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　　Now please warmly welcome our teacher –

　　I am really happy to have this interchange here today with the teachers, research students, and doctorate students of Central China Normal University. I have not prepared much, so I will just say whatever comes to mind.

　　1. Intellectuals should care about the welfare of many others

　　First, I want to say simply, as intellectuals, no matter if you are a teacher or a student, what you should now care about cannot just be your own discpline, or your own work, own family, own happiness… but that you should stand a little higher, and see a bit further. If you frequently care about society, about meaningful things such as environmental protection, resource conservation, caring for weaker communities…then your own good fortune will naturally follow.

　　Perhaps a few of you feel that you are merely an insignificant being, these human development and societal questions have nothing to do with you, and you do not need to worry about them. But in truth, the more vast your concern, the more far-sighted you become, and the higher the probability of success in your career. On the contrary, if the range of your concern is especially narrow, your focal point revolves just around you, and you are deeply selfish and self-centered; then you would not succeed in anything.

　　Thus, regardless of who you are, you need to care about the bigger picture, care about the welfare of many. This is called bodhicitta in Mahayana Buddhism; from a worldly angle, it is also crucial to work, to life. This is my first point today.

　　2. Tibetan Buddhism”s contribution to philosophy of mind

　　The second point is about Tibetan Buddhism.

　　Tibetan Buddhism has a vast body of theoretical and practical experience. This very complete system has been passed down through generations and cannot be thoroughly described in a few words. What is important is that Tibetan Buddhism has a very perfect lineage of teachings on philosophy of mind. Those of you studying philosophy need to know about it.

　　The best way to learn about these is through Tibetan Buddhism”s logic and reasoning. If you have analyzed Commentary on the Compendium of Valid Cognition, Treasury of Cognition and Reasoning, A Compendium of Validities, then relying on the deduction method of Buddhist Logic will be of immense help to any area you study.

　　When I was studying to be a teacher, like you, I also liked Psychology. Apart from what was taught at school, any spare time I had I would go to Xinhua Book Shop and buy many books about it. As I read them, there were many questions in my mind that could not be resolved. It wasn”t until I came across Tibetan Buddhism, learned some of the theories on consciousness and the Middle Way, that my mind was cleared and my long-held confusion was swept away. I discovered then that Buddhism has within it very rigorous theories about the mind that are hard to rebut. Particularly when studied in conjunction with Buddhist Logic, these cannot be rebutted by any words. Eventually, like a parched tree encountering blessed rain, my inner world was exceedingly satisfied. Since then, through experience with practice and study of the theories, my confidence in Buddhism steadily grew. You may also wish to try it.

　　Just then, I saw a copy of Philosophy of Mind, a Contemporary Introduction translated by Professor Gao and some of you. I am really happy to see this, and this is not pretend happiness, they are truly words from my heart. Why, because people cannot live merely for fortune, for status. Perhaps some think that these things are great, but I feel that a precious human life needs to be used in pursuit of truth. If one can spend the rest of one”s life in this pursuit, then it is a life with value.

　　When I accompanied our teacher Jigme Phuntsok Rinpo…

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