On the Side of Our Better Angels

On the Side of Our Better Angels
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It's a joy to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama in this issue of "Lion's Roar". It also makes me sad.

Reading about the Dalai Lama—his openness, humbleness, and authenticity—and his message of compassion and human fellowship only highlights how bereft our world is today of true moral leadership, at a time when we need it most.

The great moral and spiritual leaders, like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, bring out the best of who we are as people. They inspire us to trust and express our human goodness, which they also reveal to us through their own being. They are on the side of what Abraham Lincoln called "the better angels of our nature."

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