The world will be changed by western women.

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha`s own words must be rejected.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.

So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.

Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.

My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that establishing binding ethical principles is possible when we take as our starting point the observation that we all desire happiness and wish to avoid suffering.