Peace of mind foundation of happiness: Dalai Lama
TNN Bureau. Updated: 3/18/2018 2:06:26 AM
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JAMMU: Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso who arrived in winter capital of state Saturday morning to attend the first convocation of Central University Jammu which is slated to be held on Sunday, said that irrespective of region and religion, everybody wants happiness and joyfulness, the foundation of which is peace of mind.
In a message to the people of the Jammu and Kashmir, the Dalai Lama said, "I want to express special greetings and prayers for people of the state. We should always keep peace of mind and should not let anger overtake us."
"Anger always brings disaster and prevents us from using our intelligence effectively therefore preventing us from finding solutions to difficult situations," he said.
Mentally, physically, emotionally, human beings are same everywhere. Everybody wants happiness, joyfulness. The foundation to this happiness is peace of mind, the Dalai Lama said.
Earlier, Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs Chering Dorjay along with Advisor to the Chief Minister Prof. Amitabh Mattoo on behalf of the Chief Minister, gave a warm reception to Tibetan spiritual leader.
The Dalai Lama is in the state to take part in the 1st Convocation of Central University of Jammu that is scheduled to be held on March 18, 2018 at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu.
Union minister Jitendra Singh and former chief of Army staff N C Vij will also attend the ceremony on March 18. They would receive degrees of doctor of philosophy, honoris causa, from the university.
During the convocation, PhD degrees, PG degrees, gold medals and merit certificates would be conferred on the candidates who had successfully completed their study programmes till the year 2017.
On Saturday, Vice Chancellor Central University Prof Ashok Aima, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Hemant Kumar Sharma, DC Jammu K. Rajeev Ranjan besides students from Ladakh, members of civil society, were also present on the occasion to accord welcome to the Dalai Lama and seek his blessings.