Dalai Lama Quote on World Peace

I have a ticket to see the Dalai Lama give a teaching in San Francisco in late April--so I've got that to look forward to! Meanwhile, here's a good quote by His Holiness:

Dalai Lama Quote of the Week

Many places have been totally changed through the use of police force and the power of guns--the Soviet Union, China, Burma, the Philippines, many communist countries, countries in Africa and South America. But eventually, you see, the power of guns and the power of the will of ordinary human beings will change places. I am always telling people that our century is very important historically for the planet. There is a big competition between world peace and world war, between the force of mind and the force of materialism, between democracy and totalitarianism. And now within this century, the force of peace is gaining the upper hand. Still, of course, the material force is very strong, but there is a kind of dissatisfaction about materialism and a realization or feeling that something is missing.

...entering the twenty-first century, I think the basic concerns are human values and the value of truth. These things have more value, more weight now.

--from The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama compiled and edited by Sidney Piburn, Foreword by Sen. Claiborne Pell, published by Snow Lion Publications

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NEWS: Tibet Day declared in Wisconsin State--
Wisconsin Governor Proclaims March 10 as Tibet Day.

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