A quick and very interesting read. This is an interview by German television journalist and author Dr. Franz Alt.

I feel that I really connected with the Dalai Lama's ideas of secular ethics. Often times, being not religious, I am challenged by other as to how I maintain a guiding principal. It often seems that others can not comprehend that I am able to develop and maintain my own set of morals. And to discover that they align to what I already use to uphold myself to be a good human and citizen of the world.

His idea that secular ethics needs to be baseline for ALL human on this earth is quite idealistic, but really something we should strive for. In addition, he points out that finding similarities is the way to connection and peace. That continuing to search and exploit our differences are the actions that will continue to cause division, strife, conflict and war.

This is a quick read, and if all you read is the chapter entitled " An appeal by the Dalai Lama for Secular Ethics and Peace" you will find yourself enriched for the better.