michail: buddhism teaches us toaccept things as they are.if you encounter a badperson, maybe you only think he's bad.he could be a good family man. a great dad.or a fantastic lover. or simply have really snazzyshoes! something about him has to begood. >>but the monks and nuns don'tthink it would be a good thing to destroy mount katchkanar.they say the iron ore deposits aren't rich enough to feed the40,000 residents of the city of katchkanar at the foot of themountain for years. the steel manufacturer and thelocal government disagree. minerals have been mined in thisregion for more than fifty years.no one here can imagine a life without mining.konstantin: when i was still in hope to keep it.otherwise, i'd have to leave the city or turn to crime to getmoney. i don't have any other choice.i have to feed my family. >>the mined ore is immediatelycrushed, separated, concentrated, and sent to thegigantic steel plants in nizhni tagil in the central uralmountains. without freshly mined ore,production ceases, and with it revenues and jobs.that's why t

is teaching science. >> what can science learn from buddhism? >> when they heard the explanation quite detailed, the system of our emotion. and also, these emotion. many scientists really show an interest. so obviously, therefore, they can take some new outlook into our inner world. >> the exchange of our information is not only happening here in india but halfway around the world at emory university. >> i'll try my best to say bacteria and solution. >> and the dalai lama extends an incredibly special invitation. we experience something rarely ever seen on camera. today, unlimited gets the network it deserves. verizon. (mic thuds) uh, sorry. it's unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. (thud) uh... sorry, last thing. it's just $45 per line. forty. five. (cheering and applause) and that is all the microphones that i have. (vo) unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. ♪music continues [daughter] papa! [father] i missed you! [daughter]did you bring new ones? [vo] you work hard fo

shin toe buddhism.hat really informed our military strategy and led to us winning that war in the pacific. it was focusing on that kind of religion they had that changed our military strategy. let us know, for example, unless we used the bomb, we were going to have to invade a lose a million men, right? >> exactly. we understood and we had a strategy that could cope with the threat we were facing because we ideified th threat just as you highlighted. david: i'm not saying we use the nuclear bomb. i don't want to get that out on the website but the fact if we do, as you say, talk to all of the islamic nations surrounding the areas that are infected by this disease of radical islamic terrorism. have them put pressure on, we did that kind of arm-twisting particularly when we were in japan after the war. that is it what mcarthur did, right? >> he was brilliant at it. that is why japan is the way she is today, because we went right at the ideology. that is what we've not done because we had not had a preside

it's a society that is been deeply influenced by foreign cultures, buddhism being one example. there is a reluctance on the part of the chinese to embrace embrace -- to acknowledge that back and forth and that cross-pollination. there's also a fear of the chaoe united states they think chaos. what american values are transported into china would be. this is not about today but i have lots of friends participated and involved in 1989 crackdown. most of them stayed in china and several of them have been extremely wealthy millionaires. when you ask them about their experience, graduate studies during the demonstrations what they think about it now, were not like the united states, we don't have your values, if we became docratic we would be killing each other in the streets there's nothing that would constrain us. that sense that there somehow both superior to us and they don't need ideas or somehow inferior to us is something that you see spoken out of the mouth of one person within five minutes of engaging you. >> it's hard to unpack this binary choice, the authoritative rule in

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned.

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned.

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned. other business: opportunity when commissioners, the director, and the public may bring up topics for discussion, providing that any action is delayed until proper notice can be grantcouncilmember chow is a asked if i would be kind enough to chair this meeting to proceed with the many important items today we will call to order roll call please. >> councilmember pating. >> present. >> mayor lee. >> present. >> councilmember sanch

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned. >> calling this hearing to order good afternoon and welcome to the historic preservation commission for wednesday, march 15, 2017, i'd like to remind the members of the audience that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to call roll at this time. commissioner president wolfram commissioner vice-p

the environment explore best practices with other departments to have advanced public notification buddhismo the pro siekz and flags and periodically report on the progress to the commission on the environment policy we captured and heard the commissions concern and doctor dbe gesture shared the program a process billions we plan to condition that conversation and hopefully come up with other judge's to attach overseeing things i don't want you to think we haven't licensed maybe not a perfect plan but continue to work with other colleagues in other departments. >> i have every faith we have an evolving process that will get better i don't think that - there were - i've spent a lot of time and public comment i said to have conversations and don't want to bring up things you guys brought up in policy. >> that's okay you were not there. >> so do you kind of. >> commissioner you go first. >> okay. he see have a question about 13 now around the 15 speak thing because and he purposing addressed it on the front end of public comment i was feeling like it was something you said chris makes me want

five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned. o call - today's meeting to order tuesday, march 21, 2017, roll call. please ms. casco ms. pollock mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. sanchez mr. walton ms. eng ms. zaragoza thank you could everyone please please join me in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> what i want to thank everyone for coming out an

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned. was asked to do is water system improvement program and one thing i looked at is about the 4.8 billion dollars wurthd of work and a lot of the work was regional. we looked at how can we make sure that we provide opportunities for san franciscan's and people in the region and so we looked at ways we can expand our local san francisco lb program. so, we thought about it and worked with general manager at the time to form an advizr

the environment explore best practices with other departments to have advanced public notification buddhisme pro siekz and flags and periodically report on the progress to the commission on the environment policy we captured and heard the commissions concern and doctor dbe gesture shared the program a process billions we plan to condition that conversation and hopefully come up with other judge's to attach overseeing things i don't want you to think we haven't licensed maybe not a perfect plan but continue to work with other colleagues in other departments. >> i have every faith we have an evolving process that will get better i don't think that - there were - i've spent a lot of time and public comment i said to have conversations and don't want to bring up things you guys brought up in policy. >> that's okay you were not there. >> so do you kind of. >> commissioner you go first. >> okay. he see have a question about 13 now around the 15 speak thing because and he purposing addressed it on the front end of public comment i was feeling like it was something you said chris makes me want to a

>> (inaudible) ability of the five religion -- buddhism, christianity and islam. holiness of all principal (inaudible) the president national lead sxerz all (inaudible) for (inaudible) spirit (inaudible) true principal (inaudible) role model. (inaudibl (inaudible) product as long wait to open up the generations of the foundation, (inaudible) civil justice, and the true principal can put an end to the tragedy and make way for the social prosperity (inaudible) thank you. >> are there any other members of the public for general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and there is no more business before us, so we are adjourned. was asked to do is water system improvement program and one thing i looked at is about the 4.8 billion dollars wurthd of work and a lot of the work was regional. we looked at how can we make sure that we provide opportunities for san franciscan's and people in the region and so we looked at ways we can expand our local san francisco lb program. so, we thought about it and worked with general manager at the time to form an advizr

the environment explore best practices with other departments to have advanced public notification buddhisme pro siekz and flags and periodically report on the progress to the commission on the environment policy we captured and heard the commissions concern and doctor dbe gesture shared the program a process billions we plan to condition that conversation and hopefully come up with other judge's to attach overseeing things i don't want you to think we haven't licensed maybe not a perfect plan but continue to work with other colleagues in other departments. >> i have every faith we have an evolving process that will get better i don't think that - there were - i've spent a lot of time and public comment i said to have conversations and don't want to bring up things you guys brought up in policy. >> that's okay you were not there. >> so do you kind of. >> commissioner you go first. >> okay. he see have a question about 13 now around the 15 speak thing because and he purposing addressed it on the front end of public comment i was feeling like it was something you said chris makes me want to a

so buddhism is big, all these sort of different -- searching for meaning, you see that clearly in china writes large. >> ian johnson has a new book specifically on this question coming out, and we'll with speaking with him here at the wilson center in april, so keep an eye out for that if you want to go more deeply into this topic. another question down front. >> yes, sir -- >> wait for the mic if you could, please. >> yes, sir. this that may be a follow up to the question that was just asked, but i'm wondering if there is increasing pressure from chinese businessmen to perhaps enter into joint ventures, if you will, with american business to talk, to help their chi and likewise -- their economy, and likewise, is there more interest in our country, in american businesses, from american businesses to collaboration with the -- collaborate with the chinese? >> so the trading relationship between our countries has been, started to become robust in the 1980s, it really took off in the 1990s, it exploded in 2001 when, actually, the united states ushered china into the world trade organization