and tibetan buddhism is a branch. another manifestation of buddhism. in all buddhist schools, we have two primary traditions. one is to acquire wisdom from oneself. and one is acquiring wisdom. one is to share this. this is called compassion. so wisdom and compassion. another great virtue is how we use wisdom in the process of the implementation of compassion. and one of these manifestations of compassion is to be able to share one's compassion through multiple generations. multiple times. this is where in tibet, they have fully developed a system of reincarnation, of one life to another, to share one's great wisdom. we will talk more about that later. can you say something about this system in tibet? >> this system is tibet was in the year 11,000. it became a very significant -- to the tibetan buddhism. the responsibility of buddhism. they take it very seriously. the leadership by the two groups became a powerful involvement of community. and how the community is connected. basically, it is all connected by the leadership by the wisdom. what i mean is

they say that a king began this project after a conversion to buddhism. and monasteries remain today. inside almost every one of them, a buddha figure, each one of them, different. >> and i like how integrated it is with the frieze, postures. >> funny you mention that. people used to live here and the government came along in the '80s and relocated them. it was a mass relocation project. so any homes, it was understood, this is tourist bucks here. they relocated the entire population. we're in one of the first mass waves of tourists. european tourists have been coming here in small numbers for a long time but it's the flood gates have opened. they are building hotels like crazy in this area called the tourist triangle. >> what is this here? this is a scarf. >> as myanmar begins the shift to accommodating tourism and the service economy to go with it there will be adjustments. there will be a downside. >> how much you pay? >> what is that going to mean? how will burmese react to all of the good and evils that come with tourism? it's going to be mobility. i

the buddha: the indian sage whose story inspired one of the world's great religions: buddhism, the fourth largest religion in the world. he was the son of a king a pampered prince who abandoned a life of pleasure to seek enlightenment. >> even buddha himself in order to get final enlightenment need hard work. >> gere: it was an arduous spiritual journey. >> he was eating one grain of rice per day. he was standing on one foot. he was sleeping on nails.

in my hippy days i tried buddhism. hinduism, too.er studied judaism nothing stuck, i'm still not convinced that any religion really knows what god has in mind or even that there is a god. i'm surprised most americans do believe. >> do you believe in god? >> i believe in god, yes. >> yes, i do. >> yes, very much so. >> do you believe in god? >> yes. >> do you believe in god? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> how do you know god exists? >> it's just a belief, that's all it is. john: just a belief. i'm not convinced of that. i want evidence. i cringe at the fact most people do believe you may dislike me because i'm uncertain maybe you will stop watching my tv show and i'll get fired. that's the brakes. because i talked about this publicly people pray for me heavenly father fall fresh about stossel reveal yourself such that he may know you. others trash me for being an atheist. faith haters are jerks like stossel. i'm not a faith hater i envy those of you who have faith, i'm also not an atheist many are certain there is no god. i'm not certain i

in my hippie days i even tried buddhism. hinduism too. later i studied judaism. nothing stuck. not convinced that any religion really knows what god has in mind or even that there is a god. and i'm always surprised that most americans do believe. do you believe in god? >> i believe in god, yes. >> yes, i do. >> yes, very much so. >> do you believe in godsome >> yes. >> do you believe in god? >> absolutely. >> how do you know good exists? >> it's just a belief, that's all it is. >> just a belief? that's not enough for me. i want evidence. but i cringe to say that in this country where most people do believe, you may dislike me because i'm uncertain. maybe you'll stop watching my teach program and i'll get fired. but that's the breaks. because i've talked about this publicly, some poem pray for me. heavenly father, fall fresh upon stossell. reveal yourself such that he may know you. others trash me for being an atheist. faith haters are jerks like stossell. but i'm not a faith hater. i envy those of you who have faith. i'm also not an atheist. many atheists are certain there's no

in buddhism, we embrace the pluralism of our society. on christmas, i sing christmas carols. decorate christmas trees. i celebrate christmas with my christian friends. i go to seder with my jewish friends. that is the kind of society we should have. i particularly admire pope francis, who a from the vatican to watch the feast of the nonbelievers. that is the kind of society i call truly inclusive. there should be no civil law that protects hurting other people, denigrating other people, and ruining the most joyful moment in people's lives. so i hope we come to that point. indiana, certainly, there's no protection for lgbt people right now currently. they can be fired with impunity you. so that is the next step. we look forward to that coming about. juan: george takei, recent price by the extent of the national reaction to these laws in indiana and arkansas and also the swiftness of the republican lawmakers in designing fixes for them? >> no, i wasn't. because a year ago, we went through the same thing in arizona. so this, to me, was something like a rerun. arizona attended to

low-level -- little explicit consideration thereof of other standards but still require a study of buddhismsuccessful lobbying effort of the texas community one new standard focuses on muslim into relations with al qaeda and other standard on jewish christian and muslim context in north africa. it is also referencing the holocaust the jewish holidays monotheism and the americas biblical roots some teaks refer to islamic history and the others are contemporary and focus. in general the contemporary teaks about islam associate with terrorism. the most explicit for the radical fundamentalism for palestinian terrorism the growth of the al qaeda and and and 11. one standard a cheviots irresponsibility for ongoing conflict with israel solely to the arab rejection of israel that technically does not refer to is sambaed has obvious conceptual kinship to those that do. the overall impression of the teaks contemporary islam is the conflict of hostility. the board rejected the notion by two democrats to add a standard to the teaks for other acts of terrorism prior to september 11 not related to islam

they were fighting oligarchs corruption and buddhism. how can we assist these young ukrainians?e need to disengage, to isolate putin is russia. and to maintain sanctions on putin's cronies almost 110 people around him who control the country. we need to make putin pay a high price for invading a neighbor so he doesn't invade another one and the best way to do this is through disengagement in isolation in the sense isolate russian money isolate russian maligned russian political influence and propaganda. prevent russian violence and corruption from distorting the politics of eastern europe western europe and north america are. putinism is a danger to americans and all of us. thank you very much. [applause] >> 10 seconds on the clock and go, that was impressive. you are up next. >> unlike ms. applebaum i come here on my first trip to canada as a patriot of american and canadian national security on the half of my family and yours. to achieve that kind of security in the world, we need a partner in the kremlin. not a frat but a partner who shares our fundamental security interests

natalie christianity, but we have hinduism, buddhism, we've got muslims. and we all try to unite in a sense that we want humanity to live together with each other. and i see a uniting theme among all the various different religions. host: thanks for the call. a survey -- do you want a religious freedom law in your state? you can logon. marquis has this, religion divides, no matter if it is christianity for islam. it is always us against them. from indiana, good morning. welcome to the program. caller: good morning. i just want to say it is unfortunate don't have a third category of both, meaning in some instances, it unites us. and in some instances, it divides us. host: how so? caller: for example, the sociology of religion teaches that religion has both its functions and its dysfunctions. in other words, it is not perfect. i am going to leave it at that. host: thank you michael from a cart, indiana. pope francis is celebrating mass in the vatican. a related story about his impact on catholics around the world is available online at washingtonto post.com