Tag: dalai lama portland

After spending three days listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama teach in Oregon, the Venerable Thubten Jampa, of Sravasti Abbey, is still processing the experience.
“What I really found amazing,” she said, “was when he went to leave, then turned back, and said ‘I’m the same as you. You have the same potential I have.’”

PORTLAND — The deterioration of the planet is a “very serious matter,” the Dalai Lama said Saturday morning during a forum hosted by Maitripa College.

He was the highlighted speaker during, “Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment: An Environmental Summit,” which featured noted experts Andrea Durbin, director of the Oregon Environmental Council, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and scientist David Suzuki.

PORTLAND — Before taking questions from the press Saturday morning, the Dalai Lama had something to say.

Pointing to eager reporters in the room he said, “We are all part of humanity,” reminding them that they, too, are responsible for making change.

John Michael isn't like the rest of us. We, meaning reporters, are sipping coffee and typing ferociously on our computers using this unreasonable hour (6 a.m.) to catch up on work we’ve been putting off.

Tickets for the Dalai Lama's upcoming visit to Portland are now on sale.

He will be speaking at an environmental summit at Maitripa College May 9-11.