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• Review - The Dalai Lama's Denver Apperance

I still am basking in the glow of seeing the Dalai Lama in Denver on September 17.  I attended the event with my seventy-eight year old mother and my brother.  I should mention that we live in Minnesota and made the trek to Denver solely to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama in person.  We are not Buddhists, but we knew that the Dalai Lama’s reach went far beyond that.  I had put my name in for pre-sale tickets and fortunately wound up with fantastic seats.

The security was very high – to the point that it delayed the program for about thirty minutes.  Somehow though, those thirty minutes or so just increased my anticipation level.  I silently was hoping that it did the same for my mother and brother after dragging them along with me (actually they came quite willingly).  After a wonderful speech by the mayor of Denver, I watched as the Dalai Lamas head became bigger and bigger as he ascended the stairs to the stage.  While watching all of this, I felt the tears well up in my eyes; at the same time, the goose bumps began to cover my body.  I knew immediately what was happening – I was in the presence of someone so powerful with such positive rays coming from him … yet as I kept watching I realized before he even spoke a word, this man had no ego.  Yes, you could feel it – ask anyone that was there.

I really cannot summarize his message too much, as it was overwhelmingly simple.  The title of this presentation was “The Science of a Compassionate Life”.  All walks of life could identify with his message, which was precisely the point.

 I scoured the papers the next day – the only newspapers that I could find containing anything having to do with the Dalai Lamas talk were of course the Denver papers. Not USA Today, and not either of the big Minnesota papers – what a shame.  His Holiness spent a fair amount of time in the United States, starting on the west coast and moving east to Buffalo (and a short stop in the Twin Cities).  To have an Icon of positive words in the United States, and an extremely highly respected international figure, the Dalai Lama slipped through our country quietly.  If the Pope had been in the U.S. (whom I would guess respects the messages of the Dalai Lama) the publicity would have gone on for weeks.  I needn’t say more.

To summarize, if you ever have the chance to hear His Holiness The Dalai Lama speak in person – do.  It will affect you.  There are very few times now, when I reflect over the events of the day, that I do not wonder – was that a very Dalai Lama thing to do?

Quoted from The Dalai Lama - the book "The Art Of Happiness"

If you maintain a feeling of compassion, loving, kindness, then something automatically opens your inner door.....you"ll find that all human beings are just like you, so you'll be able to relate to them more easily.   Web sites with lots of information on His Holiness The Dalai Lama - The Mind and Life Institute   -  http://www.mindandlife.org       The Mind and Life Institute is a fascinating place that brings together science and the studies of things like meditation.  The very real and positive results of meditation are quite amazing.  If you have not had opportunity to view this site I highly recommend it to everyone that has any interest in the human mind.  His Holiness The Dalai Lama was very involved and instrumental in bringing this concept to life.  www.tibet.com/teachings.html www.tv.com/dalai-lama/person/413265/summary.html www.dalailama.org www.tibet.net/hhdl/eng http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/lama-bio.html http://www.beliefnet.com/dalailama/ http://www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz/dlama.html www.savetibet.org/   The current schedule for The Dalai Lama 2006   Teaching in Sarnath, Varanasi, India from December 19 to 21: His Holiness will give a teaching on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) & Changkya Rolpai Dorjee's Identifying the Mother, A Spiritual Song on the View (taghur ama ngozin) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath.  The teaching is jointly organized by the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).  Contact Website: www.fpmt.org/organization/announcements/hhdl_sarnath/   Teaching in Hunsur, India from December 29 to 31: His Holiness will give the Thirteen Deities Red Yamantaka Empowerment (shaymar lha chusoom kawang) at Dzonggar Chodhe Monastery on December 29 and 30.   He will then give the Five Deities Chakrasmvara (dechok drilbu lha-nga) & Nine Deities Achala (mitruk lha-ghu) on December 31. 2007    Teaching in Hunsur, India from January 2 to 8: His Holiness will give the Ghuyasamaja Empowerment on January 2 & 3 followed by Ocean of Feats on Generation Stage of Ghuyasamaja Tantra (kayrim ngodup gyaltso) from January 4 to 7 at Gyudmey Monastery.  On the afternoon of January 7 he will confer the Permission Initiations of Mahakala & Dharmaraja (gonpo & chogyal jenang).  On January 8 morning he will confer a long life empowerment followed by a long long offering to His Holiness.    Teaching in Bylakuppe, India from January 10 to 13: His Holiness will give the Hayagriva Initiation (tamding yangsang kawang) at Sera Je Monastery on January 10 & 11.  On January 12 he will give teachings on Atisha's Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdon) at Sera Mey Monastery.  On January 13 morning he will confer a long life empowerment.    Public Talk in Mumbai, India on January 31: His Holiness will give a public talk on Peace Through Inner Peace organized by the FPMT.  The talk will begin at 1500 hrs and will be held at the MMRDA Ground, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East). Contact Website: www.dalailama2007mumbai.com   Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India on March 3: His Holiness will give a teaching from the Jataka Tales.   Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India from March 4 to 14: His Holiness will give his annual spring teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Boddhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) along with the 3rd Dalai Lama Gyalwang Sonam Gyatso’s The Refined Gold ?The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim sershoonma) at the Main Temple.  There will be a break in the teachings on March 10.   Teaching in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. on April 27 & 28: His Holiness will give a teaching on Je Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium organized by the Gyuto Vajrayana Center in San Jose, California.  Website: www.dalailamabay2007.com   Public Talk in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. on April 29: His Holiness will give a public talk (topic and venue yet to be decided).  Website: www.dalailamabay2007.com   Teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, USA on May 3 & 4: His Holiness will give teachings on tokchod donlekma and lamrim dudon and also confer the Green Tara Empowerment (doljang jenang) at the request of Geshe Lhundup Sopa of Deer Park Center. Contact Website: www.deerparkcenter.org   Public Talk in Perth, Australia on  June 6: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/   Prayer in Bendigo, Australia on June 7: His Holiness will lead a blessing prayer at the Great Stupa site. Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/   Teaching in Melbourne, Australia on June 8 to 10: His Holiness will give a three-day Buddhist teaching including an initiation.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/    Public Talk in Melbourne, Australia on June 9: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/    Teaching in Geelong, Australia on June 11: His Holiness will give a Medicine Buddha Initiation.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailamageelong.com.au/     Public Talk in Geelong, Australia on June 11: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailamageelong.com.au/    Public Talk in Brisbane, Australia on June 13: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/    Public Talk in Sydney, Australia on June 16: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website: www.dalailama.org.au/    Teaching in Auckland, New Zealand on June 18: His Holiness will give a teaching on The Four Noble Truths.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website:www.dalailamavisit.org.nz/    Public Talk in Wellington, New Zealand on June 19: His Holiness will give a public talk.  Contact: The Dalai Lama 2007 Australia Tour Website:www.dalailamavisit.org.nz/    Talks in Hamburg, Germany on July 21 & 22: His Holiness will give general talks on Learning Peace - The Practice of Non-Violence.  Website: www.dalailama-hamburg.de   Public Talk in Hamburg, Germany on July 22: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion in the Globalized World.  Website: www.dalailama-hamburg.de    Teachings in Hamburg, Germany from July 23 to 27: His Holiness will give teachings on Aryadeva's Chatuhshataka (zhi-gyapa).  Website: www.dalailama-hambu