Via io9, here’s what … wrote on Facebook according to io9:
All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.
io9: Dalai Lama tells his Facebook friends that religion “is no longer adequate”
The Dalai Lama has been saying he hopes for a woman to succeed him and has also said it’s possible he will have no successor.
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