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Last Chance to Give in 2010
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-29 09:48

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BRAC is...
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-27 13:03

The Dalai Lama Center was fortunate enough to have two representatives from BRAC at the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit. more

Jon Kabat-Zinn answers the question, "What is Mindfulness?"
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-22 11:17

Mindfulness is a term that is closely associated with meditation and inner well-being. It's also a central value of both the Dalai Lama and the Dalai Lama Center. But what is mindfulness? Jon Kabat-Zinn, founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness, says it's simply about the "presence of heart". more

New video featuring DLC trustees
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-16 11:19

Season's Greetings from the DLC
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-15 09:48

First Tibetan Restaurant Opens in Vancouver
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-14 11:46

Last month, Vancouver opened up its very first Tibetan restaurant.  The Vancouver Tibetan Kitchen offers not only traditional Tibetan cuisine, but also Indian style Chinese food. more

Help DLC Put Compassion Into Action
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-12-01 09:45

The New Year is almost here – a good time to re-connect with valued friends, share thoughts and learnings of the past and aspirations for the future. For the DLC team, this is a unique opportunity to talk to you about the work we’ve been doing, and to call on you to support our new initiatives aimed at putting compassion into action. more

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-11-30 12:17

In this TED Talk, Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.  more

Matthieu Ricard on Compassion
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-11-24 10:27

As a part of the recent TED@UN event, Matthieu Ricard shared his thoughts on the definition of compassion. more

Dalai Lama Calls for Disarmament to Pave Way for Global Peace
Posted by Dalai Lama Center on 2010-11-22 09:17

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday called for a violence-free world emphasizing the need to demilitarize the world. “But before we work for universal disarmament, we must first go through internal disarmament,” he said while delivering a lecture on ‘Human Approach to World Peace’ at the Institute of Social Sciences (ISS). more