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During his recent stay in Delhi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited street children at the Care Home for Street Children in Mehrauli. His Holiness expressed sadness on meeting the children and said people need to make special efforts to provide them with food, health and educational facilities.
Speaking at TN Khoshoo Memorial Award and Lecture, His Holiness said “I’m extremely happy to be here to meet you in this home…where you get food, shelter and education….Yesterday I was moved by beggars I saw on the street. Their faces looked poor and weak, their eyes hollow; completely demoralised. Yesterday I saw sadness, today I’ve seen hope.”
His Holiness continued, “there is a candour and straightforwardness about poor people I don’t see elsewhere…I noticed more joy among those eating [in a soup kitchen] than I often see at the formal dinners of the better-off. Perhaps it’s because hardship keeps us in touch with reality.”
He made a donation of ten lakh rupees, adding that if there were projects that needed support he hoped they would turn to him in future.
Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness also said “If you give up, you make no progress. If you work hard, keep up your confidence and determination, you’ll be successful in whatever you do. If others show you affection now, when you grow up and help others, without exploiting, deceiving or bullying them, you’ll find yourself surrounded by friends. Please keep this in mind. I’m with you, please believe me.”
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