Author: UNI
Publication: Sify News
Date: December 19, 2002
URL: http://headlines.sify.com/1546news3.html?headline=Richard~Gere's~'Light~of~Truth'~award~for~Indians
Hollywood star and reborn Buddhist
Richard Gere on Wednesday evening presented the 'Light of Truth Award'
to the "people of India" for the unparalleled contribution to those displaced
by the Tibetan diaspora.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray
received the award, instituted by Gere's International Campaign for Tibet,
on behalf of the people.
"No nation has helped the Tibetans
more than India. Its contribution remains unparalleled as the displaced
people have not only been able to rebuild their monastic institutions but
have also prospered materially", he said.
Earlier, Tibetan spiritual leader
Dalai Lama gave a discourse on compassion on the concluding day of the
Tibetan Festival of Compassion.
Borrowing from his spiritual mentor,
Gere equated India with the "Guru" and Tibet with the "chela".
