Name: 新世紀の非暴力進むべき道 (Nonviolence in the New Century: The Way Forward)
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>> Please welcome Dr. Sidney Burris to the stage.

>> Dr. Burris: Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. Today's lecture by his holiness

the 14th Dalai Lama is a dream years in the making. And for some of us it's the dream

of the lifetime. I would like to thank the members of the distinguished lectures committee

for sponsoring this event. We are deeply grateful for your support. Upon receiving the news

that the Dalai Lama would be able to visit us ,we formed a steering committee last fall,

to begin making preparations. We hope to give everyone the chance to learn more about the

events and the issues related to Tibet and the Dalai Lama. These preparations included

a film and a book series as well as the events of Tibet week which, began last Wednesday.

One project we are highlighting is the "Tutors for Tibetans" program-A project that provides

after school tutors for exiled Tibetan children who live in refugee camps in South India.

Since the 1960's, the Tibetan community has struggled to provide their children the traditional

education they need to understand their distinguished heritage while, preparing them to enter the

modern world where they will ultimately make their way. Tibetan teachers in the south of

India are around the draping monasteries currently working at full capacity in multi age classrooms

with only the most basic supplies. Tutors who work with the children, both during and

after the school, help reinforce the material covered in class, while providing individual

attention to the children who need it. Early reports indicate that our initial efforts

have greatly improved the quality of education that the children are receiving and the teachers

tell us that they are deeply grateful for our help. Funding for more tutors and more

supplies is desperately needed. If you are interested in assisting this program, please

refer, to the university's Dalai Lama website. My thanks to everyone who made these events

possible this afternoon including my Co-Chair of the steering committee, Melissa Banks,

and all the other members on the committee, for their hard work. It's been a tremendous

year leading up to today's lecture from the 14th Dalai Lama. I would like to now invite

the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, G. David Gearhart, to begin the conferring

>> David Gearhart: Thank You Dr. Burris. This is indeed an historic event. We are extremely

honored by the Dalai Lama's visit to the University of Arkansas. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity

for our campus. Every Year, his holiness, the Dalai Lama, receives thousands of invitations

to speak from all over the world. He can only satisfy a small number of those requests.

We are most fortunate to be among those privileged few. The University of Arkansas strives to

be a force of change, regionally, nationally, and globally. We believe we have the power

to improve people's lives and the obligation, to do so. We promote the values of diversity,

tolerance, understanding and cooperation, and we actively forge international partnership

that reinforce and affirm those relationship. We are humbled by the opportunity to partner

with the Dalai Lama in spreading his message of non violence. We had a marvelous conversation

this morning, with Vincent Harding and Sister Helen Prejean, about non violence, and I am

looking forward to as I know you are, to his holiness expand to further on his ideas. Before

we do, a few thanks are in order. First, I would also like to thank the distinguished

Lecture Committee for making this event possible. We also owe a huge debt of thanks to two Faculty

members. The first we just heard from Dr. Sidney Burris, Director of the Honors Program

in the J. William Fulbright School of Arts and Sciences. Dr Burris has been responsible

for heading the committee that planned the year long series of events for seeding this

>> David Gearhart: The Second Faculty member is Geshe Dorjee, a Tibetan Monk and Instructor

in Fulbright College. Geshe is, in fact, a title designating a Tibetan Buddhist academic

degree, meaning spiritual guide. Since it can take anywhere from 12 to 20 years to complete

the rigorous curriculum needed to attain this title, there are necessarily very few Geshes

in the world. We are, in fact, quite privileged to have one teaching in Fulbright College.

We may, in fact, be the only university in the nation with a fulltime instructor who

is a "Geshe". Geshe Dorjee and Dr. Burris.

>> David Gearhart: Geshe Dorjee and Dr. Burris met with the Dalai Lama during their most

recent trip to India in summer 2009. They were visiting the Dalai Lama's compound with

15 students from the University of Arkansas as part of the TEXT project. This stands for

Tibetans in exile today. And it is an oral history program designed to record the stories

of Tibet currently living in refugee settlements in India. The project focuses on the Tibetan

left their country in 1959, but still have vivid memories of traditional Tibetan culture.

The Dalai Lama wanted to meet the faculty and the students who were working to preserve

the history and the life story of these people. This was not the first time that they had

asked the Dalai Lama to come to the University of Arkansas. As early as 2007, they had put

in a request and then again, in 2008 they asked again at their meeting in 2009. Finally,

they received an email in March 2010 that began, and I quote -"Responding to your email

of 2007." They never forgot us. Needless to say, we were all elated. I cannot thank Dr.

Burris and Geshe Dorjee enough for their dedication to the Tibetan cause, and their persistence

in inviting The Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit our University. In August, while working

in conjunction with the Tibet Fund, the University of Arkansas, will welcome its first Tibetan

student Geshe Sada to do graduate work in Public Administration. We hope this will begin

a lasting relationship with the Tibet Fund and Tibetan students who seek an education

here in the west and at our great university. The University of Arkansas is very fortunate

to have been selected by the Tibet Fund to host such a student. I have no doubt that

the involvement of Professor Burris and Geshe Dorjee in the TEXT Project, and tutors for

Tibet played a part in bringing University of Arkansas to the Tibet Fund's attention.

>> David Gearhart: Now let me say a few introductory words about todays honored guest. The Dalai

Lama is the spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhist, and from the age of 15 he also served as a

political leader -- a position he recently relinquished. He was forced to flee into exile

after the suppression of a Tibetan uprising in 1959. He and his fellow exiles established

the Tibetan Administration in exile in India. The Dalai Lama was awarded the Noble Peace

Prize in 1989 for his non violent struggle for the people of Tibet. He became the first

Nobel Laureate to be formally recognized for his concern environmental issues, throughout

the world. In addition to this role as spiritual and the political leader of the Tibetans,

The Dalai Lama, is an international spokesperson for human rights and non violence, and is

among the most respected leaders in the world. In 2007, the Dalai Lama was awarded the congressional

gold medal by the President of the United States. Since 1959, he has received more than

84 awards, medals, and honorary doctorates in recognition of his message of compassion,

peace, non violence, interfaith understanding and universal responsibility. He has also

authored more than 70 books which include, "An Open Heart", "Ethics for the New Millennium"

and the "The Universe in a Single Atom". The President of the University of Arkansas System

Dr. B. Alan Sugg, The Chairman of the University Of Arkansas Board Of Trustees Dr. Carl Johnson,

and the Provost of the University of Arkansas Dr. Sharon Gaber will assist me in conferring

the Honorary Degree. Ladies and gentleman please join me in welcoming His Holiness the

>> David Gearhart: [Chuckle] The University of Arkansas now has the great privilege of

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