"India is considered a religious country, but a lot of corruption is taking place. There are many corrupt people, and I think, the corrupt people are also highly educated,They (some educated people) pray to God but the main purpose of their prayer is to make their corrupt life even more successful," 

"Modern India is multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi-racial. It is like the United Nations. I feel the greatness of India. Its people are harmless, and it is an example to the rest of the world as people are living together happily,"   "In western countries, secularism means being negative towards religion while in India it means respect of all religions, and India can promote religious harmony and 'ahimsa',"       

Dalai Lama addressing the sixth convocation ceremony of the Martin Christian Luther University in shillong