(PTI/DNA) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today stressed on use of science while looking for solutions to make the world a better place to live. "While looking for solutions for improving the future, one should give more importance to reality and science rather than adopting anything on the basis of beliefs and prejudice," he said at a convention of legal luminaries from across 71 countries here. A quote by genius Albert Einstein displays essential Buddhist principles.
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