The Dalai Lama has made his first appearance at Glastonbury, spending an hour in the rain addressing festival-goers on how the world could be a happier place.
The Tibetan spiritual leader called for a more "holistic education" from kindergarten to university, which "should bring a sense of care" and help "promote human love".
"Everyone has the right to achieve a happy life," he told hundreds gathered at the Greenfield site, an area of calm away from the madness of the main music stages.
The elderly Buddhist monk hailed the "full joy" of the revellers present, and got into the spirit himself by wearing a Glastonbury t-shirt on his head against the rain.
Dalai Lama arrives in the drizzle at the Stone Circle at Glastonbury, complete with festival t-shirt on his head pic.twitter.com/BuxiJKs88k
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He was treated to a rendition of Happy Birthday by the crowd in honour of his 80th year, and urged them to "think seriously about how to create a happy world, a happy 21st century - that's the best gift for me".
» http://t.co/9BGLpdSv7a Dalai Lama #DalaiLama Dalai Lama Celebrates 80th Birthday With Patti Smith On Glastonbury F… pic.twitter.com/ggvCfJ2JUf
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 The Nobel Peace Prize winner expressed dismay at ongoing violence in Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere, saying it was "our own creation" and warning: "The killing of human beings by human beings is the worse thing."
 With compassion & kindness, Happy Birthday @DalaiLama! #Peace & love to you. #WithCompassion http://t.co/Q7TLvsc1xU pic.twitter.com/LEdnawPWJA
— tina (@tmoorepr) June 27, 2015
 Arriving at London's Heathrow airport on Saturday, he had expressed horror at the previous day's attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France.
"All major world religious traditions are actually I think the source of the practice of love, forgiveness, tolerance. That very factor is now becoming the source of violence, it's unthinkable," he said.
The Glastonbury festival drew to a close on Sunday with US crooner Lionel Richie stealing the show with a hit performance.
British band The Who, which famously played Woodstock in 1969, closed the festival with a vintage rock performance on the Pyramid Stage.
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