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respect for life are also among his hallmarks. Luang Por Dhammajayo has initiated the televised program DMC that has brought immense benefits to many audiences around the world. Recently the DMC channel has received well-known interna- tional awards such as The Telly Awards. And the best proof of the effectiveness of the pow- er of meditation is shown here today in front of me, 300,000 people, all happy and smiling. Friendly faces everywhere; you see no aggression, no con- flict. This clearly shows the beneficial results of the thoughts and teachings. As I mentioned, if this method was extended worldwide, a true peace and harmony would ensue. So conferences and meetings such as this one are important but only as a part of the whole. Peace building, by its very nature, demands grassroots ac- tion on the part of many people. Each of us should know that we can and do make a difference. One of the most powerful tools would be to teach others in our surroundings how to acquire a peaceful per- sonality through meditation. World peace through community building in the Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King tradition demands a global out- reach to engage the empathy and understanding of ordinary people and to induce them to take action in the form of meditation.