Dalai Lama undergoes successful knee surgery in NYC
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's 88-year-old spiritual leader, underwent a knee replacement surgery on Friday at the Hospital for Special Surgery on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's 88-year-old spiritual leader, underwent a knee replacement surgery on Friday at the Hospital for Special Surgery on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
The spiritual leader of about 20 million Tibetan Buddhists worldwide was in the Southland Monday to celebrate his 80th birthday.
His landmark birthday was the premise for this week's three-day Global Compassion Summit at the Honda Center in Anaheim, where the Dalai Lama and many other leaders will meet to foster a dialogue on compassion and peace.
Hundreds of well-wishers are expected at a three-day Global Compassion Summit to mark the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's big day, with events Sunday through Tuesday at Anaheim's Honda Center and the University of California, Irvine.
The Dalai Lama will celebrate his 80th birthday this summer in Southern California.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, will visit Los Angeles Tuesday as he continues a speaking tour on Non-Violence and the Effects of Compassion in the 21st Century.
Let's get ready for March, Los Angeles.
Tickets to see the Dalai Lama speak about social responsibility and compassion at the Forum will go on sale Wednesday.
The Dalai Lama is on a five-day tour of Southern California.