No. 1034( Hạt Cát dịch)
Dalai Lama urges young people to embrace globalization
Dan Boniface Web Producer
Created: 9/16/2006 12:16 PM MST - Updated: 9/16/2006 12:16 PM MST
DENVER (AP) - Thousands of teenagers gathered for the PeaceJam world convention rose to their feet and cheered Saturday, greeting the Dalai Lama like a rock star.
The second day of Peace Jam took place on Saturday in Denver. 9NEWS at 7 a.m. September 16, 2006.
In his traditional maroon robe, the Dalai Lama spoke for more than an hour at PeaceJam, which brought together 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, urging the teens to keep open hearts and practice peace in their daily lives.
"At this moment, in 2006, the major part of this century is in your hands," he told them.
Facing a future with an ever-growing population, more and more demands for energy and food, and huge disparities in wealth, the Dalai Lama said the next generation will have 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. "In these circumstances, I think war is outdated - destruction of your neighbor is actually destruction of yourself."
Destroying another country in war doesn't benefit the victor any more. Instead, it creates environmental problems, trade gaps and humanitarian suffering that everyone must bear, he said.
Current strife is the result of past mistakes, he said, and he urged the teens not to get discouraged or think they have to stop all wars themselves. Instead, their mission is to learn from the previous generation's mistakes and start now by opening dialogue with each other so there are fewer disagreements, misunderstandings and violent clashes in the future.
"If we look carefully, I think we are social animals," he said. "We need a sense of caring, a sense of concern for others."
Earlier speakers criticized the United States and the Bush administration for invading Iraq and Afghanistan and not supporting supporting conventions recognizing the rights of children, and failure to open markets to developing nations.
About 3,000 youths from 31 countries were registered to attend PeaceJam at the University of Denver campus, billed as the largest gathering of Nobel Peace laureates in North America.
Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, both 49, started PeaceJam, which aims to bring teenagers face-to-face with some of the world's top proponents of peace.
"We face serious problems and if we don't start dealing with them in earnest and quit thinking it's someone else's problem to deal with, then we're doomed," Suvanjieff said. "I've kind of given up on people my age."
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=b7d79d8c-0abe-
Dalai Lama urges young people to embrace globalization
Dan Boniface Web Producer
Created: 9/16/2006 12:16 PM MST - Updated: 9/16/2006 12:16 PM MST
DENVER (AP) - Thousands of teenagers gathered for the PeaceJam world convention rose to their feet and cheered Saturday, greeting the Dalai Lama like a rock star.
The second day of Peace Jam took place on Saturday in Denver. 9NEWS at 7 a.m. September 16, 2006.
In his traditional maroon robe, the Dalai Lama spoke for more than an hour at PeaceJam, which brought together 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, urging the teens to keep open hearts and practice peace in their daily lives.
"At this moment, in 2006, the major part of this century is in your hands," he told them.
Facing a future with an ever-growing population, more and more demands for energy and food, and huge disparities in wealth, the Dalai Lama said the next generation will have 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. "In these circumstances, I think war is outdated - destruction of your neighbor is actually destruction of yourself."
Destroying another country in war doesn't benefit the victor any more. Instead, it creates environmental problems, trade gaps and humanitarian suffering that everyone must bear, he said.
Current strife is the result of past mistakes, he said, and he urged the teens not to get discouraged or think they have to stop all wars themselves. Instead, their mission is to learn from the previous generation's mistakes and start now by opening dialogue with each other so there are fewer disagreements, misunderstandings and violent clashes in the future.
"If we look carefully, I think we are social animals," he said. "We need a sense of caring, a sense of concern for others."
Earlier speakers criticized the United States and the Bush administration for invading Iraq and Afghanistan and not supporting supporting conventions recognizing the rights of children, and failure to open markets to developing nations.
About 3,000 youths from 31 countries were registered to attend PeaceJam at the University of Denver campus, billed as the largest gathering of Nobel Peace laureates in North America.
Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, both 49, started PeaceJam, which aims to bring teenagers face-to-face with some of the world's top proponents of peace.
"We face serious problems and if we don't start dealing with them in earnest and quit thinking it's someone else's problem to deal with, then we're doomed," Suvanjieff said. "I've kind of given up on people my age."
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=b7d79d8c-0abe-
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