April 2010 Blog Posts (68)

I am feeling an influx of great loving energy. My heart is full and I am sending it out to all of you as well. Rene

The Ice Cream Truck

Mama opened up the windows…

Zurich (Switzerland), 10 April 2010

Over 10,000 people filled Zurich city’s largest hall Hallenstadion yesterday afternoon to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak on Universal Responsibility and the Economy. The program started with the Tibetan language schools’ children singing a Tibetan song in front of His Holiness and the audience.

His Holiness arriving for his public talk in Zurich

After the…

Session 5

The final session of ML XX began with Roshi Joan Halifax quoting His Holiness from years ago Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for human beings to survive. Moving on to the sole formal presentation of the session, William George of Harvard Business School spoke of compassionate, authentic leadership. In his view it is essential for a healthy society. He sees the global financial mess not as an economic failure, but a spiritual…

Zurich (Switzerland), 10 April 2010

Over 8,000 people gathered at Münsterhof, in the heart of Zurich city to express solidarity with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people.

His Holiness at the Tibet Solidarity-Rally in Zurich

“Expressing solidarity with our cause is very useful to remind China of the Tibetan cause,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama. “I very much appreciate it.” He…

Session 3

“What are the recent most important findings from economic research which help us to understand how cooperation, how decision-making and pro-social behavior work?” This is how Gert Scobel of 3sat opened the introduction to Session 3 on Day 2. Lord Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, after discussing different situations where competition or cooperation would be more appropriate, talked about how increased wealth does not…

Zurich (Switzerland), 9 April 2010

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Session 1

After introductory remarks by Adam Engle, CEO and co-founder of the Mind & Life Institute, Rector Andreas Fischer – the President of the University of Zurich – welcomed everyone and introduced His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

His…

A sea of candles glowed outside Poland's presidential palace last night as the body of president Lech Kaczynski arrived home.

He was killed with his wife Maria and 94 other members of the country's elite when their plane crashed in Russia on Saturday.…

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Zurich (Switzerland), 8 April 2010

Thank you Switzerland, said His Holiness the Dalai Lama Zurich

8 April - His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanked the Swiss Government, Red Cross and the people, local governments, organisations and individual for their generous assistance to Tibetans for the last five decades. “It is our Tibetan culture and…