I was in my non-violence class yesterday. It's co-taught by a man named Sydney Burris and a Tibetan monk named Geshe Dorjee. Geshe is the highest rank amongst Buddhist monks. It takes about twenty years of trials and education to achieve, and Geshe Dorjee is the only Geshe in America to hold a regular position at a University. At the beginning of class yesterday they dropped a bombshell: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to come to my school (the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR). He'll be here May 11th, 2011, in our basketball arena which seats 18000+ but will no doubt sell out, and I don't care if I have to camp out for a week, I'm going to get a ticket. I never ever thought I would get to see the Dalai Lama in person. It's taken three years of work from Burris, Dorjee, and many others (and it will take another year of preparation). This was truly monumental news. I can't properly describe the atmosphere of the classroom when we were told, or the feeling I was left with afterward. I was floating, I was already affected by the mere news of his coming. It was incredible.