Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary; 03-September-2007 (Day 1 of 3; Morning) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism Podcast

As the students who requested these teachings are mainly English-speaking Buddhists from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia of Chinese descent, His Holiness spoke in English about his commitment to promote secular human values and religious harmony. While positive mental attitudes can overcome physical suffering, material prosperity does not eliminate mental misery. The clash of opposing forces inherent in phenomena is the basis for transformation, and the first counterforce to mental suffering is compassionate loving kindness. Biology, not religion, dictates our reliance on love and compassion. Secular science, medicine and philosophy along with the major religious traditions can promote these human values to counter global and personal troubles. For the individual, faith solely in one’s own religion or truth is valid. For the varied dispositions of the many, multiple expressions of truths are necessary. Respect for all the truths that promote human values is essential. His Holiness then introduced analytical bases for Buddhist spiritual practice (the evolutionary law of causation and selflessness) and the authors of this teaching’s subject texts, Nagarjuna and Kamalashila.