The Dalai Lama will attend a series of conferences in Bogota from May 10-12 focused on the theme of peace in Colombia, a country ravaged by rebel and paramilitary violence for more than 50 years, organizers of his visit have said.
“We have confirmed four meetings and a news conference which he prefers to call ‘a meeting with the press,'” Claudia Bonitto, head of the Yamantaka Meditation Center, told AFP.
The center invited the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader three years ago.
The Buddhist leader, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, will present conferences at a central Bogota convention center titled “Transform Our Mind” and “Peace, Everyone’s Responsibility” on May 10 and 11.
He is also to speak at a covered stadium and at the private university Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Ticket prices for the events range between eight and 240 dollars.
The Dalai Lama has been living in exile since fleeing his homeland after a failed uprising in 1959 — nine years after China took control of the region — and is regarded by Beijing as a major threat.
