URGENT NOTICE: MORNING LECTURE CANCELLED

With great regret, we announce that His Holiness the Dalai Lama's morning public talk on May 2nd has been cancelled due to ill health; the continental breakfast scheduled for premier ticket holders is also cancelled. Please note that the press availability has also been canceled.

Public Talk by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama:
“What is True Wisdom?”

“The aim of life is happiness. While ignorance leads beings into endless frustration and suffering, wisdom frees them.”

Along with compassion, wisdom is one of the twin pillars of Buddhist thought and practice. But what is wisdom? What does it have to do with how we understand personal identity? What kind of engagement with the world does it imply? How does wisdom enhance the expression of compassion? In a public talk delivered in Royce Hall, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will draw upon his decades of study and training in traditional Buddhist sources, and his deep personal experience as a Buddhist monk, to explore what true wisdom is and how it may be applied in daily life. After the public address, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Director Robert Buswell will pose to His Holiness selected questions submitted by April 18. The UCLA student submitting the best question online will receive a complimentary ticket and be acknowledged by name at the event.

When:
Monday, May 2, 2011, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (no entry after 9:45 a.m.)

Where:
UCLA Royce Hall Auditorium

Presented By:
UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies

Tickets: $165, $100, $65 and, for UCLA students with current Bruincard ID, $20. Limit 2 per person; 1 per student. Tickets for the general public and students go on sale March 16. Any surplus funds from ticket sales will be donated to charitable endeavors sanctioned by His Holiness.

Please note: Tickets to this event are sold out.