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is deeply inspired and filled with Joy of this Event, the Dalai Lama turns 76 this July 7th

Mahatma’s grandson to attend Dalai Lama’s birthday bash

Dharamsala: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun Gandhi and Martin Luther King III, son of late American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. are among the dignitaries scheduled to attend Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s 76th birthday celebrations in the US Wednesday, an official said.

“Arun Gandhi and Martin Luther King III will grace the occasion to mark the birthday of His Holiness in Washington on July 6,” Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama’s office, told IANS Monday.

He said the Nobel laureate Monday morning left on a 13-day visit to the US, where he will conduct the Kalachakra ceremony for world peace.

He said the spiritual guru will participate in birthday celebrations that include prayer meetings and a short discourse.

“Similar functions will also be held here (in Dharamsala),” he added.

Taklha said the Dalai Lama’s visit is totally religious and “there is no scheduled programme to meet US officials there”.

Born on July 6, 1935, at Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, the Dalai Lama was recognised at the age of two as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso.

He fled Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, basing his Tibetan government-in-exile here that never won recognition from any country.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his non-violent campaign for democracy and freedom in his homeland. Ever since he fled to India, he has spent his time in exile pushing for autonomy for Tibet.

India is home to around 100,000 Tibetans.

… we Celebrate this Day.

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For decades he has given us all hope — setting a generous example of wisdom, non-violence and compassion for a better world.

 

Now we can return the favour — let’s send the Dalai Lama a birthday tribute from millions of us worldwide!

It will be delivered personally to him on a “wall of warm wishes” outside the temple in Dharamsala and broadcast around the region.http://www.avaaz.org/en/dalai_lamas_birthday/?vl

Let’s take this moment to honour the Dalai Lama together and make his birthday last as long as we keep signing! — click here to sign the tribute — then forward this alert to everyone so they can do the same:

Imagine all of our names together on a massive public tribute to the Dalai Lama, from Brazil to Ghana, Italy to Indonesia — tens of thousands of messages of hope, gratitude and encouragement streaming in from all around the world!

The spiritual leader of Tibet has spent over 50 years in exile, and he continues to preach peace and compassion. Let’s share with him how much the world values him and is inspired by his life.

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The Dalai Lama visited Madison, WI May 2nd through the 4th of 2007. He offered teachings at the Alliant Energy Center.

On the afternoon of May 4th, He offered this talk at the University of Wisconsin Kohl Center.