Atlanta - Emory University - Interfaith Summit on Happiness with the Dalai Lama

Date: October 17th, 2010
Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Where: Woodruff Physical Education Center, Emory University
Group: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) - Emory University

Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu

Event Description: His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama will lead a public conversation on happiness with other world religious leaders on the Emory University Campus. Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) is hosting the "Interfaith Summit on Happiness: Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society" as the capstone of its multi-year research project, "The Pursuit of Happiness." It is one of several events featuring the Dalai Lama during his October 17–19, 2010 visit to Emory.

An Emory University Presidential Distinguished Professor, the Dalai Lama will open the forum with a 25-minute address followed by responses from The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; and George Washington University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam.

Tickets prices: $40 for general-admission bleacher seating, and $65, $85, and $100 for reserved seating on the main level. All prices are before handling and convenience fees but include all applicable sales tax.

On April 2 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, tickets may be purchased online (preferred method) at the link that will be provided, at a metro-Atlanta retail location, or by phone at 1-877-725-8849 or 404-876-5856. Additional service fees apply to phone and retail purchases.