All Religions Try To Benefit People, With

Our Every Action Has A Universal Dimension, A Potential Impact On Others' Happiness.

I Find That Because Of Modern Technological Evolution And Our Global Economy, And As A Result Of The Great Increase In Population, Our World Has Greatly Changed: It Has Become Much Smaller. However, Our Perceptions Have Not Evolved At The Same Pace; We Continue To Cling To Old National Demarcations And The Old Feelings Of 'us' And 'them'.

I Have Been Clear In My Position For Quite A While, But The Chinese Have Not Responded. Therefore, We Are Now In The Process Of Holding A Referendum On Our Policy Among All The Tibetan Community In Exile And Even Inside Tibet, To Check Whether The Majority Thinks We Are On The Right Track.

As Soon As I Wake Up I Pay Homage To The Buddha, And I Try To Prepare My Mind To Be More Altruistic, More Compassionate, During The Day To Come So I Can Be Of Benefit To Beings. Then I Do Physical Exersice - I Walk On A Treadmill.

There Is A Saying In Tibetan That "at The Door Of The Miserable Rich Man Sleeps The Contented Beggar". The Point Of This Saying Is Not That Poverty Is A Virtue, But That Happiness Does Not Come With Wealth, But From Setting Limits To One's Desires, And Living Within Those Limits With Satisfaction.