Boston newspaper The Daily Free Press wrote an article on the discussion at Tufts University between Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Rabbi Irwin Kula and the international leader of Shambhala Buddhism, Sakyong Jamgön Miphon Rinpoche: Read the article on The Daily Free Press website
From their website:
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The Sakyong will be participating in several dialogues this week with Queen Noor and Rabbi Irwin Kula discussing the role of compassionate leadership in the world.
The first will take place on Wednesday 24 September in New York at Goldman Sachs for 250 of their partners and senior managers. A dialogue will take place at New York University that evening in front of a thousand NYU students, faculty and community.
On Thursday 25 September the dialogue will be held at Tufts University in Boston in front of 700 students, faculty and staff. At both NYU and Tufts the greater Shambhala community is invited. Please check with those centers for more information. The events are all nearly full to capacity.
This tour also inaugurates a new website which reflects the Sakyong's wish to engage a wider youth audience in the search for peace. The website provides links for students to send questions to the Sakyong, Queen Noor and Rabbi Kula for their appearances at NYU and Tufts.
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