The Dalai Lama on the Armenian Genocide

You may have heard of him, but who is the Dalai Lama? Dalai Lama means "Ocean of Wisdom" and they have been the politican and spiritual leaders of Tibet for a very long time. The current Dalai Lama is the 14th. He has a few words on the Armenian genocide:

“Undoubtedly, you have right to keep your national originality, your culture. As to sufferings that you have experienced in the past...today the best way to solve the conflicts, including those, which became results of mistakes committed in the past, is dialog in the spirit of truce. And here a special role plays the ability to forgive.

The ability to forgive does not mean oblivion of what happened in the past. Remember your sufferings. Let the others know about it, but at the same time do not keep evil in your heart. There is no sense in it. It is more expedient to try to work out an acceptable solution based on the new realities

And when you think about it, isn't he right? Obviously, we have to remember what happened and educate our future Armenians and others, but we can't hold a grudge after Turkey officially takes responsibility for its acts. Will it be hard? Yes, but one should not keep evil in the heart. Ocean of Wisdom, indeed!

Source: Yerkir