His Holiness, The Dalai Lama: in Atlanta
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama has come to Atlanta. He will be serving as a visiting professor at Emory University over the coming days. To celebrate his arrival in Atlanta, the weekend was filled with seminars and talks (one of which my Mom came up for!). However, I didn’t get to see him until yesterday when he gave a public address from Centennial Olympic Park.
Before his Holiness came on, a contingent of monks from the Drepung Monastery took the stage to perform some of their traditional chanting. Check out this video:
After this, the Dalai Lama took the stage. This man is wonderfully compassionate, and it shows through in his gentle mannerisms, and warm smiles. He is a captivating and engaging speaker despite English not being his first language. He spoke for about twenty minutes on topics mostly related to compassion and kind-hearted-ness and how these tools can result in peace and happiness for their practitioners. It was an inspiring talk, and I left feeling exhilarated and unusually happy.
I also took some videos of his Holiness’s talk, but the audio needs some work. Keep checking back as I hope to put some of these videos online soon.
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