His Holiness The Dalai Lama will hold a public talk called “Compassionate Ethics in Difficult Times” in Albany, NY on May 6th in an event sponsored by the World Ethical Foundations Consortium. Despite the enormous demand for his time and attention, His Holiness accepted Sara Bronfman‘s invitation not only because of the timeliness of the [...]
Sara, along with her sister, Clare Bronfman, and scientist Keith Raniere, is one of the co-founders of the World Ethical Foundations Consortium, “a highly directed initiative promoting the understanding and application of compassionate ethics in the world community”. The inaugural event begins today in Albany, NY and runs through the 22nd. For more information, as [...]
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. Unbelievable story…
“We the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights leaders and concerned individuals wish to express our concern at the current deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of the talks between the Chinese government and emissaries of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We are dismayed at the lack of [...]
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