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Dalai Lama says we need a ‘global system of secular ethics’
http://io9.com/5982499/dalai-lama-says-we-need-a-global-system-of-secular-ethics
George Dvorsky
Back in September the Dalai Lama told his Facebook friends that "grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate," and that religion alone cannot foster values such as integrity and compassion. Since that time, the Tibetan Buddhist leader has taken his somewhat surprising message on the road, and is now calling for a global system of secular ethics.
Speaking at the recently concluded Mind & Life Conference in India, the Dalai Lama told attendees that a new global ethical code would be of benefit to everyone, including people who don't follow any particular religion. He said that the new ethics should incorporate the diverse set of values that people of various beliefs hold in common.
Reporting on the conference, Radio Free Asia's Kalden Lodoe tells us more:
"The reason for this is that there are those who have faith in religions and there are many who don't," the Dalai Lama said, adding that even among religious leaders, "there are some who are responsible for injustice, deception, hypocrisy, and exploitation."
Current education, he said, is almost always geared towards economic development, which "neither helps solve individual mental problems nor society-level problems."
Current education, he said, is almost always geared towards economic development, which "neither helps solve individual mental problems nor society-level problems."
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And Dalai Lama is constantly joking, laughing and making others laugh, while also making sharp questions to scientists which go to the heart of the matter, as well as when asked, giving sound advice on how to continue scientific research. And when he spoke most emphatically about the issue of OP, he was addressing what all of us are worried about and fear, the future of our children, and his analysis was sharp and common sense and most of all giving hope, on rational and wise basis.
As for a Boddhisatva of Compassion, HH DL is not doing a bad job... 
