Dalai Lama’s theme: ’science of emotions’

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The chief themes in the talk, titled “Peace, War and Reconciliation,” were the importance of being compassionate and of controlling negative emotions, because doing so helps improve the world. Compassion, he said, drives peace, and true compassion “is not just a mere feeling” of pity but a sense of concern for others that stems from feelings of equality with them. That feeling, he said, contributes to an “inner disarmament” that can help people get along and eventually lead to world peace. Negative emotions such as anger and hatred, he said, can cloud one’s vision and judgment.