"The last 50 years have been the darkest period in the Tibetan history.There was a serious threat to the disappearance of the Tibetan people, their culture and their heritage."
"In such a time we found India as our second home.Because of the support of the Indian government, the state governments and the public sympathy, we had the opportunity to carry on the preservation of the Tibetan Buddhist culture, including our own language."
"It is important and it is my duty to thank India for what it has done for us in the last 50 years".
Emphasising his indebtedness to India, Dalai Lama -- the Tibetan leader in exile and Nobel Peace Prize winner also referred to the people of the host country as his Indian brothers and sisters and his gurus.He was addressing Indian Americans in the US.
As he travels around the world, the Dalai Lama talks about two major issues -- both of which he learned from India, he said.
The first is a commitment to human values, compassion and non-violence, which he believes are the essentials to build a happy family, county and world. The second is his belief in building bridges of harmony on the basis of mutual respect and understanding.
"I take these two commitments that I learned from India," he said. "The tradition of ahimsa is central to India's being. I consider myself to be a messenger of Indian values and I try and make those values known in the world. I know I have made a small impact in the world."
Source:rediff.
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