On the Day 1 of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's two day online teaching on Nagarjuna's "Precious Garland" from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on May 16, 2020, Dalai Lama requested to His world wide viewership , that When watching the webcasts, viewers should earnestly observe the social distancing protocols ,recommended wherever they live. Tibetan spiritual leader was speaking today morning live after a three-month-long break from all engagements since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.Drawing from the teachings of Buddhist scholar, Nagarjuna in his text, “Precious Garland”, His Holiness stated that the analytical and scientific approach of the Nalanda tradition, forming the base for Tibetan Buddhism, is precise in the study of the workings of human mind.He compared it to quantum physics that makes a distinction between appearance and reality, “Appearance can be misleading, an object can be dissected into the tiniest molecule. While inherently the object holds no fixed meaning, we as observers ascribe meaning to the object. Therefore, we should instead seek an objective reality.”
His Holiness observed how materialistic development with its comfort and ease has brought along the human ignorance towards inner peace, so much that even materially successful people feel discontent.His Holiness spoke on the interdependence of all living beings, “an individual is reliant on community to survive which teaches us to strive for kindness and compassion towards one another, qualities intrinsic to human nature.”Similarly in the COVID-19 crisis that we are facing today, His Holiness stressed global cooperation and focus on what unites us as members of one human family.In this vein, His Holiness called upon all citizens of the world to also pay attention to the long-term issue of global climate change that has been set in motion and are expected to have far-reaching consequences within the next two decades.Dalai Lama will again speak on line on day two of his teaching on Chapters 1 and 4 of Nagarjuna's "Precious Garland (rinchen trengwa)" from 8 am to 9.30 am (Indian Standard Time), on Sunday from Dharamshala.