On September 27 & 29, 2009, His Holiness the Dalai Lama participated in a global peace summit that brought five Nobel Laureates and many more world-renowned thinkers and leaders in social transformation to Vancouver to talk about creating a more compassionate, peaceful world. The Dalai Lama Center's founding director Victor Chan has called the event "unprecedented" and "historic".
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East, and the wisdom of an extraordinary spiritual leader. This is his story, as told and filmed by Rick Ray during a private visit to his monastery in Dharamsala, India over the course of several months.
The Emory Tibet Partnership is dedicated to creating teaching opportunities that cut across disciplinary boundaries and foster cross-cultural understanding. Since the Emory-Tibet Partnership was founded in 1998, it has been committed to bringing together the best of the Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions for their mutual enrichment and the discovery of new knowledge for the benefit of humanity.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was invited to the University of Northern Iowa to give the keynote address for the 2009 Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series. His speech, "The Power of Education," will focus on the importance of education in an increasingly global society, the role of education in developing socially responsible citizens, and the impact an individual can have on the world. There will also be a panel discussion:- A Conversation with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet: Educating for a Non-violent World.
Namgyal Audio Visual is a branch of Namgyal Monastery, the personal monastery of his Holiness the Dalai Lama, located in Dharamshala, India. The Namgyal Audio-Visual Archive contains 27 years worth of recordings totaling more than three thousand hours of teachings. The NamgyalArchive.com website is being built to eventually contain all these recordings, for the benefit of all.
Namgyal Audio Visual is a branch of Namgyal Monastery, which is the personal monastery of his Holiness the Dalai Lama. The archive contains 27 years worth of recordings totaling more than three thousand hours of teachings of His Holiness Dalai Lama. Our goal is to eventually have all these recordings on this website, for the benefit of all.
