Duncan Campbell, host of Living Dialogues, and Robert Thurman engage in a stimulating and informative dialogue on ‘Why The Dalai Lama Matters’ to all of us. Each of them weave together many different perspectives: spiritual, historical, cultural, political and ecological, from both East and West, pertinent to the current world-affecting drama that China is engaged in with the Tibetan people and environmental destruction imitative of our own Western history.

The Dalai Lama is seen as an inspirational model, with a profound and pragmatic understanding of the nature of the planet, the hopes and conflicts of humanity, the crises we are all in, and as a great practitioner of the “art of dialogue” required for our planetary evolution. The dialogue includes references from past Olympics and a point by point summary of Robert’s five-part plan for the political and ecological reconciliation of China and Tibet.

Visit Living Dialogues to listen to the full audio of this dialogue.