Sounds very reasonable to me….

We need to consider how our actions affect wildlife and the environment, and how they are likely to affect others. — Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) June 5, 2014

Three Books I Read Recently…..

Some books..... Finished reading today:Process Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides For The Perplexed):Bruce G. Epperly. I really enjoyed reading this introduction to Process Theology; a non-dogmatic optimistic Christian theology that makes sense. Anathema to Calvinism but plays well with science and other religions. Excellent book.... Just downloaded this one for my Kindle:Holy Adventure: …

It seems essential to me that the major …

It seems essential to me that the major religions come to agree upon the importance of adopting a basic, universal, set of ethics. @DalaiLama I think for the most part they actually already do. I'm not talking dogma but moral things like helping the poor, the Golden Rule etc....

futility of violence….

http://twitter.com/#!/DalaiLama/status/484588249948160 First reactions to challenges or confrontations are often violent. But the Dalai Lama is right that it is really not the best course of action. When I see the news on TV about all the people being killed in Afghanistan I see that war is such a ghastly waste....

Honoring the Dalai Lama

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I was listening to a talk show yesterday on the way home. The host ( a conservative Christian) was very unhappy that the Dalai Lama was getting the Congressional Gold Medal. He didn't think that the United States Congress should honor him because (according to …