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Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye (Geh-shay Toop-ten Pel-gee), a Tibetan monk representing the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, will discuss “Techniques for Transforming Hatred into Love” at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the Gonzaga University Law School’s Barbieri Moot Courtroom.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Gonzaga’s religious studies department, the Gonzaga Institute for Action Against Hate and the Unity House & Multicultural Education.

Geshe Phelgye will explain methods for moving the mind from a place of anger and resentment to one of peace and compassion. 
Born in Tibet in 1956, Geshe Phelgye walked with his parents to India in 1959 to escape the Communist invasion of Tibet. There he studied and became a monk at age 17.

After a personal audience with the Dalai Lama, he went to a hermitage and spent several years in isolation. Upon emerging, Geshe Phelgye focused on treating hundreds of people with tuberculosis and on showing compassion for all sentient beings by espousing vegetarianism. He founded the Universal Compassion Movement, and has been a Member of Parliament since 2001.

For more information contact John Sheveland at (509) 313-6784 or via e-mail.