Title: The Dalai Lama in Lausanne
Location: Lausanne, Vaud
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Description: The Dalai Lama will visit Lausanne for a two-day lecture and he will speak mainly in Tibetan. The teachings will be translated into French and simultaneous translations will be available in English, German, Spanish and Italian.
In addition, two lectures will be given in the evening by Sogyal Rinpoche and Chokling Jigme Palden Rinpoche, representatives of the Buddhist tradition. (related news story in GenevaLunch)
Start Date: 04 Aug 2009
End Date: 05 Aug 2009
Tibetans in Switzerland, marching in Saint Prex in 2008
Tibet, like Switzerland, has mountains and lakes (photo: Liam Bates 2007)
Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Fifty years ago today the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, starting an exodus of refugees who today number 123,000 throughout the world. The second largest group of Tibetans in exile, outside Asia, lives in Switzerland. Some 2,000 marched in Bern today, to the Chinese embassy not long after the Dalai Lama made a speech in India that garnered world media attention.
