Dalai Lama to speak on compassion, tolerance
The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance is hosting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, at Autry Court May 1. There will be two separate speeches: the general public can attend “The Meaning of Compassion in Everyday Life” at 10 a.m., and members of the Rice community will be able to attend an additional lecture, “Tolerance and Universal Responsibility in the Global Village” at 2 p.m.
Security will be especially tight at the lectures — anyone caught recording the speech will be escorted out. Those carrying backpacks or any kind of recording device will be turned away, as there will not be room to store the items. Cellular phones will be allowed at the event under the condition that they will not be used for recording. People who wish to attend should arrive at Autry Court an hour and a half before the actual speech to go through a metal detector and a hand-wand search.
Despite all these security restrictions, Associate Director of the Boniuk Center Jill Carroll said the Boniuk Center is trying to make the speeches as accessible as possible to the general public. KPFT Radio on FM 90.1 will broadcast both talks live, and Rice will post a Web cast via a special URL that will be given to groups. There will also be Web sites for groups to watch the event in their own facilities.
Carroll, a religious studies professor, said it was not difficult to arrange the Dalai Lama’s visit to Rice University. She said the Dalai Lama was very gracious about rescheduling the lecture after the unprecedented bad weather of September 2005.
Jones College senior Bernadette Turegano said she had tickets for the Dalai Lama’s lecture in September 2005, before the event was cancelled because of the projected path of Hurricane Rita.
“I’m really excited because I respect the message he has for the world,” she said.
Will Rice College freshman Donna Huang is also looking forward to the speech.
“I think it will be a great opportunity to see the Dalai Lama, an important political and religious figure, speaking about such important matters as the issue of religious tolerance,” she said.
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