from UMass News & Media Relations
AMHERST, Mass. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, will give a public lecture on Oct. 25 at the Mullins Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to cap a three-day visit to the Pioneer Valley hosted by the Hadley-based Mind & Life Institute.
According to organizers, the purpose of his visit is to focus on ethics and education and specifically an approach to incorporating care and compassion into the framework of education from K-12 through postgraduate education worldwide. The Dalai Lama will also make visits to Amherst and Smith colleges during his stay. The campus visits will include dialogues and presentations with faculty, national experts and students.
“We are very honored to bring His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the area, and we are especially pleased to partner with our colleagues at Amherst, Smith and UMass on a topic that is so important to education at all levels, namely how to bring altruism and compassion more fully into the heart of our collective work,” said Arthur Zajonc, president of the Mind & Life Institute.
Details of the public lecture at the Mullins Center are in the process of being finalized.
According to organizers, the purpose of his visit is to focus on ethics and education and specifically an approach to incorporating care and compassion into the framework of education from K-12 through postgraduate education worldwide. The Dalai Lama will also make visits to Amherst and Smith colleges during his stay. The campus visits will include dialogues and presentations with faculty, national experts and students.
“We are very honored to bring His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the area, and we are especially pleased to partner with our colleagues at Amherst, Smith and UMass on a topic that is so important to education at all levels, namely how to bring altruism and compassion more fully into the heart of our collective work,” said Arthur Zajonc, president of the Mind & Life Institute.
Details of the public lecture at the Mullins Center are in the process of being finalized.