30,000 hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama at UB
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 9:30 a.m.
His Holiness speaking at the UB (19 September) |
New York: His Holiness Dalai Lama mania hit the Buffalo area Tuesday, as thousands descended on the University at Buffalo North Campus in Amherst to hear him deliver a message about the power of human compassion.
It is, he said, essential for those searching for meaning and success in life.
“I think warmheartedness is the key,” he said. “That gives you deeper satisfaction and more happiness.”
Ultimately, hearts filled with unbiased compassion leave little room for hypocrisy, injustice and exploitation, leading to greater social change throughout the world, said His Holiness.
“This century should be a century of dialogue,” he said, “not a century of violence.”
The crowd applauded.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series on second day of his three-days visit to the UB with a bang, addressing an estimated 30,000 in UB Stadium, considered the largest single event in the university’s history.
The university canceled classes on the North Campus.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving honourary doctorate in humane letters at the UB(19 September) |
Before his Tuesday’s address, His Holiness the Dalai Lama accepted an honorary doctorate in humane letters. His Holiness urged warm heartedness in compassion to a gathering of 30,000 people.
The day began with a meeting with about 175 Chinese students on campus.
Besides UB students, staff and faculty, the visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama also drew several thousand from across the border, the Rochester and Syracuse areas, and from as far away as the states of Washington and Florida, university officials said.
But early on he warned those who came expecting to see him perform miracles and see healing powers.
“That,” he said, “I think is nonsense.”
“I’m nothing,” he added. “Just one of you.”
Instead, His Holiness the Dalai Lama over and over again stressed warmheartedness as the theme of his address on promoting peace across borders through education.”
He appealed to educators to help students from kindergarten through college develop compassionate hearts.
A compiled report
(www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.)