternoon His Holiness visited the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), a centre of higher learning engaged in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities and founded by JRD Tata. There he presented his NIAS Distinguished Fellow Lecture, where he said that the purpose of life is to be happy and the ultimate source of happiness is not a wealth of material goods but a mental feeling of joy. “What I conclude from this is that mental experience is far more effective than sensory experience. Therefore, to be happy we need inner strength and self-confidence. And it seems to me that warm-heartedness is the source of that inner strength”.
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