Dalai Lama U.S. Visit - October 2010

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Dalai Lama U.S. Visit - October 2010

In October, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will visit five U.S. cities. The list of public events is below with links Dalai Lama U.S. Visit - October 2010to event details and ticket information.

Teaching in San Jose, California on October 12: His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) organized by Gyuto Vajrayana Center - www.gyutocenter.org.

Teaching in San Jose, California on October 13: His Holiness will give an Amitabha Permission Initiation (opakmei jegang) at the Event Center Arena at San Jose University organized by Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Center of Westminster, CA - www.gedenshoeling.com.

Public Talk in Palo Alto, California on October 14: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and Society organized by Stanford University - dalailama.stanford.edu.

Conference in Palo Alto, California on October 15: His Holiness will participate in a conference on Scientific Explorations of Compassion and Altruism organized by Stanford University - dalailama.stanford.edu.

Teaching in Atlanta, Georgia on October 17: His Holiness will give a short teaching on The Nature and Practice of Compassion at Emory University - www.dalailama.emory.edu.

Inter-Faith Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on October 17: His Holiness will participate in an inter-faith conference on The Pursuit of Happiness at Emory University - www.dalailama.emory.edu.

Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on October 18: His Holiness will participate in a full-day scientific conference on Compassion Meditation: Mapping Current Research and Charting Future Directions at Emory University - www.dalailama.emory.edu.

International Conference on Tibetan Buddhism in Atlanta, Georgia on October 19: His Holiness will inaugurate the three-day 2010 International Conference on Tibetan Buddhism at Emory University - www.dalailama.emory.edu.

Panel Discussion in Atlanta, Georgia on October 19: His Holiness will participate in a panel discussion on Spirituality, Creativity and Arts at Emory University - www.dalailama.emory.edu.

Award Presentation in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 20: His Holiness will accept the International Freedom Conductor Award from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - www.freedomcenter.org/dalailama.

Public Talk in Oxford, Ohio on October 21: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethics in the Modern World organized by Miami University - www.miami.muohio.edu/dalai-lama.

ICT News

Op-Ed in South China Morning Post

Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, wrote an op-ed entitled The Tibetan Impasse, published on September 11 in the South China Morning Post. From the article: "China's leaders have a historic choice to make: will they steward China towards a peaceful future in which Tibetans finally find a sustainable home within such a modern Chinese state? Or will they look the other way as the seeds of alienation are sown, with negative consequences for the distant future?" Read the complete op-ed on www.savetibet.org.

Camp Hale

On Friday, September 10 the U.S. Forest Service unveiled a plaque to commemorate the U.S. CIA's training of Tibetan freedom fighters at Camp Hale, Colorado from 1958 to 1964. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) presided over the event. Read more about this event and the important part of U.S.-Tibetan relations it highlights on www.savetibet.org.

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