September 11, 2009 - Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Asia Conference. Jan Urban, who is a former dissident and also a professor at NYU, was the first moderator, which is why I think we wre able to get into it.
But THE Dalai Lama was one of the main speakers, and he is seriously the cutest little man alive. Any time he found something remotely funny, including his own jokes, he would laugh, but you could tell he laughed with his entire soul. I wish I could be that happy. And he spoke so simply, yet everything he said was so profound. I wanted nothing more than to give him a hug, and if I could, I think my life would be complete.
2 years ago