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"I am the messenger of India's ancient thoughts world over," Dalai Lama told an assembly of intellectuals here.
He said democracy was deep rooted in India because the people had deep respect for the two precious ideals. Even non-believer like 'Charvak' was respected and given the high status of a sage in ancient India.
The Tibetan monk said he considered India as a master and Tibet its disciple as great scholars like Nagarjuna went from Nalanda to Tibet to preach Buddhism in the eighth century.
He said millions of people had lost their lives in violence and economy of many a countries got ruined due to conflicts in the 20th century. "Let the 21th century be a century of tolerance and dialogue."
The Dalai Lama is leaving here on Sunday for New Delhi.
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He touched the emotions of very large populations of India, who get very emotional when matters comes to their ancient values and practices. By saying this only Dalai Lama endorsed his belief on Indian values,and touched the public emotions. Which our today's politicians have forgotten,otherwise how many knows who was Charvak and Nagarjuna. But, also we should be little bit cautious,on his original motives.Although we should support Dalai Lama's cuase, but we should not be used against any other country leve alone China.
True - democracy was just an idea - but freedom from chains was certainly a prevalent ideal - democracy is a version of that idea ...
Hello Perspective, When a great leader like Dalai Lama praises the great root of India means he studied, analysed and experienced the cultural essence of India. It should dawn in you, "What is our culture?" and listen to great masters such as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Dalai Lama instead of googling.
Ancient India gave great philosophies to the world, and adhering to these principles will certainly lead to a better world, but democracy was definitely not part of the philosophy of it. Certainly not 1-person-1-vote to decide who is Raja, and not equality of rights for all. Claiming authority over India's ancient philosophies puts him in an influential position over today's Indians, and bringing up democracy puts him in line with India's current political system in contrast to the Chinese political system. I suddenly realise he is a politician. And the path he is taking will set the foundations for greater dissent and conflict between 2 very large populations. He must be wise enough to realise this. And surely he must know his foremost duty to avert conflict.