This DVD features footage from a Global Conference of Spiritual and parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival which was held between 11 and 15 April 1988. This programme is of His Holiness delivering an impassioned speech at the Conference on the necessity of developing universal responsibility - what he termed "the universal religion" - in order for humanity to survive the nuclear age.

Tenzin Gyamtso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was born on July 6, 1935 in a small village called Takster in northeastern Tibet. At the age of two, His Holiness was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalaia Lama. He was enthroned at the age of five and assumed full political power in 1950. In 1959, His Holiness was forced into exile and has striven ever since for a peaceful solution to the the Sino-Tibetan crisis. He continually promotes his compassionate approach to life struggles, whether personal or global, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.