Friends of Project Happiness

Letter from the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama Foundation

The Dalai Lama Foundation was established in 2002 with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s endorsement and advice, with a mission to support and develop our shared global capacity for ethics and peace. Through educational programs that promote the exploration of universal values and ethics around the globe, people of all walks of life have an opportunity to be agents of change for a better, more peaceful world.

The Dalai Lama

In advising the Foundation, The Dalai Lama shared the importance of these education programs, saying “Education is the key. Understanding leads to conviction, which leads to enthusiasm, which sustains action... Education for basic human values is very important. No one exists as an isolated individual. Problems far away will eventually affect us. This is not religion, but reality. It is essential to understand the reality of our situation, and develop the basic human values of warmth, affection, kindness and compassion. So this idea of curricula for peace and ethics is very important... not only important, but urgent.”

Western Association of Schools & Colleges — President’s letter

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