Bengaluru: The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said here on Sunday that faith must not be mixed with attachment, as it rejects pluralism.
Delivering the first National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) Distinguished Fellow Lecture on Sunday, he said, “Attachment to faith makes you believe in one truth, one religion. The belief in one truth makes you biased, leading to one belief trying to kill another. You want to impose your beliefs on others, rejecting the reality of many religions.”
He condemned the atrocities in the name of religion and said, “Don’t use the name of religion for terrorism. The conflict in religion arises when there is a conflict for power. Some Muslim countries around the world are in conflict. Indian Muslims should take an active role in bringing more harmony within the community.”
“The only hope that is left is education. Education has the important responsibility of building healthy mind and only healthy-minded people can build healthy societies,” the Dalai Lama said.
The education has played a key role in changing the world. Weapons and economy will not create a peaceful world, but a secular education system will. Those who create wars survive, but innocent children and young mothers suffer. Maybe the modern science should build a bullet which will only hit those who create wars, but not the innocents!”, he added.
“Don’t expect miracles. I don’t believe in miracles and healing powers. Those who claim miracle powers deceive us!”, he concluded the lecture.
Inputs from agencies
