With appearances at the FleetCenter and MIT's conference on meditation, the Dalai Lama's Boston-area visit this year has been much different than the last time around.
Whether rich or poor, a scholar or a beggar, everyone desires the same thing -- a happy life, said the Dalai Lama, speaking to a sold-out FleetCenter crowd last night.
Two days after the walkout by the Kalon Tripa and his Kashag, the Assembly today began with a clarification from Deputy Sonam Topgyal. Deputy Sonam Topgyal told the house that he is withdrawing his words since he was requested
The Dalai Lama reacts to the cheers of a crowd gathered September 14, 2003 to hear his 'Public Talk for New England' in the Fleetcenter in Boston. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader made the public address after participating in a two-day conference on science, Buddism and human biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of his 16-day United States tour. (REUTERS/Jim Bourg)
Thousands of supporters and devotees of the Dalai Lama gave a spirited reception to the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet on Sunday, who urged the sold-out audience at the FleetCenter to seek peaceful means of resolving conflict.
Pairs of shoes lined the entryway to the Chamtse Ling temple Sunday as Buddhist worshippers gathered for the first teaching in the shrine room celebrating the public opening of the center.
For centuries, millions of Tibetans have made the arduous pilgrimage to the holy mountain of Kailas, walking 35 miles around its base in a single day to wash away the sins of the world in a symbolic re-enactment of the wheel of life.
Can concentration be controlled? Can attention be practiced and perfected? These are questions that are of increasing interest today to scientists, but which Buddhist monks have been exploring for thousands of years.
