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A limited number of tickets have just become available for the Dalai Lama's Public Talk on Sunday May 19.

Also there are plenty of tickets for The Dalai Lama's Public Buddhist Teaching on Monday 20 May


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Kundun to be Shown at Ali Center

Epic Biographical Film About Dalai Lama


The countdown for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Louisville has begun and thousands of people from the community and beyond are anticipating hearing His enlightening messages of compassion, peace, and goodwill for the world. To enhance the experience and to provide an opportunity for the community to learn more about one of the world’s most fascinating leaders, the Muhammad Ali Center will be providing two showings of Kundun, an epic biographical film about the life and writings of the 14th Dalai Lama, from His childhood through adulthood.  


The showings take place in the Center’s Auditorium from 6:00-8:30 pm on both Thursday, May 9th and Friday May 17th. Both screenings are FREE and open to the public.

Kundun, directed by Academy Award Winner Martin Scorsese, was nominated for four Oscars, praised as one of the best films of 1997, and called “a remarkable achievement” by USA Today. The Tibetans refer to The Dalai Lama as ‘Kundun’, which means ‘The Presence.’ Kundun has a straightforward chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959, and takes place primarily in Tibet—but also with brief sequences in China and India.

For more information about Kundun, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFm8oP9c9Hs.


About the Muhammad Ali Center
The Muhammad Ali Center, a 501(c)3 corporation, was co-founded by Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The international cultural center promotes the six core principles of Muhammad Ali (Confidence, Conviction, Dedication, Giving, Respect, and Spirituality) in ways that inspire personal and global greatness and provides programming and events around the focus areas of education, gender equity, and global citizenship. Its newest initiative, Generation Ali, fosters a new generation of leaders to contribute positively to their communities and to change the world for the better. The Center’s headquarters also contains an award-winning museum experience. For more information, please visit www.alicenter.org
 
 
The Ali Center is located at 144 North Sixth Street in downtown Louisville. Parking is available on side streets or in the PARC garage located below the Ali Center.  For questions, please call (502) 584-9254.

Ticket sales alone may not cover the immense cost for staging this event...

If you would like to contribute financially, we are inviting Sponsors and Donors to come forward and help support this truly remarkable event! Click here to find out more


 

Engaging Compassion

Louisville’s Tibetan Buddhist Center, the Drepung Gomang Institute, and the City of Louisville will host His Holiness the Dalai Lama May 19-21, 2013.

The three-day event, called “Engaging Compassion”, will begin on Sunday, May 19 at the YUM! Center when the Dalai Lama will present a public talk to an expected crowd of 16,000.

The Dalai Lama has been the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal and is known around the world as a spokesman for the non-violent, peaceful and compassionate resolution of human conflict.

The Dalai Lama’s talk will focus on how individuals can engage with compassion from within his or her own religious tradition in order to build world peace from the local level to the world community. The two-hour presentation will include a strong interfaith component followed by interaction with local interfaith religious dignitaries and other leaders.

On Monday, May 20, at the Yum! Center the Dalai Lama will give a two-part public Buddhist teaching in the morning and afternoon. This event is expected to draw a large crowd of people wishing to explore and deepen their understanding of the Buddhist faith. The teaching is called “Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment”. Both events are open to all.

On Tuesday, May 21, His Holiness will address middle and high school students at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. Educating young people on the path of non-violence and compassion is dear to the Dalai Lama’s heart. This is a closed door event and the students will attend by invitation only through their schools. In addition to His Holiness’ speaking engagements, organizers are planning the three-day event to include a rich program of music, arts, cultural performances, dialogue and discussions that will touch the entire community of Louisville and raise awareness around the topic of compassion and kindness.

Many other exciting events are planned for the build up to His Holiness' arrival - aTibetan film festival, a large rock event at the Yum! Center, a symposium on compassion in business, The Festival of Faiths and various cultural performances and exhibitions.

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The Official Dalai Lama Announcement

Mayor Greg Fischer, James Wood from Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, DGI Director Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal (with translator Tenzin Namgyal) and DGI board member Will LeStrange announcing the visit of His Holiness The Dalai Lama to Louisville at the official press conference held in the shrine room of the Drepung Gomang Institute, Louisville October 15, 2012.

A remarkable and auspicious occasion!

The Press Release reached out to over 1 million people in 24 hours thanks to the skill and wisdom of the project's PR and media director Lisa Morrison

Click here for more information about DGI, Louisville's Tibetan Buddhist Center

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama does not charge a speaking engagement fee and no aspect of His Holiness’ visit is being used to profit financially. Any funds raised through sponsorships and tickets sales will be used only to cover expenses for the events benefiting humanity. Should there be any surplus funds from His Holiness’' events, that surplus will be disbursed to charitable organizations under the advisement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.