UC Santa Barbara students get His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s books  Friday, 9 January 2009, 10:21 a.m.

Dharamshala: Thousands of students of the University of California, Santa Barbara, are getting copies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s book “Ethics for the New Millennium” before his April visit to the university, The Associated Press reported. Some 2,500 copies of the book will be given to students starting 21 January. His Holiness the Dalai Lama makes his fourth visit to the University of California, Santa Barbara, on 24 April. His Holiness is scheduled to give talks on “The Nature of Mind” and “Ethics for Our Time”.The UC Santa Barbara Library has chosen “Ethics for the New Millennium” by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as this year’s book selection for the UCSB Reads program, the university’s website noted.”The library, in conjunction with UCSB’s Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office and the Santa Barbara Public Library System, is pleased to lead the third ‘UCSB Reads’ program illuminating important issues and human challenges,” said Brenda Johnson, university librarian. “We are especially excited that this year’s author is His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a person who teaches and exemplifies ethical behavior for our world.”Free campus and community lectures and discussions about the book will begin in February at UCSB’s Davidson Library and continue throughout the month in public libraries. His Holiness the Dalai Lama believes that as a result of the growing secularization and globalization of society, we must find a way that transcends religion to determine what constitutes positive and negative conduct. Although he is a practicing Buddhist, his approach to life and the moral compass that guides him can be of use to everyone, according to the book.His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Professorship in Tibetan Buddhism and cultural studies was established at the university in 2001.