The power of Buddhism and the state of the world

Jean-Claude Carriere, born in 1931, has written more than 60 screenplays, including for Luis Bunuel, Pierre Etaix, Jacques Deray, Jean-Luc Godard, Milos Forman, Peter Brook, Volker Schlöndorff, Andrzej Wajda, Jean-Paul Rappenau, Louis Malle and many others.Pascal Bonitzer, born in 1946, has written for Jacques Rivette, Andre Techine, Chantal Akerman, Benoit Jacquot, Pascal Kane and Barbet Schroeder and has directed two films himself to date: 'Encore' and 'Rien sur Robert'. Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetans, was born in Amdo (Tibet) in 1935 and has lived in exile in India since 1959. The XIV Dalai Lama is held in the highest esteem worldwide. His commitment to non-violence was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.