Session 3	Part 1 - The Dalai Lama - Essential Writings - editor Thomas A. Forsthoefel
	Chapter One - Wisdom
"Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face remendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered. Together with material development, we need spiritual development, so that inner peace and social harmony can be experienced. Without inner peace, without inner calm, it is difficult to have lasting peace. In this field of inner development, religion can make important contributions." ... p156

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PowerPoint Presentation - Jock McTavish
A paraphrased selection of the chapter's quotations of the Dalai Lama are presented in the powerpoint, which also contains the video selection. Click whatever works below - the complexity is because computers are like that!
Try this first - full screen - click to advance. Try this second - webpage version - You can download and save the normal PowerPoint file, if you right click the link above and then "save target as". click lower arrows to advance. .
Video Presentations
Video excerpt from Vancouver Peace Summit – Nobel Laureate’s Conversation - 27 September 2009 This video was captured from the webcast and 22 minutes were trimmed for the Monday night session. This is included in the PowerPoints above. The whole video is 90 minutes and includes the introduction by Karen Armstrong of the theme of compassion. Posting the whole video requires additional service at the host website. When this is available it will be posted on the StDavids Forum. Thankyou for your patience.
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