In his appeal to the world, the Dalai Lama outlines a new secular ethics as the foundation of a peaceful century. The answer will come not from religions, but from people embracing an ethics that spans all differences. A provocative and emboldening piece of writing by a humble and eminent man of our times.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was born on 6 July 1935. After China occupied Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama fled to India, where he has been advocating for Tibet's independence ever si ...