When I left Tibet, I carried with me those feelings toward the nat ural environment. Later, as an adult, I decided to organize a con ference in the city of Varanasi, India, in order to educate Buddhist monks and nuns on environmental issues. For most of them, this was their first exposure to the topic, and I saw that the monks and nuns attending that conference were deeply affected—not just in tellectually stimulated, but emotionally moved. Seeing that people could become inspired to act to protect the environment encour aged me to do more in the area of environmental activism. Not everyone has grown up in a situation where respect for the sanctity of nature is nurtured from childhood, but I saw that it is possible to instill this feeling of respect and awe for the environment later in life, too. That gave me the courage to try to do more.
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The Heart isNoble Changing the World From the Inside Out HIS H O L I N E S S T H E K A R M A P A Ogyen Trinley Dorje TRANSLATED BY Ngodup Tsering Burkhar & Damchö Diana Finnegan, PhD EDITED BY Karen Derris, PhD & Damchö Diana Finnegan, PhD
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