True compassion breeds confidence and harmony, the Dalai Lama told a sellout crowd of 12,000 at the Kohl Center.
At the hushed sports arena Friday afternoon, in a 90-minute talk punctuated with laughter, the exiled political and temporal leader of the Tibetan people invited his audience to cultivate true compassion and, by nurturing internal peace, sow the seeds of peace in the world.
The Nobel Laureate, who has made several trips to Madison and the University of Wisconsin because of their proximity to the Deer Park Buddhist Center in the town of Dunn with which he is closely tied, was graciously received by an audience who traveled from nearby dormitories and across the country to hear him.