Dalai Lama coming to Inverness 23 June

For those interested: The Dalai Lama is coming, but the tickets are all sold out now (all 1300 of them)! Apparently, however, there are to be a number of events scheduled around his visit. The purpose of his series of lecture dates is to "discuss his view on promoting personal and universal responsibility for transformational change and especially wants to encourage young people to be the change they wish to see in the world." With that in mind, I'm hoping the Highland Council will have something in place for our schools, since they apparently had a hand in making the visit happen.

Picture: http://chinadailyshow.com/tag/dalai-lama/
Quote: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Dalai-Lama-to-visit-Inverness-to-appeal-to-young-people-16012012.htm

He is also planning talks in Edinburgh and Dundee... and perhaps the most exciting thing is that tickets don't go on sale for the Dundee event until 1st Feb. I am hoping to be able to secure a number of tickets so that some of our senior pupils might have an opportunity to go (22nd June). If you can help with this, please let me know. I think we'll need a number of people on the phone as soon as the box office in Dundee opens, trying to get through, and checking online to see if the tickets will be available that way (I doubt it). If it works the same way as Eden Court, it should be possible to reserve the tickets, then pay for them up to three days later. Again, please let me know if you can help, or if you know someone who can.

This report from the Highland Council says:
Later on Friday 22nd June His Holiness The Dalai Lama will make a historic visit to Dundee where he is to be greeted by pipe bands and the public. At the invitation of the University of Dundee he will give The Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion at the city’s Caird Hall. This special event for Dundee will top off a week of graduation ceremonies in the city hall.

The theme of the lecture will be 'Education of the Heart'. His Holiness believes that although the West has been immensely successful in respect to what he refers to as' education of the brain', it needs to give greater attention to 'education of the heart' to promote the cultivation of love and compassion.

Dundee Lord Provost John Letford said, "It is a privilege for Dundee to be visited by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. His spiritual leadership and unstinting promotion of human values will be well received in the city of discovery."

Professor Pete Downes, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee, said, “It will be an honour to welcome His Holiness The Dalai Lama to Dundee and truly a privilege to have him deliver this year’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion.

Prof Downes added: “His visit will enhance understanding of all faiths and cultures, and help promote relations between these different groups. Cultivating love and compassion is central to the Dalai Lama’s teaching, and his talk presents a rare opportunity for people in the city to hear from one of the world’s most influential spiritual leaders.”