On the campus of the country's premier scientific university, the world's best-known Buddhist leader Thursday called on educators to teach ethics and compassion without a basis in religious belief.

Hundreds gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the Dalai Lama, speaking from the seated, cross-legged position of a sage, officially opened MIT's Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values.

"The majority of the 6 billion people on earth, I think, we can categorize as non-believers," the Dalai Lama said. "So we must find a way to promote ethics and values with these nonbelievers."

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