Dalai Lama visits MIT to discuss global challenges, draws protests

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Reported by The Tech
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For the link Panel interview with Dalai Lama, begin at time 01.18
http://thecenter.mit.edu/thevisit2014/liveweb/
Conversations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on “Change-Makers for a Better World,” featuring 2 panels: I) Global Systems 3.0 - Equitable Solutions for a Changing World and II) SPARK - Youth in Conversation with The Dalai Lama from MIT's Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, Mass, USA on October 31st, 2014 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm EDT.



November 4, 2014

Dalai Lama visits MIT to discuss global challenges, draws protests

The Dalai Lama visited MIT’s Kresge Auditorium last Friday to participate in a panel discussion about how individuals can address major societal issues such as global warming and food security, The Boston Globe reported.

The visit was marked by protests against the Dalai Lama’s alleged ban on prayers to Dorje Shugden, a controversial Buddhist entity. The protesters were led by the International Shugden Community, a California-based organization.

A crowd of counter-protesters in support of the Dalai Lama handed out fliers claiming that the opposition group was supported by the Chinese government, the Associated Press reported.

The panel included professors from MIT and Harvard, such as Marshall Ganz from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Deborah Ancona from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

The discussion was organized by the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT, which last hosted the Dalai Lama in October 2012. The Dalai Lama also participated in events at the Citi Performing Arts Wang Theatre, the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, and TD Garden during his visit to Boston, according to the Associated Press.

—Rohan Banerjee