The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled ruler, will visit the Stanford University campus Nov. 4-5 to participate in a conference sponsored by the university’s School of Medicine. He’ll also be part of a large meditation and teaching event.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, who is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, was born in 1935 and recognized at age 2 as the next Dalai Lama. He became Tibet’s head of state in 1950 at age 15 after China invaded Tibet and then fled the country in 1959. He lives in exile in India.
On Nov. 4, the Dalai Lama will teach about meditation, lead a mediation session, and answer questions at Maples Pavilion. Later that day, he will discuss “the heart of nonviolence” with the Rev. Scotty McLennan, dean for religious life, at Memorial Church.
On Nov. 5, the Dalai Lama will participate in a daylong program with neuroscientists sponsored by the School of Medicine, “Craving, Suffering and Choice: Spiritual and Scientific Explorations of Human Experience,” at Memorial Auditorium.
A limited number of tickets will be available for the Dalai Lama’s public appearances, and will first be made available to Stanford faculty, students and staff June 12 and then to the general public June 13.
Information about the visit is available on a website at dalailama.stanford.edu and by phone at (650) 723-4441.
