Selfishness is the Root Cause

Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar Geshe Kalsang Damdul la explains that on both global and individual scales self-centeredness underlies conflict and suffering.

Geshe Kalsang Damdul la is the assistant director of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala under the direct administration of HH the Dalai Lama. He has taught at Portland State University as a visiting Tibetan scholar and was the spiritual director of the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association. In 2003, he founded the Shakyamuni Tibetan Buddhist Center. Full bio and links »