“Howard,” the Dalai Lama cut in, “I think in discussing this topic we should first make something more clear. Now, I have noticed that sometimes people in the West have this tendency to see things in black or white terms, all or none. So here you are speaking of this Me Versus We, as if one needs to make a choice, as if to achieve a sense of unity, our goal must be to forget our differences, and look only at the areas we have in common with others. “But that is not the goal here,” he said firmly. “The approach we are advocating in bringing about positive changes is to develop a more realistic
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