【The Age】Recession is chance to re-think values: Dalai Lama

nbnbren

Recession is chance to re-think values: Dalai Lama  
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/recession-is-chance-to-rethink-values-dalai-lama-20090728-e09g.html

July 28, 2009

           The ongoing globaleconomic crisis is an opportunity to re-think values related tofinance, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Tuesdayduring a visit to Poland.

            "Maybe this unfortunatecrisis can be a lesson to start to think about other values of humanbeings, not only just money," he told a predominantly student audienceat Warsaw University.

            "What have we learned? In money matters we need truth, honesty -- transparency is very essential," he said.

            "Ofcourse my knowledge, experience in the financial field is zero. Ofcourse one, thing I know: money is important. Without money you can'tsurvive," he said, chuckling.

            "Yes, of course,money is important, but of course there are other values, happy family,happy community and more contented," he added.

            He said the crisis was rooted in "greed and speculation" and a lack of transparency in the financial world.

            "Onething I think all those business people should learn is that all theirbusiness work should be transparent and clean and honest," he added.

            TheDalai Lama arrived in the Polish capital Warsaw on Monday for athree-day visit during which he is to receive honorary citizenship ofthe city.

            He will also visit a museum dedicated tothe World War II Warsaw Uprising, a doomed 1944 insurrection by thePolish resistance against the occupying Nazi Germans.

            The1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate last visited Poland in December 2008 tomark 25 years since Polish anti-communist icon Lech Walesa likewisereceived the prize as leader of the country's Solidarity freedommovement that peacefully toppled communism here in 1989.

            Chinawas enraged by the Dalai Lama's meeting with French President NicolasSarkozy -- then at the helm of the European Union -- during theTibetan's visit to honour Walesa.

            Beijing arguesthe Dalai Lama wants full independence for Tibet, a claim which hehimself has called "totally baseless," insisting instead on anautonomous status for his Himalayan homeland within China.

            Hehas lived in exile in India since fleeing Tibet after a failed uprisingin 1959 against Chinese rule, nine years after Chinese troops hadinvaded.

mlisten

恩，认领。

mlisten

完毕。http://bbs.m4.cn/forum.php?mod=v ... p;page=1&extra=