On his arrival at the hotel, His Holiness alighted from his car ahead of the entrance to acknowledge the greetings of members of the Tibetan community and other well-wishers...

"Education which you have got is like an instrument. Whether you use it constructively or destructively, it is in your hands," Dalai Lama said.

From the hotel to the State Parliament, hundreds of Germans lined up to greet and welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he walked to the State Parliament through the city centre.

Speaking on democracy, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said world belongs to humanity not to kings or religious leaders but to the people.

The morning teachings, attended by over 3,500 people, began with chants by monks from Thailand and Vietnam who recited the heart sutra, and by Finnish monks who follow the Korean Buddhism tradition.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tartu at the start of his meeting at the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn, Estonia, on 18 August 2011. .. Upon arriving in Helsinki, His Holiness responded to a Finnish reporter’s question on the purpose of his visit by saying that he had come to see his many old friends in the country again...

In his speech His Holiness remembered with warm words his visits to Estonia some years ago, mentioning that he loved Estonia and Estonian people for their courage...

His Holiness told that the purpose of his visit was to carry on with his two lifelong commitments of promoting human values, warm heartedness and religious harmony...