About 500 tickets are still available for the Dalai Lama's planned June 21 speech at the University of Utah.
The event was originally scheduled for October, but health concerns forced the exiled Tibetan leader to cancel his keynote at the Parliament of the World's Religions and postpone his planned visit to the Beehive State.
After receiving prostate-related treatment at the Mayo Clinic and returning to India to rest, the 80-year-old — the 14th dalai lama — is expected to talk about compassion and universal responsibility at the U. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winner's stay in Utah will be three days long, and will include a visit with the roughly 260 members of the local Tibetan community. The Dalai Lama also came to the U. in 2001.
Before his 1:30 p.m. speech at the Huntsman Center, the Utah Tibetan Association will present an 11 a.m. cultural program. All proceeds from the event will go to the association to benefit the Tibetan Community Center.
There will be metal detectors and bag checkers will be at the venue doors. No weapons, including firearms, will be allowed into the stadium. The university will keep any object it deems a weapon in a secure spot until the event is over.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets with the Tibetan community at the Greek Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City. photo by Rick Egan. 05/12/2001
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