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(18 Dec 2002) SHOTLIST
1. Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists Dalai Lama walking into auditorium with Indian defence minister George Fernandes
2. Cutaway photographer
3. Dalai Lama and former Indian president R Venkataraman on stage
4. Hollywood actor Richard Gere sitting in the audience , clapping
5. Cutaway of Dalai Lama on stage cleaning spectacles
6. Wide shot audience clapping
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
“So, I think many of our mistakes happen because of lack of understanding of the reality. Now, I give you one example- violence. Some unhappy things happen. Then, in reality, there are many complex causes and conditions. But we pick up one cause and then we thought – all these things is happening because of this. And then, accordingly we act. Sometimes we try to eliminate that through force, but reality is not that alone but many other factors there.”
8. Cutaway of securitymen on stage
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Gere, Hollywood actor and Chairman, International campaign for Tibet
“I am hopeful that the recent positive developments and contacts between representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the government of china will lead to the starting of genuine talks and I mean that- genuine talks- to resolve the Tibetan problem. I look forward to the future when the meeting will take place between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and whoever is the leader at that moment, of China. And I think that will take place only when there is a vision on both sides that will include positive results from both sides.”
10. Dalai Lama on stage adjusting his shawl
11. Dalai Lama presents ‘Light of Truth’ award to people of India (award accepted by Rabi Ray, former speaker of lower house of parliament and chairman of Indo-Tibet friendship society)
12. Various of classical dance performance by noted Indian classical Odissi danseuse Sonal Mansingh
13. Cutaway audience
14.Mansingh concluding performance
RICHARD GERE AND DALAI LAMA SPEAK IN NEW DELHI
RICHARD GERE was present in New Delhi today (Wednesday 18th Dec) as Tibetan spiritual leader THE DALAI LAMA delivered a valedictory addresss at the end of a week long Tibetan festival of compassion.
In the address The Dalai Lama urged that compassion and tolerance should be the guiding principles in a world increasingly torn by strife.
Hundreds of Tibetans, religious leaders and monks filled the seats and aisles of the hall in central New Delhi, while others watched the proceedings on screens outside.
Security was tight for the Tibetan leader who heads a government in exile of the Tibetan people in India. The Dalai Lama began his speech in the Tibetan language, but switched to English for the main text of his speech on the theme of compassion.
After Chinese communist forces occupied Tibet in 1951, the Dalai Lama fled to India after a failed uprising in 1959. He set up a government in exile in Dharmsala, a Himalayan town in northern India, from where he leads a global campaign for the restoration of the political rights of the Tibetan people.
In recent months, the Tibetan leader’s representatives have established contacts with the Chinese leadership as a first step toward an agreement on the future of Tibet.
Richard Gere, a long standing campaigner for the Tibetan cause, was also present at the Tibetan festival.
He hoped that the recent contacts between representatives of the Dalai Lama and of China would lead to genuine talks and would result in greater contacts between the two sides.
The Dalai Lama presented a “Light of Truth” award to the people of India, who he said had offered unconditional support to the Tibetans when they fled their homeland and had helped Tibetan culture and traditions flourish in safety.
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