00:00I request our special guest, Richard Gere, Board Chairman International Campaign for Tibet, to deliver his remarks.
00:30What a joyous, joyous day to celebrate this extraordinary life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
00:45I know His Holiness famously doesn't really care that much about birthdays, but we care about birthdays.
00:57But especially this birthday, I know from His Holiness' point of view, every moment is a birthday.
01:07Every breath is a birthday. Every heartbeat is a birthday.
01:14That's what He's taught us. And that's what we should be living with His openness and love and compassion for all beings.
01:26I mean, my own life is a pretty typical Western life, and I think I'm speaking for all the Westerners who are watching this online right now, or however you watch these things.
01:43We've never seen someone like this, who totally embodies selflessness, complete love and compassion and wisdom.
01:56That's right.
01:58We're not able to do that yet.
02:01But it's because I don't have thought of it here.
02:04We're not able to do that.
02:06But what we're looking for is someone like this for us, who has a love and compassion for us, who does not have a love and compassion for us, and our love and compassion for us.
