My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for education to focus on emotional and ethical development alongside intellectual growth.
In this quote, the Dalai Lama emphasizes the importance of integrating emotional intelligence and moral values into formal education. He believes that while academic knowledge is essential, developing empathy, kindness, and a sense of humanityβwhat he refers to as 'education of the heart'βis equally important for holistic personal development and societal well-being.
In practice
In a speech advocating for educational reforms, one could quote the Dalai Lama to emphasize the need for social-emotional learning.
Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.
Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.
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.
The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.
My religion is kindness. _x000D_ A good mind, a good heart, _x000D_ warm feelings these are _x000D_ the most important things.
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.
When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.
Anyone can repeat a technical explanation they read in a text-book or blog post.
Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.
We say women have made great strides: in biology, in many areas of chemistry, in many places, women are now the majority of medical students. But when I began my career, that wasn't the case. There were very strong stereotypes in biology and medicine.
The 'safe spaces' for minority students on university campuses are actually redemptive spaces for white students and administrators looking for innocence and empowerment.
The psychedelic experience is simply a compressed instance of what we call understanding, so that living psychedelically is trying to live in an atmosphere of continuous unfolding of understanding, so that every day you know more and see into things with greater depth than you did before. This is a process of education.
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