His Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in California [Monday, 11 October 2010]
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His Holiness the DalaiLama is greeted on his arrival in San Jose, California, on 11 October 2010. Photos by Lobsang Wangdu |
San Jose:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in San Francisco, California, late
this morning, to begin his visit to the United States and Canada.
On his arrival at the airport, he was received by Kasur Lobsang Nyandak
Zayul, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas,
and a representative of the Indian Consulate. His
Holiness then drove to the town of San Jose, the venue of his
programmes for the next two days. On his arrival at the hotel in San
Jose, he was received by Venerable Thupten Donyo of the Gyuto Vajrayana
Center, Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang of the Geden Shoeling Tibetan
Manjushri Buddhist Center, officials of Stanford University, who are
all organisers of the events in San Jose and Palo Alto, President
Kaydor Aukatsang, and General Secretary Tsedup of the Tibetan
Association of Northern California. Kasur Tenzin Namgyal Tethong and
Kasur Pema Chhinjor and a host of Tibetans and other supporters from
the San Francisco area were also at the hotel to welcome His Holiness.
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| Members of the Tibetan community in California wait to greet His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
His
Holiness is accompanied by Secretary Tenzin Taklha and Secretary
Tsegyam for this visit. He will be visiting California, Georgia, Ohio,
Toronto (in Canada) and Florida during this trip. In addition to
Buddhist teachings on 12 and 13 October, His Holiness will be spending
two days at Stanford University where he will participate in a series
of programs entitled: Compassion, Science, & Society.
His Holiness will begin his visit with an audience for Northern
California Tibetans at the San Jose Convention Center on the morning of
12 October. In the afternoon, His Holiness will deliver a
lecture on ‘Eight Verses on Transforming the Mind: Awakening the Heart
of Compassion’ at the San Jose Convention Center. The lecture will be
translated into English; additional translations are available in:
Chinese, Vietnamese, Mongolian, and Spanish. On 13 October,
His Holiness will give Amitabha Initiation at the San Jose Sate
University Center. Translation will be available in Chinese and
Vietnamese, in addition to English. There will be a public
talk by His Holiness on ‘The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and
Society’ in Stanford University, Palo Alto, on 14 October.
On 15 October, His Holiness will participate in a conference on
‘Scientific Explorations of Compassion and Altruism’ organised by
Stanford University. The organisers of the programmes in
Stanford University have announced that as demand for tickets exceeded
availability, the programmes will be broadcast live. Please visit
http://dalailama.stanford.edu/ for details. (Report filed by Bhuchung K Tsering of ICT)
