His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visits Princeton

By Danielle Alio, Office of Communications on Oct. 29, 2014, 2:30 p.m.
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visited Princeton University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Among the day's activities were a public talk on compassion, a conversation with students about service, and destruction of sand mandalas symbolizing the impermanence of life.

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Dalai Lama to visit Princeton Oct. 28; get details .

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is participating in two events at Princeton University Tuesday, Oct. 28, and both will be streamed live online.

Compassion, service, joy: The Dalai Lama visits Princeton .

With wisdom, honesty and humor, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama urged young people to take action to make the world more peaceful through compassion and service during a visit to Princeton University on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to give public talk at Princeton University .

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will visit Princeton University on Tuesday, Oct. 28, to deliver an address to the entire community and will meet with students and faculty to discuss the meaning of service.

Students learn about Buddhism through sand mandalas .

In conjunction with the Dalai Lama's visit to Princeton this fall, students in Princeton's Forbes College have been learning about Tibetan Buddhism through sand mandalas. 

Dalai Lama tickets for members of public available online Tuesday evening .

Tickets for the general public to attend a lecture on the Princeton campus next month by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will be available on a first-come, first-served basis Tuesday evening through online registration.

Students explore language, culture in Dar es Salaam .

Princeton in Dar es Salaam is a summer study-abroad program that offers Princeton students an intensive experience combining in-class Swahili language study with immersion in the daily life and culture of the Swahili-speakers in the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The program, based in the Institute of Kiswahili Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam, is designed in the spirit of Princeton University’s commitment to providing high quality opportunities that allow its undergraduates to encounter firsthand the peoples, culture and contemporary concerns of other regions of the world.

Registration for Dalai Lama public ticket drawing takes place tonight .

Members of the public may register this evening for a chance to receive a ticket to the public talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Princeton University next week.