I have to hand it to [tag]Emory University[/tag].  I mean, goodness – how many universities in our neck of the world get to name [tag]His Holiness, the Dalai Lama [/tag] as the Presidential Distinguished Professor.  This is not the first time he has come to Emory and Atlanta – in fact, they have a long relationship with each other.  Yet, His Holiness has never accepted another professorship before – and he chose Emory to be his first and only.   The Dalai Lama’s appointment is the most recent outgrowth of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, which was founded in 1998 to bring together the best of Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions. (I copied that from Emory’s website because it sounded really good.)

I did not have the immense honor of seeing His Holiness speak to the public at Centennial Park on Monday.  His speech on “Educating the Heart and Mind: A Path to Universal Responsibility,” leads us all to follow a more peaceful path – reduce anger, hatred, and Atlanta road rage.  Okay, not the road rage part -that was from me.  But really, how can you not love this man?  I mean, look at him.  He is fabulous.  And have you thought about this one:  IT HAS RAINED in Atlanta since he showed up for his talks.  Maybe this spiritual leader is exactly what we, in our very drought stricken city, needed.