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They will spend twelve days preaching about the wisdom of forgiveness and compassion
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Nails 300 people received the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1989
The Dalai Lama and Richard Gere, separately at Sydney Airport. REUTERS
EFE Sydney 04/06/2015
He Dalai Lama arrived this Wednesday at Sydney accompanied by American actor Richard Gere to begin a twelve-day tour where he will preach about the wisdom of forgiveness and compassion in several cities in Australia.
Nails 300 personas they enthusiastically received the award winner Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 at Sydney International Airport, where Gere declared that he will accompany the Dalai Lama throughout his Australian tour.
"Es una enseñanza única, very experimental. It's something extraordinary, así que vale la pena venir tan lejos", the actor commented in brief statements to the local network ABC.
The Tibetan spiritual leader will have a busy schedule of talks in the Blue Mountains, west of sydney, Brisbane, Perth and will also visit for the first time Uluru, the aboriginal land in central Australia where the gigantic red monolith is located.
During his tour, two days of protests are planned in the Blue Mountains by the Shugden International Community to ask the Dalai Lama to end the campaign of persecution against the Shugden Buddhists by the Tibetans and to allow the return of their expelled monks and nuns to their monasteries.
The spokesperson for the Shugden International Community, Nicholas Pitt, acusó al Dalái Lama de "crear una atmósfera de odio religioso dentro de su propia comunidad", according to the local agency AAP
