Queen Noor and Rabbi Kula discussing Compassionate Leadership
Jul 26, 2007</I> The Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche was invited for the second year to present at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. This annual event is sponsored by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic magazine. Last year the Sakyong taught on Ruling Your World, and this year participated in several discussions including a panel on "Compassionate Leadership" with Her Majesty Queen Noor and Rabbi Irwin Kula.
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization "dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue." The Aspen Ideas Festival gathers together "some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers, and other leaders" from across the country and around the world. Some of the attendees this year included President Bill Clinton, General Colin Powell, Richard Branson, journalists Thomas Friedman and Jim Lehrer, writers Billy Collins and Tobias Wolfe, and musicians BT and Wyclef.
The "Compassionate Leadership" discussion with Queen Noor and Rabbi Kula was full of heartfelt advice and humor as the three speakers shared the need for world leaders to broaden the vision of their society's interrelationship with the rest of the world. The sold-out crowd listened intently and laughed along with the presenters. A highlight was when the panel was asked what advice they would give on their deathbed, based on their life experience. The Sakyong immediately responded, "I'll be back."
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