His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Emory University Educating the Heart and Mind: A Path to Universal Responsibility at Emory University October 20-22, 2007

Sponsorship Opportunities

Support the Emory-Tibet Partnership

Experience the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University during a weekend of special events Oct. 20-22, 2007.

For nearly a decade, the Emory-Tibet Partnership has combined the best in Western academic achievement with the great intellectual tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This growing relationship is generating powerful new ideas and solutions to some of humanity’s most difficult problems, from clinical depression to religious strife.

Now the Dalai Lama has taken the Emory-Tibet Partnership a giant step further. He has accepted a faculty position as Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University. This is a first for both East and West, and both will flourish as a result.

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Corporate dinner-only table sponsorships available as well. Click here for details.

Completed forms can be mailed to:

The Visit
Emory University
1762 Clifton Road – Plaza 1000
Atlanta, GA 30322

ADDITIONAL SPONSOR SEATS RELEASED--DEADLINE EXTENDED

You are invited to experience the upcoming visit of the Dalai Lama to the Emory campus, where he will be installed as Presidential Distinguished Professor. The list below explains how you can participate in the three-day event—October 20-22—which includes a conference on meditation and depression, a world peace-building summit, a special teaching by the Dalai Lama, an installation ceremony, a music and dance performance, the creation of a sand mandala, and an outdoor public address by the Dalai Lama.

With a longstanding commitment to educating both heart and mind for service to the world, Emory is the best and only choice for the Emory-Tibet Partnership. Emory has a growing library of more than 30,000 Tibetan texts, internationally recognized faculty educated in Western and Tibetan institutions, and close relationships with Tibetan scholars.

Emory’s roots are religious, its culture informed by ethics and deliberation, and its mind open to a world of ideas. Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama, fosters interdependence, compassion, and peace. Working together, we can bring hope and understanding to people everywhere. Please join us as we celebrate the Dalai Lama’s visit to Emory. It promises to be a life-changing event.

This historic visit allows us to offer exclusive and wonderful opportunities to new supporters of the Emory-Tibet partnership at the Event Sponsor, Event Benefactor, and Event Patron levels.

Note: Only a limited number of each benefit package will be available.

Sponsors ($2500 or more) will provide valuable assistance in enabling the work of the Emory-Tibet Partnership to continue.

Sponsors of the Emory-Tibet Partnership will receive:

a single preferred seat at the October 20 “Mind & Life XV: Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression” conference;
invitation for one to a private lunch between conference sessions;
single ticket to the October 20 “Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music, Sacred Dance” performance;
single admission to a special teaching for the Buddhist community of Atlanta (not open to the general public) on October 21;
a single preferred seat at the sold-out “First Emory Summit on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding” on October 21;
single ticket to the installation and inaugural lecture of His Holiness as Presidential Distinguished Professor (not open to the general public) on October 22;
single preferred seat (shaded chair seating with refreshments) at His Holiness’ public talk, “Educating the Heart and Mind: A Path to Universal Responsibility,” on October 22, in Centennial Olympic Park.

Benefactors ($5,000 or more) of the Emory-Tibet Partnership will help to ensure the success of the Emory-Tibet Partnership and the on-going development of its programs.

Benefactors of the Emory-Tibet Partnership will receive a single ticket for:

Each event benefit in the sponsor category PLUS;
two tickets to a special gala dinner, attended by the Dalai Lama, to support the endowment of the Emory-Tibet Partnership on October 21;
one ticket to the opening reception of the Michael C. Carlos Museum’s “Buddha in Paradise” exhibition on October 21
single invitation to the opening and closing ceremonies for the mandala live exhibit “Healing the Earth: Sacred Sand Art of the Tibetan Lamas,” October 16 and 23.

Patrons (Endowment level gifts) of the Emory-Tibet Partnership will become an intimate partner in realizing the vision of the Emory-Tibet Partnership by establishing endowment for its programs, such as the science education program for Tibetan monks and nuns, thereby ensuring their sustainability in perpetuity.

Donors at the Patron level also will receive:

Each event benefit in the sponsor/benefactor categories PLUS;
a guest ticket to the conference, lunch, dinner, performance, teaching, summit, inauguration/lecture, and public talk;
reserved parking at the conference, teaching, summit, and inauguration/lecture;
an exclusive opportunity to personally welcome the Dalai Lama to Emory, with Emory President James Wagner at an exclusive brunch on Oct. 21;
invitation for two to a private ground consecration ceremony with His Holiness on October 21;
preferred seating for two at the Dinner to Support the Emory-Tibet Partnership on Oct. 21
reserved parking directly across the street from Olympic Park for the Public talk on Oct. 21;
exclusive pavilion access/seating with platform party guests at Centennial Olympic Park with hors d'oeuvres on Oct. 22.

Corporate Dinner-Only

Companies supporting the Dinner to Support the Emory-Tibet Partnership will receive:

a 10-seat table, preferred table location in the room, and recognition in the dinner program.
Bonus: each company purchasing a table will receive 5 tickets to the reserved seating area at the Olympic Park Public Talk.

For more information on endowment level opportunities, to receive a printed copy of this information, or to make your donation and reserve your sponsorship package today, please contact Marcia Wade (mjwade@emory.edu).

Fair Market Value Tax information: the FMV of the “Sponsor” ticket/meal package is $340; the FMV of the “Benefactor” ticket/meal package is $600; and the FMV of the “Patron” ticket/meal package is $1308. The purchase price in excess of the FMV shall be treated as a charitable contribution.