Prague - The Dalai Lama is to visit Prague again after two years since his last visit. The Tibetan leader has been invited by former president Václav Havel and Forum 2000 Foundation.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is to spend a few days in the country - from 29 November to 2 December.
According to the Forum 2000 spokersperson Filip Šebek, the Dalai Lama will present a talk titled "Compassion - the Basis for Happiness", which will be followed by a Q and A debate.
"The presentation is to start at 1.30 pm and after that there will be a public talk with the Dalai Lama," said Šebek.
During his visit, the Dalai Lama, one of the world´s most famous spiritual leaders, will meet Václav Havel and members of the Friends of Tibet Group of the Czech Parliament.
In March this year, the Green Party commemorated the 48th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising that was crushed by the Chinese communists at that time.
The Green MPs hoisted a Tibetan flag in a window of their faction office in the Chamber of Deputies, lower house of the Czech parliament. That angered other members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Frequent visitor
The seventy-three year old Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize, was supposed to visit the Czech Republic in October this year but owing to his health problems he was forced to cancel his October visit.
The Dalai Lama has been a frequent visitor of the Czech Republic. He first visited the country in February 1990 upon the invitation of former Czechoslovak president Václav Havel.
In 1959, China started to occupy Tibet and the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge in India. He has been living in Dharamsala, northern India since that time.
You can see His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's web site here and The 2000 Forum Foundation´s web site here. Tickets for the event are available through Ticketpro.
