Noble peace laureate the Dalai Lama

DHARAMSHALA: Noble peace laureate the Dalai Lama while addressing a gathering of politicians, mediapersons, social activists and others here on Saturday stated that only the ancient Indian knowledge was capable of bringing world peace as it can foster better knowledge about emotions and how to tackle destructive ones.

The Tibetan spiritual leader was participating in a media event in Kangra town. Leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri, along with other Congress leaders, senior functionary of RSS Indresh Kumar, president of Tibetan administration Lobsang Sangay and vice-chancellor of the Central University of Himachal were the dignitaries at this event.

“Indian traditions offer the possibility of utilizing human intelligence fully and therefore it can make significant contribution to world peace. Firstly, we must revive this tradition, not through ritual and prayer, but through education,” said the Dalai Lama in his address. “If India takes lead in combining its ancient knowledge of emotions and inner world with modern education, I think many Buddhist countries will follow it, including China,” he said.

Talking about various conflicts across the world, he said that ancient India had a highly developed understanding of the depth of mental consciousness. “In my discussions with modern scientists I’ve learned about a great deal about quantum physics. However, the Indian nuclear physicist Raja Ramana once told me that concept of quantum physics was discovered centuries ago in ancient Indian texts, he added.

