On May 8, 2011 His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave the Medicine Buddha empowerment and a public talk on “Peace Through Inner Peace.” Both of these programswere part of the theme “One Heart, One Mind, One Universe” of this visit to Minneapolis, which is co-hosted by the Center for Spirituality & Healing (CSH) at the University of Minnesota and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM)... His Holiness said extreme self-centered attitude and narrow vision not only did not enable the development of inner peace but also could be harming people physically.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Minneapolis on May 9, 2011 for his next leg of his program in Dallas, Texas, receiving an honorary degree from the SouthernMethodist University and giving a talk on democracy... His Holiness said that all human beings were the same and that difference in faith, race, language, culture, etc., was secondary.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama takes part in a panel discussion "Turning Swords into Ploughshares: The Many Paths of Non-Violence" at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas on May 11, 2011... His Holiness mentioned that the very nature of violence is one of unpredictability and therefore it cannot be lasting solution to any problem.

On the last day of his current visit to California, on May 4, 2011 His Holiness the Dalai Lama received an award from Amnesty International and spoke at two universities on human rights, compassion and global responsibility... His Holiness said being warmhearted was a criterion of leadership, which also involved being long sighted, full of vision and being practical.

His Holiness said the common aim of humanity is to have a happy world. Such a happy world will have to be based on the existence of a healthy community...

He said serious research should be carried out to introduce moral ethnics based on secularism curriculum from Kindergarten up to university. This should not be based on God or sin.

His Holiness said that often we give so much importance to the secondary things and neglect the fundamental thing which is human warm heartedness.

His Holiness began his talk saying 'We're all equal, we all want to have a happy life, and we all have rights to be happy.' His Holiness spoke for more an hour standing...

For almost an hour and half, His Holiness spoke about Mind Training in general and later went through the text of Seven Point Mind Training...

In his address to the Brazilian industrialists and business leaders, His Holiness said that 20th century had witnessed too much bloodshed and millions of people had lost their lives.