Dalai Lama honors Wiesel, others for work on Tibet cause
Submitted on November 16, 2005 - 1:00am.
B. Blair Dedrick - Fall 2005
WASHINGTON - A Jew and a Tibetan stood on the same stage. They both have known the hardship of exile. They both are refugees. They both have had to learn to carry their culture with them, away from their homelands.
The 14th Dalai Lama and Elie Wiesel stood there Tuesday and felt their similarities instead of their differences.
“The first question the Dalai Lama asked me, ‘You people left your land thousands of years ago, and you are still here. Teach me how you survived,'” Wiesel said.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, and the International Campaign for Tibet honored Wiesel, Lowell Thomas Jr. and Carl Gershman with Light of Truth Awards, which are given to individuals who have “made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of Tibet and the plight of the Tibetan people.”
The 14th Dalai Lama and Elie Wiesel stood there Tuesday and felt their similarities instead of their differences.
“The first question the Dalai Lama asked me, ‘You people left your land thousands of years ago, and you are still here. Teach me how you survived,'” Wiesel said.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, and the International Campaign for Tibet honored Wiesel, Lowell Thomas Jr. and Carl Gershman with Light of Truth Awards, which are given to individuals who have “made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of Tibet and the plight of the Tibetan people.”
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