The Dalai Lama to teach at US university

[Bhaisahab]

The Dalai Lama to teach at US university

Reuters
Posted online: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at 0854 hours IST

Atlanta, February 6: The Dalai Lama has accepted an appointment as a professor at Atlanta's Emory University in the first such appointment the Tibetan spiritual leader has accepted, the university said on Monday.

The appointment reflects a partnership between Emory and Tibetan exiles that includes a major project to provide a comprehensive science education curriculum to Tibetan Buddhist monks, said Emory spokeswoman Elaine Justice.

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. The Dalai Lama in a Red State???

I guess they need him more.

Om.

[onehandle]

7. I meant post #6 for you. See below. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Thanks!

That helps clear up some confusion.

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. Jimmy Carter is a professor at Emory too.

We're not all that bad...

:cry:

[chelaque liberal]

14. Desmond Tutu was also.

[Mojorabbit]

2. Worth going back to school for eom

[medeak]

3. ditto! you beat me to it. n/t

[lvx35]

4. Science for monks is cool too. Sounds like that school has a good thing going on. nt

[OneBlueSky]

5. good luck getting into that course . . . the waiting list will be, um, lengthy . . . n/t

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[onehandle]

6. It's around the corner from me, in the bluest county in Georgia.

It's no party or "legacy" ivy league school. You actually have to work to get your degree.

Blue staters from around the country attend. Red staters go elsewhere.

I've heard the Dalai Lama speak there before. A local Buddhist organization with close ties to him has a hand in this I imagine.

[GOPBasher]

8. That is so awesome! I wish I could take that class! n/t

[VegasWolf]

11. If you get an A in the class does that mean you have reached Enlightenment? nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I wonder if they'll make his lecture available on DVD...

I'd really like to hear what he has to say.

[chelaque liberal]

13. The Dalai Lama was the commencement speaker

when my son graduated from Emory in '98. It was very meaningful.

Emory Report

May 4, 1998

Volume 50, No. 31
University readies for commencement, speaker Dalai Lama

Bringing foreign dignitaries and heads of state to campus for commencement-even if they are in exile-involves quite a bit more maneuvering than usual. "Those of us involved in planning commencement feel as if we are rolling along toward May 11 with increasing speed, like Amtrak's Empire Builder opening the throttle across the northern plains," University Secretary Gary Hauk wrote to families of the graduates. "A thousand details present themselves on the horizon and then, with alarming velocity, zip past."

Still, Emory had practice with former Soviet leaders Eduard Shevardnarze in 1991 and Mikhail Gorbechev in 1992, and the University is ready to host this year's speaker, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader to some 6 million Tibetans. The Quadrangle will be fenced this year for security, said Hauk. "Tickets will not be required, but bags will be checked as people come in the gates."

Like the graduates, the Dalai Lama will have a busy weekend before he steps onto the podium to give his address and receive an honorary degree at Emory's 153rd commencement, which begins at 8:30 a.m. He'll conduct two 90-minute teaching sessions here on Sunday, May 10 (see sidebar). He'll also give a 6 p.m. public lecture commencement day at the P.E. Center.

Joining the Dalai Lama as honorary degree candidates are biologist and National Academy of Sciences President Bruce Alberts, U.S. Circuit Judge Phyllis Kravitch and Georgia Gov. Zell Miller. Emory Board Chairman Brad Currey will deliver Oxford's commencement address Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m.

According to preliminary information from the Registrar's Office, which could change before commencement, there are 3,232 candidates for Emory degrees. As in the past, female graduates will outnumber men-55 to 45 percent.

This year's graduates hail from 47 states and 80 foreign countries; the youngest among them is a 19-year-old dual degree recipient (BA/MA in English), the oldest is a 60-year-old master's of divinity candidate. The oldest undergraduate is a 49-year-old bachelor's of nursing candidate. More than 45 graduates will be over the age of 50, and 12 are veterans.

The average GPA for Emory College graduates is 3.2; 32 percent of them have GPAs of 3.5 or higher. Forty-seven dual degrees are scheduled to be awarded at Monday's ceremony, and individual schools will hold their diploma ceremonies beginning at 10:30 a.m. For a complete list of events, visit the 1998 commencement web site at <http://www.emory.edu/COMMENCEMENT/>.

-Stacey Jones

[Megahurtz]

15. That Guy's Funny.

He's always laughing. He must know something we don't. :silly:

[treestar]

16. How cool!

Lucky students.

[Jonathan50]

17. The Dalai Lama is a libertarian leftist

I took the Political Compass quiz and was shocked and amazed to find out that my political position is identical to that of the Dalai Lama. I was so surprised since I'm about as non religious as it's possible to get.

I would urge anyone interested in politics to take the Political Compass test, it is by far the best determinant of political leanings I have yet seen and I've been online since the days of Atari computers and 300 baud acoustic modems you had to put your telephone handset on.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Welcome to The Political Compass™.

There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape.

For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?

On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.
That's about as much as we should tell you for now.

After you've responded to the following propositions during the next 3-5 minutes, all will be explained. In each instance, you're asked to choose the response that best describes your feeling: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree or Strongly Agree. At the end of the test, you'll be given the compass, with your own special position on it.