November 1st, 2007
Behind the Scenes Video with Dalai Lama - Press Meeting in Toronto
The Dalai Lama just spent a couple of days in Toronto. I had the great honour of attending a small "meet the press" event. Here is a 4-minute behind-the-scenes video of the event (thx to Chris Dick for shooting, Dan Hart for editing, Brian McKechnie for all things web!). Got to shake His Holiness' hand, haven't washed it since ;-).
March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (12)
Posted by: Steve "Snowball" Saylor | around 8 months ago
Wow, Amber that is awesome! Did you ever ask him about his stance on Technology? I didn't know based on watching the video if you had a chance to or not. I'm assuming not, because that would definitely be in the video. LOL Either way, I am glad that you got to meet him.
Posted by: Nate | around 8 months ago
You are certainly getting to meet some incredible people with this job. Keep up the good work. Webnation is superb :)
Posted by: Tyson Williams | around 8 months ago
Thanks for posting this! What rare chance to see His Holiness like that.
Posted by: SteveintheUK | around 8 months ago
WOW, That must have been amazing, plus you got a seat in the middle of the front row, how did you manage that? When you got to shake his hand was the first time I've seem you look a little shy on camera. Well Done Young Lady, you must feel so honored.
Posted by: BlogKast | around 8 months ago
Reporting the news gets you real close to the news!
Posted by: RichC | around 8 months ago
I enjoyed the behind the scenes video Amber, even though I'm not sure what the fascination is with people so head over heels for this guy? Perhaps its the "holiness" title and elevated honor of god-likeness that bothers me. Nevertheless I suppose he represents a significant role in religion and is someone who promotes decency -- far less can be said for the sports icons and Hollywood gang. For the record, I have the same frustration with other 'humans' elevated to religious figurehead status -- they are not God.
Posted by: Mel | around 8 months ago
This is so cool Amber. I met His Holiness back in '92. He is such a nice guy. (understatement of the year) It was a 5 day conference on Patience in Tuscon and he spoke twice each day. On one of the last days he walked over and introduced himself to me and to this day if I close my eyes and think about the moment that I got to shake his hand ("hands" he did the two hand politician thing) I get the hugest smile on my face every time. One of the 2 or 3 greatest moments of my life.
Posted by: Michelle Blum | around 8 months ago
Thanks for this Amber! That must have been such a great, unique opportunity. If anyone out there is interested, I've been recording lectures of some of the most prominent Lamas from around the world for Bodhi Path. I've put some of them on You Tube. This talk from Lama Yangdak is pretty enlightening! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5D253524145526A1
Posted by: George Spink | around 8 months ago
When I was in college during the early 1960s, I had a political science professor at Northwestern University named William Montgomery McGovern. He was one of the most popular professors on campus. While a graduate student at Oxford University in the 1920s, McGovern and a colleague went to Tibet, died their skin yellow, and posed as Buddhist monks. They trekked through miles and miles of deep snow. Their goal was to be the first white men to see the Dalai Llama -- and they succeeded! But at a price. McGovern suffered from frost bite and his nose swelled. For the rest of his life, he had a large, red bulbous nose resembling W.C. Field's. When McGovern returned to Oxford, he wrote his dissertation and called it "To Lhasa in Disguise." I read it during the Christmas holidays in my junior year and found it absolutely fascinating. McGovern resembled Fields in other ways, too. When I was in his class, McGovern often sauntered into class bleary-eyed, red-faced, and in a daze. He was quite overweight. His extra large belly showed through bulging shirt buttons. As he walked around the front of his classroom, he would point at female students in the first row and tell them to cross their legs, something he did in jest, always amusing all the jocks and fraternity guys in his class. Everyone loved McGovern. He never gave less than a "C." You could almost take enough McGovern classes to constitute a major in political science. Many future lawyers did just that as they partied their way through Northwestern! I graduated from Northwestern in June 1963. McGovern died the following year. Generations of his students were sorry to see him go. George Spink Los Angeles
Posted by: RobertC | around 8 months ago
Amber, Excellent video. Is there any chance of seeing the complete speech? The "Body and Mind" comment is short but insightful.
Posted by: himanshu | around 8 months ago
thats way too cool ! I see amber blushing in the video ;) Well you are quite fortunate that you met Dalai Lama. from the comment above,it seems Mr McGovern went through lot of pain to meet him. Till date, the only religious book I've ever read is a small book,I bought at a railway station, about Buddhism. And that small book made a deep impact in my life ;)
Posted by: yannick | around 8 months ago
im so jealous of you,did you talk with him?how does it feel to be around kundun ?