One-sided education is the biggest threat to humanity, says Dalai Lama

BENGALURU: Nobel Peace Prize winner and Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday said the biggest threat to humanity is one-sided education.“We only teach material values to our children and there is no effort to make them learn more important inner values. This is the most destructive weapon for humanity ,“ he said in an interview to The Times of India on Tuesday .
The absence of a holistic education leads to greed and human intelligence is used for destructive purposes.“The current system of education only promotes more material culture. It is short-sighted,“ said the 14th Dalai Lama.
The spiritual leader said a draft curriculum with secularism and ethics is being readied. “We hope to pilot it as a lesson in schools. This will ensure that the next generation will be much better in terms of inner values. I may not be able to see that in my lifetime. But it will happen,“ said the 81-year-old world leader.
Throughout his 40-minute interaction, he emphasized that the root of compassion and values originated from the Indian masters and dated back to 2000 years. “My 58-year stay in India has convinced me that religious harmony is possible. Today , wherever I go, I make an effort to talk about harmony and peace. India is the land of ahimsa, which means compassion here is stronger.“