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    The Dalai Lama Celebrates His Birthday by Spreading Compassion

    The Dalai Lama has a long association with UC Irvine, and he's chosen to celebrate his 80th birthday there next Monday.  Starting the day before, he'll be part of Orange County's three-day Global Compassion Summit . We hear more from Dr.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 1, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Dalai Lama has a long association with UC Irvine, and he's chosen to celebrate his 80th birthday there next Monday. Starting the day before, he'll be part of Orange County's three-day Global Compassion Summit. We hear more from Dr. Thomas Parham, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs on the campus, and from the man called "the Voice of the Dalai Lama, the Venerable Lama Tenzin Dhonden.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Thomas Parham

      UC Irvine

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      Tenzin Dhonden

      Personal emissary for peace for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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