Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 4)

dalai lama • academics • ten minutes with • lecture ON CAMPUS dalai lama DALAI LAMA’S VISIT INSPIRES YEAR OF TIBETAN LEARNING The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet the summer reading program. The Ofﬁce of the who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, First-Year Experience selected the Dalai Lama’s will visit Lehigh on July 11–15. He will teach autobiography, Freedom in Exile, as its summer Exile, for four-and-a-half days at Stabler Arena on reading book for all entering students last AuTsong-kha-pa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of gust. The Lehigh University Art Galleries the Path to Enlightenment: The Lamrim shifted programming to include an exhibit from Chenmo. Chenmo. The teaching sessions, which will renowned photographer Elaine Ling, whose take place each morning and afternoon except pictorial record of Tibet was presented to the for Sunday afternoon, July 13, at Stabler campus in formal talks and in gallery displays. Arena, are sponsored by the Tibetan Buddhist In one of the most engaging and visually Learning Center in Washington, N.J. striking events of the year, monks from the Instead of a teaching session on the afterNamgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist noon of July 13, the Dalai Lama will give a Studies in Ithaca, N.Y., created a beautiful public talk at Stabler on “Generating a Good sand mandala in the newly restored LinderHeart.” He also will answer questions submitman Library over ﬁve days in October. ted in writing by the audi“Collectively, these varence during his 90-minute ied events throughout the public appearance. year of preparation imOn July 10, four worldmersed the campus in an renowned Tibetan Buddist unusual teaching and learnteachers will offer key backing experience,” says Lloyd ground information that Steffen, professor of reliwill serve as an important gion studies and university foundation for the Dalai chaplain. Lama’s teachings. “We created opportuniTo help the campus ties for the Lehigh commucommunity prepare for the nity to learn about Tibetan Tibetan lunches were served at the Asa, historic visit, faculty mem- Court, and Rathbone Dining Halls. Buddhism and the culture bers suggested speakers and of the Tibetan homeland. new courses related to Tibet or Buddhism were And we did this against the backdrop of current created. The Asian Studies department took events, as His Holiness spoke from a world stage the lead in setting up a China-related lecture to advocate for peace and nonviolence in his efseries, while the Lehigh Visiting Lectures fort to resolve one of the great political and reCommittee provided funding for a year-long ligious conﬂicts in the world today.” series of talks designed to engage students, facAmong the major events during the reulty, staff, and the community in a focused cently completed spring semester were: learning experience related to Buddhism and • Tibetan meals served once each month Tibet. in the Asa, Court, and Rathbone Dining The year of academic events kicked off with Halls. PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BENEDICT PHOTO ELAINE LING, COURTESY OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES In anticipation of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s historic visit to Lehigh in July, the campus community used the 2007-08 academic year to deepen its understanding of Tibet, China, Buddhism, and the Dalai Lama himself. Elaine Ling’s images captured the spirit and resilience of the Tibetan people. • New academic courses offered to provide insights into topics such as Tibet, Buddhism, and the Dalai Lama. • February lectures on contemplative education by Thomas Coburn, president of Naropa University in Boulder, Colo., and on the Tibetan-Chinese conﬂict by Rajan Menon, Lehigh’s Monroe J. Rathbone Distinguished Professor of International Relations. • A March lecture by Barry Magid, author of Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide. Guide. • An April exhibit by Ling, whose pictures chronicle the difference between Tibet 20 years ago and today. • A mid-April discussion of historical women in Tibetan Buddhism by Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard University. • The Baccalaureate Address on May 18 by Tenzin Robert Thurman of Columbia University, the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. For the latest news on the upcoming visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, visit www.lehigh.edu/dalailama. . —Bill Doherty 4 lehigh alumni bulletin http://www.lehigh.edu/dalailama

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