Dalai Lama urges care for environment
The Dalai Lama said the need for environmental responsibility dovetails with Buddhist teachings on valuing human life, whether that is one person or the world’s entire population.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader addressed crowds of more than 7,000 during a weekend of lectures at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
“Taking care of our planet -- environment -- is something like taking care of our own home,” he said. “This blue planet is our only home.”
Outside the arena where the Dalai Lama spoke, hundreds of pro-China demonstrators held signs and waved Chinese flags.
Many wore T-shirts that read “Support Beijing 2008,” a reference to the upcoming summer Olympics. A small plane pulled a banner that read “Dalai Lama Please Stop Attacking Olympic Flame.”
The Dalai Lama has said he supports the Beijing Olympics.
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