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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Mar 6, 2014, 04:33 PM Mar 2014

Dalai Lama Opens Senate Session With Prayer

AP | by DONNA CASSATA

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Dalai Lama has opened the Senate with prayer.

With nearly a dozen senators listening raptly, the Dalai Lama said that if you speak or act with a pure mind, happiness will follow.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thanked the Dalai Lama for his prayers and words of encouragement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/dalai-lama-senate_n_4911531.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&ir=Religion

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