Before a crowd of 15,000 spectators in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dalai Lama urged increased use of nonviolence to solve conflicts.
"In order to achieve peace and world peace we have to think about our inner qualities," he said Tuesday seated onstage inside the Globen, a concert hall and sports arena. "Violence and nonviolence are related to one's motivation."
He didn't mention the U.S.-led war in Iraq or Tibet's struggle for freedom from China.<
Earlier, he was awarded the Sigtuna Foundation's Mandred Bjorkquist Medal in recognition of his continuing work for human rights. He also addressed members of the Swedish Parliament.
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet after a failed 1959 revolt against Chinese rule. More than 120,000 Tibetan refugees followed him and settled with him in the northern Indian mountain town of Dharmsala, where Indian authorities allowed him to set up a government-in-exile.