His Holiness the Dalai Lamagave three days teaching on Nagarjuna’s The Precious Garland of the Middle Way (a commentary written by Nagarjuna belonging to his Collection of Advice offers advice on how to conduct our lives and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals) from October 3 at Tsuglakhang- the main Tibetan temple in Dharamshala.
His Holiness introduced the text explaining about the system of instruction on the workings of mind and emotion in the Nalanda tradition and how the Tibetan Buddhist philosophy remains crucially relevant to modern humanity. He emphasised on the importance of education in creating happiness and human welfare. Speaking in the same vein as he continued, he looked at the significance of including secular ethics in the school curriculum to foster critical thinking and an inquiring mind in order to empower the young generation in tackling negative emotions while at the same time grasping the potential of human intelligence and compassion.
The teaching was organised by the International Association of Tibetan Buddhist Dharma, Taiwan. Around 7,500 followers and devotees from 61 different countries attended the teaching. There was live translation available in Chinese, English, Hindi, German, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish, French, Mongolian and Russian.
Throughout the three-day teaching His Holiness repeatedly stressed the importance of compassion which, he said, is a prerequisite in the modern world as all humans are social animals and are dependent on one another from birth to death. Humans are by nature compassionate and given the fact that all sentient beings desire happiness and not suffering, everyone should work for the happiness of others in order to be truly happy themselves. On the final day of the teaching he gave the Mahamayuri initiation.
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