Taiwanese media reported on Monday that exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could visit the island in the near future to attend a science function.
The Dalai Lama was quoted as saying on the sidelines of a three-day dialogue with Taiwanese scientists and scholars in Dharamsala, India, that he would be willing to travel to Taiwan to inaugurate a new symposium on science and Buddhism “when the time is ripe.”
He said he hoped the new event would attract many scientists from China and Taiwan.
It was reported that the Dalai Lama discussed holding the event with Lee Yuan-tseh, the first Taiwanese Nobel laureate and a renowned chemist, who led a group of Taiwanese scientists to Dharamsala.
The scientists arrived in Himachal Pradesh in northern India last week for a meeting with the Dalai Lama to discuss quantum mechanics and quantum effects and their relationship with Buddhism, as well as ways to expand the scope of scientific studies to include the exploration of the inner mind, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.
At the dialogue’s conclusion, the Dalai Lama put khata – ceremonial scarfs used in Tibetan Buddhism – around the shoulders of the participants as a token of gratitude.
Science means investigating reality without being content with belief, an approach similar to Buddhist teaching that emphasizes experimentation and not belief, the Dalai Lama said.
“It is time that people tried to understand their inner selves, as the wisdom of Buddhist writings should not just be contained in books, otherwise, the work of Buddhists would be reduced to praying, presiding over rituals and transferring merits,” he said.
The Dalai Lama also told a packed auditorium that a professor from the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing pledged he would explore ways to invite the Dalai Lama to attend scientific conferences in China as a “scientist” and not as a religious leader.
Winston Medved whoa! Look who’s (in almost discernable English) talking
Winston Medved whoa! Look who’s (in almost discernable English) talking
pppsssttt… your identity as a #chinesetroll is showing
pppsssttt… your identity as a #chinesetroll is showing
Anita Hagelin Now you are on to it! Couldn’t bring myself to read story about the Llasa palace being renovated. With Modi and Xi recent huddle fest, can just imagine what a #fakeunesco site looks like.
Anita Hagelin Now you are on to it! Couldn’t bring myself to read story about the Llasa palace being renovated. With Modi and Xi recent huddle fest, can just imagine what a #fakeunesco site looks like.
HaHaHa! HHDL as operative for CIA! If anything, it is the other way round.
HaHaHa! HHDL as operative for CIA! If anything, it is the other way round.
Anita Hagelin It’s OK. I have, and am transferring all that merit to #QuemFam, so you can rest easy now. Thank you for caring.
Anita Hagelin It’s OK. I have, and am transferring all that merit to #QuemFam, so you can rest easy now. Thank you for caring.
I do feel sorry for you poor people of Mainland China! Will you ever wake up?
I do feel sorry for you poor people of Mainland China! Will you ever wake up?
If you want to see fake monks please go to the monasteries in Tibet and look at all those Han Chinese dressed up in monk robes pretending to be Tibetan monks
If you want to see fake monks please go to the monasteries in Tibet and look at all those Han Chinese dressed up in monk robes pretending to be Tibetan monks
Yesterday I heard a lot of shity fake talks from a Chinese Ambassador. Fits very well in what you guys say here. Do not think that I will believe a word of it. Let’s see who will win in the end!
Yesterday I heard a lot of shity fake talks from a Chinese Ambassador. Fits very well in what you guys say here. Do not think that I will believe a word of it. Let’s see who will win in the end!