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Panel on connection between neuroscience and Buddhism proceeds without Dalai Lama

The show was sold out, but there were a lot of empty seats in Royce Hall on Monday afternoon.
After it was announced on Sunday that His Holiness the Dalai Lama would be unable to come to UCLA because of a sore throat, many ticket holders opted for a refund.

A lecture the Dalai Lama had planned to give in the morning was canceled altogether.

Dalai Lama cancels appearance at UCLA because of illness

A planned visit to UCLA by His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been cancelled.

The Dalai Lama was scheduled to participate in a lecture Monday morning and a symposium in the afternoon, but he is unable to travel due to illness, according to a university statement.

The 75-year-old Tibetan religious leader is said to have delayed his flight to Los Angeles from Tokyo at the advice of his doctors. He is currently recovering from a sore throat, according a statement by a Dalai Lama spokesman.

Ticket holders for the morning lecture have been notified, and refunds have been offered.

The afternoon symposium, titled “Buddhism and Neuroscience: A Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion,” will proceed without the Dalai Lama, according to the university statement. The event, to be held in Royce Hall at 1:30 p.m., will feature three UCLA professors of neuroscience and psychiatry and a fourth professor who will moderate.

The university is unsure if the Dalai Lama will reschedule his appearance at UCLA, but information will be updated as it is found out, a spokeswoman said.

Chancellor Block responds to proposed state cuts to UC funding

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block released a statement responding to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut $500 million in funding to the UC. Block’s letter comes in addition to a statement released by UC President Mark Yudof earlier today that criticized the governor’s proposal.