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New York (New York, Usa), 29 mar. (LaPresse \/AP) – Il Dalai Lama ha vinto il premio Templeton 2012, uno dei pi\u00f9 importanti riconoscimenti religiosi al mondo. Il leader spirituale del buddismo tibetano \u00e8 stato premiato per il suo lavoro relativo a scienza e religione, per cui si \u00e8 aggiudicato l’onorificenza dalla fondazione John Templeton assieme a una somma di denaro di 1,7 milioni di dollari. Il Dalai Lama \u00e8 il fondatore del centro Mind & Life, istituto per la ricerca della scienza e del buddismo. Una serie di suoi interventi a conferenze della Stanford University ha portato inoltre alla creazione del Centro per la formazione e la ricerca della compassione e dell’altruismo, che riunisce scienziati e studiosi di religione. Il riconoscimento sar\u00e0 consegnato il 14 maggio durante una cerimonia ufficiale a Londra. Il leader 76enne vive in esilio in India e ha vinto il premio Nobel per la pace nel 1989 per aver sostenuto la liberazione nonviolenta del Tibet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n West Conshohocken, Pa, USA, 29 March 2012 – The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader whose long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science and with people far beyond his own religious traditions has made him an incomparable global voice for universal ethics, nonviolence, and harmony among world religions, has won the 2012 Templeton Prize. The Right Reverend Michael Colclough, Canon Pastor at St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, welcomed this event: \u201cA non-violent voice of peace and reason in a calamitous world, the Dalai Lama represents core values cherished by many different faiths. The award of the Templeton Prize to the Dalai Lama under the dome of St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral will be a reminder that working towards peace and harmony is a practical and spiritual challenge to all faith communities.\u201dThe Dalai Lama Wins 2012 Templeton Prize<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
\nFor decades, Tenzin Gyatso, 76, the 14th Dalai Lama \u2013 a lineage believed by followers to be the reincarnation of an ancient Buddhist leader who epitomized compassion \u2013 has vigorously focused on the connections between the investigative traditions of science and Buddhism as a way to better understand and advance what both disciplines might offer the world.
\nSpecifically, he encourages serious scientific investigative reviews of the power of compassion and its broad potential to address the world\u2019s fundamental problems \u2013 a theme at the core of his teachings and a cornerstone of his immense popularity.
\nWithin that search, the \u201cbig questions\u201d he raises \u2013 such as \u201cCan compassion be trained or taught?\u201d \u2013 reflect the deep interest of the founder of the Templeton Prize, the late Sir John Templeton, in seeking to bring scientific methods to the study of spiritual claims and thus foster the spiritual progress that the Prize has recognized for the past 40 years.
\nThe announcement was made this morning online at www.templetonprize.org<\/a>, via email to journalists, and on Twitter via @TempletonPrize<\/a> by the Templeton Prize office of the John Templeton Foundation in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
\nThe Prize will be presented to the Dalai Lama at a ceremony at St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral in London on the afternoon of Monday, May 14. A news conference with the 2012 Prize Laureate will precede the ceremony. Both events will be webcast live at www.templetonprize.org<\/a> and to global media on a pool basis. Photography from the events will also be pooled.
\nValued at \u00a31.1 million (about $1.7 million or \u20ac1.3 million), the prize is the world’s largest annual monetary award given to an individual and honors a living person who has made exceptional contributions to affirming life\u2019s spiritual dimension.
\nThe announcement praised the Dalai Lama for his life\u2019s work in building bridges of trust in accord with the yearnings of countless millions of people around the globe who have been drawn by the charismatic icon\u2019s appeal to compassion and understanding for all.
\n\u201cWith an increasing reliance on technological advances to solve the world\u2019s problems, humanity also seeks the reassurance that only a spiritual quest can answer,\u201d said Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation and son of the late Prize founder. \u201cThe Dalai Lama offers a universal voice of compassion underpinned by a love and respect for spiritually relevant scientific research that centers on every single human being.\u201d
\nHe also noted that the Dalai Lama\u2019s remarkable record of intellectual, moral and spiritual innovations is clearly recognized by the nine Prize judges, who represent a wide range of disciplines, cultures and religious traditions. The Prize judges evaluate \u2013 independently of each other \u2013 typically 15 to 20 nominated candidates each year and then individually submit separate ballots \u2013 from which a tally then determines the selection of each year\u2019s Laureate.
\nThe Dalai Lama responded to the prize in the humble style that has become his signature. \u201cWhen I heard today your decision to give me this quite famous award, I really felt this is another sign of recognition about my little service to humanity, mainly nonviolence and unity around different religious traditions,\u201d he said in a video available at www.templetonprize.org<\/a>.
\nIn other brief videos on the Prize website, the Dalai Lama elaborates on key issues including his call for humanity to embrace compassion as a path to peace, both personally and on a global scale. \u201cYou can develop genuine sense of concern of well-being of others, including your enemy,\u201d he states in one video. \u201cThat kind of compassion \u2013 unbiased, unlimited \u2013 needs training, awareness.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe Dalai Lama is no stranger to honors and accolades, with scores to his name. In 1989, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy of nonviolence as the path to liberation for Tibet. He becomes the second Templeton Prize Laureate to have also received the Nobel Peace Prize; Mother Teresa received the first Templeton Prize in 1973, six years before her Nobel.
\nIn concert with his efforts to achieve peace for Tibet, the Dalai Lama\u2019s extensive travels have promoted cross-cultural understanding with other religions and with disciplines as varied as astrophysics, quantum mechanics, neurobiology, and behavioral science.
\nHe often notes that the rigorous commitment of Buddhists to meditative investment and reflection similarly follows the strict rules of investigation, proof and evidence required of science.
\nAmong his most successful efforts is the Mind & Life Institute<\/a>, co-founded in 1987 to create collaborative research between science and Buddhism. The Institute hosts conferences on subjects such as contemplative science, destructive and healing emotions, and consciousness and death. While initially beginning as quiet academic affairs, they have evolved into enormously popular public events.
\nIn 2005, after a series of dialogues at Stanford University among the Dalai Lama, scientists in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, and contemplative scholars, the university became the home of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education<\/a>. The interdisciplinary discourse recognized that engagement between cognitive sciences and Buddhist contemplative traditions could contribute to understanding of the human mind and emotion. The center now supports and conducts rigorous scientific studies of compassion and altruistic behavior.
\nMany of these conferences have led to popular best sellers written or co-written by the Dalai Lama, including “The Art of Happiness” (1998), “The Universe in a Single Atom” (2005), and “The Dalai Lama at MIT” (2006). All told, he has authored or co-authored more than 70 books. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n