Subject: Dalai Lama to visit Cornell (was Re: TIBET: 1991 IS YEAR OF TIBET)
From: doron@cs.cornell.edu (Leor Doron)
Date: 1991-01-28, 18:41
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asian.american,alt.tv.twin-peaks,soc.religion.eastern

I thought this might hold some (widespread) interest...

(Note:  Also visiting Cornell, to lecture on Jan. 31, is Benazir Bhutto,
        former prime minister of Pakistan.)

[Excerpted from Cornell Chronicle, Jan. 24, 1991]==========================

   Dalai Lama to visit in March as Bartels Fellow
   ----------------------------------------------

The Dalai Lama, the exiled temporal and spiritual leader of 6
   million Tibetans and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, will visit
   campus March 25 through 27 as the 1991 Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels
   World Affairs Fellow.

President Frank H.T. Rhodes, in announcing the visit, called the
   Dalai Lama "a spiritual teacher, secular leader and scholar of
   remarkable breadth, whose warmth, compassion, and commitment to the
   highest humanitarian ideals stand as an example to us all.

"As the Nobel committee noted," Rhodes continued, "he has come
   forward with constructive and forward-looking proposals for the solution
   of problems as diverse as international conflict, human rights and
   global environmental change.  We look forward to his sharing his unique
   perspective on life and world affairs with our students and the wider
   community."

A highlight of the Dalai Lama's visit will be a free public talk
   scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, at 6 p.m. in Barton Hall.  Up to 15,000
   people are expected; seating will be on a first-come, first-served
   basis.  Campus shuttle buses will run from perimeter parking lots to
   Barton Hall.

The Bartels Fellowship honors a distinguished leader in the field
   of international relations, who visits the campus as a guest of the
   Center for International Studies to give a lecture and meet with
   students and faculty.  Recent Bartels Fellows have included President
   Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela; Mark Palmer, former U.S. Ambassador to
   Hungary; and Dr.  Halfdan Mahler, director-general of the World Health
   Organization.

In addition to his major public address, the Dalai Lama will
   deliver an academic lecture, "The Buddhism of Tibet," on Wednesday,
   March 27, at 9:30 a.m. in Bailey Hall.  It is designed for, but not
   limited to, students of philosophy, Asian studies, and religious
   studies.

During the Cornell visit, the Dalai Lama will also formally launch
   the Year of Tibet in North America.  Through events and exhibits to be
   held in at least 28 countries, the Year of Tibet honors the
   2,000-year-old civilization -- especially its religious art -- which has
   been imperiled by a 40-year Chinese occupation of the country.

During the three weeks before the visit, the Herbert F. Johnson
   Museum of Art will be the site for construction of an intricate Tibetan
   sand mandala by monks of Namgyal Monastery.  The Dalai Lama will be
   stopping by the museum during his visit to inspect and bless the
   mandala.  Other Year of Tibet events include a Tibetan film series,
   musical performances, a photo exhibit and other displays of Tibetan art
   and culture.

Tenzin Gyatso was born in 1935 to a peasant family in Amdo, eastern
   Tibet.  He was chosen at age 2 to be the 14th Dalai Lama after an
   intricate process led by eminent Buddhist lamas in Tibet.  At the age of
   4, he was taken to Lhasa and officially installed as the Dalai Lama.

In 1959, after a Tibetan revolt against China's occupation, the
   Dalai Lama along with 100,000 Tibetan refugees fled across the Himalayas
   to India and other neighboring countries.  In India, he drafted a
   democratic constitution, formed a Tibetan government-in-exile and began
   to establish the institutions that would form the basis for a new
   Tibetan society: schools, hospitals, orphanages, craft co-ops, farming
   communities, institutions for the preservation of traditional music and
   drama, and monastic institutions.

In addition to winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama was
   recently honored by the United States Congress as the recipient of its
   1989 Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Human Rights Award.  Other recent
   honors include the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award and the 1989
   Prix de Memoire Award.

His publications include: "A Policy of Kindness," "My Tibet,"
   "Freedom in Exile," "Kindness, Clarity and Insight," along with writings
   on Buddhist philosophy.

Those interested in more information about the Dalai Lama's visit
   may write to Dalai Lama Visit, 245 Day Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca,
   NY 14853.
-- Sam Segal
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--Lee
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