We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

We need to make material progress, but we need inner development too ... remember that the real development we seek is not in the buildings but in our hearts and minds.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make real peace? World peace through hatred and force is impossible.

Now is the time when your action is practice.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.