August 2006 | Features

The Missing Peace

Artists consider the Dalai Lama

Compiled by The Dalai Lama Foundation and C100 for Tibet

Born to a simple peasant family in 1935, his birth name was Lhamo Thondup. Two years later, upon being recognized as the 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, he was renamed Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom). Many refer to him simply as Kundun —the Presence. And while traditional Buddhist practitioners are devoted to him as the embodiment of enlightened compassion and a manifestation of all Buddhas, he appears to many as an ordinary man speaking of extraordinarily simple concepts that can change the world.

The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is a multi-media art exhibition bringing together over 75 prominent artists, representing more than 25 countries. With the full life of the Dalai Lama as inspiration, the intention for this project is to shift the world’s attention towards peace. The Missing Peace is showing at LA’s UCLA Fowler through Sept. 10, Chicago’s Loyola University Museum of Art Oct. 28-Jan. 15, and New York’s Rubin Museum of Art March 3-Sept. 4, 2007. For further, visit tmpp.org.

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