Dalai Lama inspires commitment to compassion
In March 2024, faculty, staff and students from the Renée Crown Wellness Institute, Leeds School of Business, University of Virginia and Stanford University who are affiliated with the Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) program, traveled to Dharamsala, India. There, they spoke with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about compassionate leadership and our common humanity.
The DLF program, a one-year fellowship, supports compassionate leaders. By integrating practices of connection and contemplation into research and education, the Crown Institute provides future leaders with skills needed to address pressing global challenges.
Participants gained invaluable insights from His Holiness during the visit, enriching the collective knowledge across their organizations and communities. They returned with a commitment to bring those teachings into action across the world. The ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ DLF program is hosted by the Crown Institute and offered to Leeds students.
Professor and Director of the Crown Institute Sona Dimidjian led two days of conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Principals
Sona Dimidjian; Donna Mejia; Shubham Sapkota; Leah Peña Teeters
Funding
Jeremy May (Leeds School of Business, Accounting ’92); anonymous donor
Collaboration + support
CU Boulder Leeds School of Business, Renée Crown Wellness Institute; Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia; Stanford University
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