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The Dalai Lama at 80 | August 21, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

August 23, 2015
FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: In just the past few weeks, he’s appeared at a music festival in England, a presidential library in Houston, and a stadium near Los Angeles. There is perhaps no world figure today with a more diverse base of fans and well-wishers.(speaking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama): Why are you so popular globally? Why are you a rock star?HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA: I don’t know. I never pay attention about that, why people praise me.DE SAM LAZARO: And even as he celebrated his 80th birthday, he said he’s not concerned about another matter that’s on many...
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Jeff Wilson

Jeff Wilson was a student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when he began researching Buddhism in North Carolina. As a student affiliate, he wrote... Read more about Jeff Wilson
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Yang Liu

Yang Liu was a student at Baylor University when he began mapping Buddhism in Austin. Dr. Christopher Ellison, Dr. Margaret Syverson and Dr. Robert... Read more about Yang Liu
Baylor University
Waco, TX

Brenda Whitlock

Brenda Whitlock was a student at Arizona State University when she began research on the Arizona Buddhist Temple. Dr. Tracey Fessenden was the faculty sponsor... Read more about Brenda Whitlock
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ

Vanessa Munari

Vanessa Munari was a student in the department of sociology at Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy when she began her research on the double... Read more about Vanessa Munari
Department of Sociology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Melinda Haselton (Haley)

With a background studying Buddhist stupas in rural Nepal, Melinda Haley's research focused on the role of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya at Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Haley's research in Nepal concluded that the stupa is a physical object used to access spiritual power and in turn create both a Buddhist landscape and community. Her summer research, undertaken while a student at Drew University, focused on the presence of the Stupa in the community's worship, practice and everyday life. Her findings concluded that the Stupa is an integral part of the Center and that it bears significant impact on the center's development. Haley's research also reveals that the stupa provides as exquisite space for practitioners, bonding the larger American Buddhist community. Additionally, she concluded that the stupa is an important aspect of the evolving American Buddhism, as it serves as an authentic example of Tibetan Buddhist architecture.... Read more about Melinda Haselton (Haley)
Drew University
Madison, NJ

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