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...talk about it,” said Shiping Zheng, an associate professor of comparative politics at the University of Vermont. “The Chinese government has time on its side. They don’t see any benefits but a lot of risks by welcoming back the Dalai Lama...
...Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, has been in exile in Northern India since 1959. The Chinese have not allowed him to return...
Director of the International Campaign for Tibet Bhuchung K. Tsering, a member of a delegation sent by the Dalai Lama to initiate talks with the Chinese last May, said that Tibetans are not asking for independence but rather for autonomy...
Barak, who toured Harvard with his wife and one bodyguard, seemed particularly interested in the Dalai Lama’s September visit and “in Memorial Church as an interfaith center of campus,” said Coughlin, who is also a Crimson editor...
Modern interest in the practice of Buddhism still incorporates that scientific mindset. Many Harvard students who practice Buddhist meditation reiterate their fondness for what they perceive as Buddhism’s compatibility with science. These student practitioners often bring up the Dalai Lama’s stance on Buddhism and science, that “if Buddhism and science don’t agree, we have to follow science.” This institutional willingness to be corrected is refreshing to many, including Myhrum, who spent the summer after her first year of college studying and meditating at a monastery...