Dalai Lama to visit UK for eight days in summer

The spiritual leader of Tibet will appear three times at the Manchester Arena – addressing young people on the subject of non-violence on June 16, delivering a public talk and Q&A session on June 17 and holding three sessions of Buddhist teachings the following day.

He will give another public lecture – entitled Real Change Happens in the Heart – at the Royal Albert Hall in London on June 19, before moving on to Scotland, where he will visit Edinburgh, Dundee and Inverness, until June 23.

Thubten Samdup, a representative of the Nobel Prize Laureate, said: “This visit will be an opportunity for people across the UK to hear the message of this globally recognised spiritual and moral authority.

“His Holiness the Dalai Lama has called for this to be a ‘century of dialogue and peace,’ urging youth to be the change they wish to see in the world.

“His message will encourage youth across the UK to seriously consider their potential as decisive catalysts for peace, able to bring to reality the better world they hope to inhabit.”

The full schedule can be seen at www.dalailama2012uk.org.