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Visit from His Holiness the Dalai Lama Canceled

We regret to inform you that we were notified on Friday, September 25 by the Private Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the Dalai Lama’s October visit to the United States has been canceled. Among the events that have been canceled are the Dalai Lama’s scheduled appearances at Smith College, Amherst College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The statement from the Private Office is below.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in the United States earlier this week for a medical evaluation. Upon completion of the evaluation, the doctors have advised that His Holiness take complete rest. As a result, His Holiness will be returning to Dharamsala next week and will not be able to visit the United States next month. We deeply regret cancellation of the visit and apologize to everyone who has worked so hard in organizing the visit as well as to the public who have been looking forward to the visit. We thank everyone for their support and understanding and would like to consider rescheduling the visit in the future.

The Private Office has noted that His Holiness is interested in rescheduling his Pioneer Valley visit at a later date. Should that occur, we will provide additional information as soon as it becomes available.


His Holiness The Dalai Lama
WIsdom, Compassion, Peace. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at Hampshire and Smith Colleges

READING LIST

For those interested in learning more about the teachings of the 14th Dalai Lama, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan history and culture, many books are available. The following titles provide a list to initiate the learning process. Many of the books are required reading for Five College students who spend January studying at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India, a program begun by Hampshire College and sustained through a collaboration with Smith College.

Writings by the 14th Dalai Lama

How to See Yourself as You Really Are, published by Simon and Schuster, in 2006.

Kindness, Clarity and Insight, revised, updated and published by Snow Lion Publications in 2006.

Ethics for the New Millenium, published by Riverhead Press in 1999.

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, published by Riverhead Hardcover in 1998.

The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of its Philosophy and Practice, published by Wisdom Publications in 1995.

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, published by Harper Collins in 1991.

Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living, published by Clear Light Publishers in 1989.

My Land and My People: Memoirs of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, originally published by McGraw-Hill in 1962.

Books about the philosophy and history of the Dalai Lama and Tibet

The Tibetans, written by Matthew Kapstein and published by Blackwell Publishing in 2006.

The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, written by Tsering Shakya and published by Penguin in 2000.

The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama, written by Melvyn Goldstein and published by the University of California Press in 1999.

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, written by John Powers and published by Snow Lion Publications in 1995.

A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings by and About the Dalai Lama, edited by Sidney Piburn, and published by Snow Lion Publications in 1990.

The Nobel Peace Prize and the Dalai Lama, edited by Sidney Piburn and published by Snow Lion Publications in 1990.

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