Spiritual professor by Claudia Sonea

It is incredible how over-night a spiritual leader can become nothing else but a teacher. Indeed both of the missions have a common purpose; that is to guide to the enlightment of mankind. Dalai Lama is the best in proving that despite what one thinks about workplaces and status the truth lays in commitment. He was formally installed as a professor at Emory University on Monday during a festivity where Tibetan monks wearing moon-shaped yellow hats chanted and played cymbals, gongs and horns. Student Emily Allen handed him the ID card saying that even though he does not need any identification card to be recognized, the ceremony is more symbolical due to their desire of wishing them welcome. He wanted to please the audience and in his first speech encouraged to give up on financial interest and use their education in greater purposes. The 72 years old exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate made a joke and said that the students ought to listen to him, now that his a teacher, making this way obvious that both professions are based on preaching and listening in order of achieving knowledge. Afterwards at the Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta he named US as the greatest example of democracy and that more members of Peace Corp should be sent to other countries to spread the democracy and not soldiers, because the new way and the most efficient is that of peace and patience and not that of war who only attracts violence. Dalai Lama will provide private teaching sessions with students and faculty during Emory's study-abroad program in Dharamsala, India and will visit Emory periodically too. He fled in 1959 during a failed rebellion against Chinese government and is seen by China as a Tibetan separatist, therefore they lashed out when the US Congress decided to award him with the greatest civilian honor last week. Nevertheless, the Tibetan spiritual leader soothed everything saying he rather preache for a genuine autonomy of Tibet than a total independency. Well-known for the goals they have in life, the representatives of Buddha on Earth, called Dalai Lama, spread the ideas of peace, love and understanding between people from across the Globe. Isn't it true that a teacher's goal is to spread knowledge and teach people to distinguish right from wrong, to cultivate the pleasure for reading, for progress? All in all, the missions are not that different after all, so it won't be hard to adjust fo the Dalai Lama. Anyway, good luck!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_us/dalai_lama_emory;_ylt=AmJw7kKsvBJdzbe5Gqaf4Qes0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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