[1]: 42 According to its website, "the Foundation brings together men and women of different faiths, professions and nationalities, through a range of initiatives and mutually sustaining collaborations.
[3] The Dalai Lama laid out the purpose of the foundation as: This foundation will implement projects according to Tibetan Buddhist principles to benefit people everywhere, focusing especially on assisting non-violent methods, on improving communication between religion and science, on securing human rights and democratic freedoms, and conserving and restoring our precious Mother Earth.
[4]Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) is an initiative of the Foundation.
The initiative partners with institutions of higher education such as the Shri Ram College of Commerce to conduct these trainings.
[9] Scholar Lukasz Swiatek suggests that the foundation is part of a wider effort by Nobel Peace Prize laureates to exert "soft power" in support of their missions.