Dalai Lama: "Road to Peace" (screenings)

Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; KPFK.org, HopeDance.org, RoadtoPeace.com

"Road to Peace"

This intimate documentary candidly reveals the Dalai Lama's nature and wisdom and shows how he inspires millions of people of all nationalities and spiritual paths to live more meaningful lives in harmony with one another and with our nurturing planet.

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"Road to Peace" is available to watch here from anywhere or by DVD from Wisdom Books.

• Friday, March 21st, 2014, 7:00-9:30 pm
• Location: Center of the Heart, Goleta
• 487 N. Turnpike Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93109
• Contact: (805) 762-4848, HopeDance.org

• Friday, March 28th, 2014, 7:00-9:30 pm
• Location: Green Lotus Center, Morro Bay
• 550 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA
• Contact: (805) 762-4848, HopeDance.org

A Brewing Controversy

Dalai Lama, stop lying (dorjeshugden.com)

Will angry Tibetan Buddhist monks, nuns, and laypersons who worship Dorje Shugden be protesting the event? Probably not, but they might in order to bring attention to their plight. Organizers might then quote Tushar Gandhi, "The message of peace and non-violence will be taken into homes hearts and minds" to overcome the "Dalai Lama's WikiLeaks shame."

"Dalai Lama Awakening" (sneak preview)

Ashley Wells, Pat Macpherson, Wisdom Quarterly; DalaiLamaFilm.com; KPFK; K. Darvich

(KD) Narrated by Harrison Ford, featuring Indian and Tibetan music for a "trippy" feel in honor of the Vajrayana leader's home-in-exile, Dharamsala, India

Our transformation is NOW, says the sequel's producer-director Khashyar Darvich. Come to a sneak preview, a special screening (prior to the official March 2, 2014 premiere of "Dalai Lama Awakening"). Fans of transformation will gather at Yoga Soup on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 at 6:30-9:30 pm ($15) for an in person Q&A with Darvich following the screening.

Dalai Lama at Univ. of Hawaii

This self-reputed "transformational" documentary has the 14th Dalai Lama sounding more like the character George Lucas ("Star Wars") created in his honor, Yoda, than he has ever sounded. (Or was it actually Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche? That unmistakable voice, wisdom, syntax... no, Yoda's modelled on this Dalai Lama for sure).

In the guise of wise

Yoga Soup will be screening Awakening, Volume 2 of the award-winning "Dalai Lama Renaissance" (available on DVD). 

 

Harrison Ford narrates, and the film also features quantum physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami, radio host Thom Hartmann, revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston, Rev. Michael Beckwith ("The Secret"), and others.

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