Visiting Chinese delegation of Tibetologists and living Buddha
Friday wrapped up its week-long visit to the United States after
making academic presentations on Tibet issues for hundreds of
teachers and students at the University of Arizona (UA),
Tucson.
Earlier at a luncheon held by the university's international
affairs committee, the six-member delegation met with dozens of
professors in fields like anthropology and East Asian studies, and
discussed possibilities and ways for future cooperation on
Tibet-related studies.
John Olsen, head of the Department of Anthropology of the
university, welcome the Tibetologists' briefings on their current
studies, and expressed interest in cooperating with Chinese
scholars in his future archaeological research in the Tibetan
region.
During his presentation at a campus theater at UA, Tucson,
living Buddha Guo Mangcang, who is also a professor of Gansu
Province Buddhist Studies College, intrigued the audience with his
experience of being a living Buddha.
While answering a question from the audience about his different
way of life from ordinary people, the living Buddha said he
preferred spiritual satisfaction to material happiness.
Using his studies, Professor An Caidan, a leading Tibetologist
in China, explained to the audience in detail about the historical
and geographical background of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
The delegation, led by An, arrived here Thursday after visiting
other U.S. cities including Washington and New York, where they had
held wide exchanges and discussions with government and
congressional officials, think tanks and the general public on
current socio-economic situations in Tibet and on other
Tibet-related issues.
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(Xinhua News Agency November 17, 2007)