Dalai Lama Inspires Chicago

The Dalai Lama inspired Chicagoans on Sunday afternoon while speaking at he University of Illinois Chicago Pavilion.

The Tibetan spiritual leader stressed the importance of accepting all religions and pursuing happiness.  People who attended said the message of peace and kindness really resonated with them.

See what attendees told local reporters about the experience: 

“Just his physical presence alone tempered us and made us all a lot nicer today,” she said, referring to respectful silence that befell the crowd and the “environment of generosity and compassion” that people created in long concession lines.
-Sun Kang in the Chicago Tribune

“He is His Holiness but a real person and like one of us.  His words are so simple but so powerful and they connect directly to you” 

-Kate Krzycik in the Chicago Sun Times

“Learning more about him has led me to a more spiritual path of enlightenment, peacefulness, happiness."

-Samantha Castello from WBBM