PHOTOS: The Dalai Lama Speaks at Western CT State University in Danbury

Posted Oct 18, 2012

Photos by Mara Lavitt
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke on The Art of Compassion at Western CT State University today in Danbury. The actor Richard Gere introduced him.

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The Dalai Lama arrives on the stage with the actor Richard Gere left before speaking on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery chant before the Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery chant before the Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. A member of the audience prays while Buddhist monks chant. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The actor Richard Gere left introduces the Dalai Lama center who spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. At right is the Dalai Lama's translator Thupten Jinpa. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama acknowledged the audience in the bleachers before he spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama center who spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury, catches his hat as he jostles it while speaking. At left is the Dalai Lama's translator Thupten Jinpa. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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Tsedron Normatsang of Bridgeport holds her daughter Tenzin Dadron age two during a talk by the Dalai Lama spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama gathers up silk scarves that were gifts before he spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama says goodbye to the crowd after speaking on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12
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The Dalai Lama leaving the stage after he spoke on the Art of Compassion today at Western CT State University in Danbury. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 10/18/12