If we had more women leaders, the world would be a safer place: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“Sometimes I speculate that if we had more women leaders, the world would be a safer place. Look at Finland and New Zealand and the achievements of their women leaders”, stated His Holiness the Dalai Lama while speaking on Be the Love for One Better World on April 12, 2021.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama interacted with 12 young influencers and change-makers with different conflict-ridden backgrounds, these individuals got the chance to interact with His Holiness through online video communication from his residence in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India on April 12, 201.

Sofia Shrif Rever , a Sanskrit Scholar, and Writer from Paris, France, founder of Be the Love organization introduced the event by highlighting the importance of altruistic love and what it means to inherit universal responsibility in today's generation which is facing so many challenges across the globe. Sofia posed a question to His Holiness about the concept of Universal Responsibility, “ How in this 21st Century, altruistic love is a realistic way to heal our divisions and move towards global peace, justice, responsibility, and happiness”?

His Holiness the Dalai Lama answered by saying, “In my lifetime, I’ve seen a great deal of bloodshed in a variety of wars. The result of such violence has just been suffering and more hatred. This is one of the reasons why I admire the European Union. Historically several of the nations that are among its members, especially the French and Germans, have regularly fought with each other down the centuries. However, after the end of the Second World War, they realized that constantly viewing your neighbor as your enemy serves no good purpose. Today, we have to think about the whole of humanity. It’s no longer enough just to think of your own nation or continent. The whole world has to be included. We need to acknowledge that we are all part of a global economy and we are all threatened by global warming”.

“I am committed to promoting broader awareness of the oneness of humanity. When I was still in Tibet, I admit that I only really thought about my fellow Tibetans. But after coming into exile in India, I’ve met people from many different places and made friends with them. I’ve realized that we are all the same in being human”, the Tibetan spiritual leader stated.