Dalai Lama Tells Teens, ‘War Is Outdated’
The Dalai Lama urged thousands of teenagers at a world peace conference in Denver to embrace globalization and accept people from all countries as neighbors and collaborators, not rivals.
“There are no national boundaries. The whole globe is becoming one body,” he said at the PeaceJam convention. “In these circumstances, I think war is outdated.... Destruction of your neighbor is actually destruction of yourself.”
The Dalai Lama was among 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates participating in the conference. Teens from 31 countries were among attendees.
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