An appeal to the world by The Dalai Lama with Franz Alt

The way to peace in a time of division

We have the most to learn from our enemies. In a way, they are our best teachers. — The Dalai Lama.

About the Author:

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan People and Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1989 and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.

An Appeal to the world, calls for universal ethics as a way of peace, has sold more than 350,000 copies globally. His following bestseller, “The Book of Joy, coauthored with Archbishop Desmond Tutu has also done amazingly well. The Dalai Lama now lives in exile in Dharamshala, India ever since he fled Tibet in 1959.

To be happy, the Dalai Lama explains, one must practice compassion. Likewise, if we want others to be happy, we also need to practice compassion.

He emphasizes that it’s more important for schools to have classes on ethics as opposed to religion, because it’s more important for humanity’s survival to be aware of our commonalities rather than to constantly pinpoint what divides us.