I Stand With The Dalai Lama. Here’s Why.

Background: When I received a call about 11 years ago to coordinate a tour for the monks of Drepung Gomang monastery in Maryland, it was one of the greatest blessings of my life. I was given an opportunity to do my small part in helping to highlight parts of a Tibetan Buddhist culture made illegal in their homeland through the colonial Chinese regime and the additional blessing to raise funds for basic needs of 2,000 monks, many Tibetan refugees, living in and carrying out their traditions in a monastery in India.