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Credit: Sonam Zoksang
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
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This fall, Rutgers will welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who will deliver a Sept. 25 lecture on peace, war and reconciliation at a campus location to be announced.
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Born Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual and temporal leader of the 6 million Tibetan people. He is internationally renowned for his peace advocacy and received the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for his continuing nonviolent efforts to resolve
Tibet’s conflict with the Chinese government. Forced into exile in India after the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959, His Holiness resides in Dharamsala, a small town in Northern India.
The Dalai Lama visit, sponsored in part by the annual Mason Gross Lecture series, will be complemented with programs throughout the semester focusing on issues related to conflict and moral obligation. An organizing committee, chaired by Professor Richard Wilson, of the political science department in New Brunswick, is planning events such as honors seminars, lectures, concerts, exhibits and films inspired by the teachings of the Buddhist spiritual leader.
“The Dalai Lama's visit to Rutgers promises to be an exciting campus event, one capable of fostering an exceptional universitywide dialogue focused on relevant real-world issues, and I encourage you to begin planning now to take advantage of this opportunity,” said President Richard L. McCormick in a message to the Rutgers community.
Admission to the event is by ticket only. Information about the location and ticket distribution will be announced in the near future. For updates on the Dalai Lama’s visit, log on to the Web site www.president.rutgers.edu/dalailama.
– Lianne Poole
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