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Dalai Lama to Speak at Harvard

April 14, 2009

 
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Update (5/1): Please see this account of the Dalai Lama’s appearance, with links to audio and video.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public address at Harvard on April 30, the Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Divinity School jointly announced yesterday (April 13).

The talk, titled “Educating the Heart,” is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Memorial Church. Come back to the Harvard Magazine website for event coverage and a link to the University’s live webcast. (Harvard faculty and staff members and students can visit this site to sign up for a ticket lottery, which closes April 15 at 5 p.m.)

As part of the same trip, the Dalai Lama will speak at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 2. Appearances in New York are also scheduled.

The Dalai Lama last came to Harvard (and spoke in the Memorial Church) in 2003. On that visit, President Lawrence H. Summers received the Buddhist leader in his office; read the Harvard Magazine account here.

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  1. April 28, 2009

    Is there a way to access the live webcast of Thursday’s event? I would love to at least hear/see what HH has to say. Thanks!

    Editor’s note: As noted in the update above, the webcast will be accessible on the Harvard homepage.

    ~Greg Buckland

  2. April 28, 2009

    As an international educator and alumni of HGSE, I believe the topic of “Educating the Heart” is the most relevant topic that the Dalai Lama has choosen for our time and age. I would like to ask that you broadcast a copy of his speech at later times and dates so that alumni around the world can benefit from his wisdom.

    ~Denise Maratos

  3. April 28, 2009

    I also hold a special interest to the Tibetan culture. I would love to listen to his holiness The Dalai Lama speak and have a copy of his transcript. Would that be possible?

    I didn’t find the link where I need to connect in order to see the speech live on April 30 online. I would really appreciate if you please send me the link and the specific time when it will be aired.

    ~Carina Himes

  4. April 28, 2009

    How can we get info about the webcast for 9:30 on 30 April ?

    I see:
    Come back to the Harvard Magazine website for event coverage and a link to the University’s live webcast.

    ~John Cross

  5. April 28, 2009

    It’s not very useful to tell us on April 28 about a lottery that closed on April 15.

    Dan Kemp

    ~Dan Kemp

  6. April 29, 2009

    Educating the heart is one of the goals of Waldorf education, now widely known as the largest independent school movement in the world. I’m happy to hear that a world leader from the Orient is also calling attention to the need for this approach. I’m also pleased that Harvard is leading the way by now emphasizing a broader importance of art through a revision of its curriculum—not merely the intellectual study but actually the importance of creating art as part of education. This, too, educates the heart.

    ~Richard G. Rettig

  7. April 29, 2009

    When will he speak in NY and how can I get tickets?

    ~D. Martinez

  8. April 30, 2009

    Is there a recording of the Dalai Lama’s address that we can access?

    ~Bernie H

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