Dalai Lama cancels appearance at UCLA because of illness
By Daniel Schonhaut
May 1, 2011 6:42 p.m.
A planned visit to UCLA by His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been cancelled.
The Dalai Lama was scheduled to participate in a lecture Monday morning and a symposium in the afternoon, but he is unable to travel because of illness, according to a university statement.
The 75-year-old Tibetan religious leader is said to have delayed his flight to Los Angeles from Tokyo at the advice of his doctors. He is currently recovering from a sore throat, according a statement by a Dalai Lama spokesman.
Ticket holders for the morning lecture have been notified, and refunds have been offered.
The afternoon symposium, titled “Buddhism and Neuroscience: A Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion,” will proceed without the Dalai Lama, according to the university statement. The event, to be held in Royce Hall at 1:30 p.m., will feature three UCLA professors of neuroscience and psychiatry and a fourth professor who will moderate.
The university is unsure if the Dalai Lama will reschedule his appearance at UCLA, but information will be updated as it is found out, a spokeswoman said.
