April 19, 2007 - 1:00am
By Sun Staff
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, will visit Ithaca this fall, the Namgyal Monastery announced today. The visit, scheduled to take place Oct. 9 and 10, will be the Dalai Lama’s first visit to Ithaca since 1991.
Ithaca houses one of the first Tibetan resettlement communities in the United States; the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies serves as the North American seat of the personal monastery of the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He won the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Monastery said that the visit will allow the Dalai Lama to view and bless a new temple complex, which is under construction off Route 96. The new temple has been named The Land of Kalachakra Study and Practice.
Three public events have been scheduled at Cornell, Ithaca College and the State Theater in downtown Ithaca. Tickets will be required; details for purchase will be released at a later date.
