Dalai Lama Lecture

I was able to get a ticket for Monday's session to the Dalai Lama Lecture Series. The lecture was on the 600 year old Tibetan Buddhist text, 'The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment'. The Dalai Lama walked onto the stage at Stabler Arena with his hands clasped before him, bowing to the crowd and then sat on a raised throne looking chair with a large cushion. The backdrop on the stage is a giant tapestry with an image of the protector Maitreya, the next Buddha to visit this world and turn the wheel of the teaching. During the portion of the 6 day lecture series I was able to see the Dalai Lama spoke about many things including proper meditation techniques, the Three Jewels and more. He spoke mostly in his native Tibetan language while using an interpreter. When he did speak in English it was cracking a joke to which the crowd responded by laughing with him. To me it was well worth the price I paid for a ticket. I was in awe and humbled by the experience.