Susan Sawyers: A Celebration of Tibetan Culture

Positive thinking and a bit of luck got me to Aspen Thursday afternoon for a three-day Celebration of Tibetan Culture presented by the Aspen Institute in collaboration with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture. A dizzying number of scholars, (okay, maybe it's the altitude or more likely it's the heady subject matter...) practitioners and tradition-bearers are in the mountain town to share their wisdom on the historical and philosophical significance of Tibet and its impact on current and future global issues. His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is scheduled to speak Friday and Saturday. In the meanwhile, conversations have touched on mandalas, meditation, the science of happiness, enlightenment, climate change, the Olympics, and a concern over whether the U.S. can do more harm than good by pushing the... [read full story]