Panel on connection between neuroscience and Buddhism proceeds without Dalai Lama

The show was sold out, but there were a lot of empty seats in Royce Hall on Monday afternoon.

After it was announced on Sunday that His Holiness the Dalai Lama would be unable to come to UCLA because of a sore throat, many ticket holders opted for a refund.

Statement by Robert Buswell, director of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies:

“We don’t always get what we want … and things are sometimes out of our control that we have to accept as they are,” he said, pausing. “His Holiness has taught us that today.”

The audience laughed, and the panel proceeded.


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