Monday, October 29, 2007
Recently HH the Dalai Lama was honored with the Presidential Distinguished Professorship award at Emory University and participated in a weekend of events in his honor. Sister Joan Chittister, Co-Chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, was one of the four respondents to the Dalai Lama at the First Emory Summit on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Following her response to the Dalai Lama’s address at Emory University, in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 21, Sister Joan received a long standing ovation from the standing-room only crowd of 4800 people who had gathered. The two-hour event is now available on the web in video. The Dalai Lama at Emory HH the Dalai Lama begins near the 45 minute mark. Sister Joan Chittister at the 1 hour 25 minute mark and the into questions and answers. This dynamic conversation between 5 representatives of the world’s major faiths revolved around the question: Can the religions of the world work together to reduce violent conflict and build peaceful, pluralistic societies? This picture of HH Dalai Lama and Sister Joan was taken by Myron McGhee.
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