course of such discussions to students learning the philosophic truth of buddhism. your game is the senior monk here and also to give me a tour of the impressive temple grounds. it was built back in the late eight hundred seventy s. but fell into disrepair during the soviet union and for the last twenty years you have gagne and his brothers have been helping to restore it to its former glory. but the monks haven't only been rebuilding the temple they've also been restoring their academy. as an english teacher who's been working here since one nine hundred ninety four the students study here for five years and as well as languages and they focus heavily on tibetan sciences tibetan. one great to board the science five for the sciences and you can teach tippett and that's. explain the types of paul's. past. there are lots of different ones. what might your polls tell you what sort of things. paul's kidney appalls different. and all of those have to be at work a certain rate for fifteen years ok. so perhaps the most in caves. lessons concentrates on buddhist thorson ide

but who is extraordinary are the high masters of buddhism, coming from all over the world and gathering together in washington, d.c., poignantly as they are unable to do inside tibet, where religious freedom is constrained and it would be impossible for the dalai lama to proside. >> it's a powerful message. >> it's an important thing we should all be aware of. >> can you tell us more? we've said it's almost this initiation into the higher beliefs of the tenets of buddhism. >> it's a body of teaching found in buddhism, and teachings on philosophy, medicine, yoga and importantly on meditation. in short, they are meant to bring out the practitioner's wisdom and compassion for the individual. it's also believed by practicing this and bestowing the initiation in that locale, it tends to reduce or dispel the negativities in that area. so it is very significant for tibeten buddhists that it's given in the u.s. capital. >> in the nation's capital. to that, there is a political side of this, the dalai lama will step away from the spiritual teachings and will sit and talk with the leaders of cong

a priest decides he is going to show the powers of mystic buddhism and he appears and on the alter with different sorts ofornmen of owns and then progresses through profound things and all of these are tongue twisters but it's the first round of tongue twisters nothing happens and the priest is very upset and blushes extraordinary red and he tries again. the second time the chants are much shorter and he begins to lose his patience and again nothing happens. third time nothing happens and he basically says how much time to turn to the wonderrous powers of the lotus set raand he does chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two and you don't understand anything and it's mumbo jump bow and this is a parody of that. the second and third pieces before the intermission i will not introduce. i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i would like to emphasize about the first piece this is indeed a comic piece and in most instances westerners have

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lama expected to host about 100,000 people here in a ten-day period in a complex ritual of tibetan buddhism called the kalachakra. it's also going to double as a prayer service for world peace. this is only the third time the event has been held in north america. people who plan to attend say they have very high expectations for a fulfilling experience. >> he's just an amazing, inspirational force and just -- it's such a privilege to be in his presence. >> to listen to him and take home something that was missing. >> reporter: now that service begins at 9:30 this morning. we haven't seen too many people buzzing around the verizon center quite yet. it is a little bit early. the dalai lama has a full week of events going on here. you do need a ticket to attend. the only event that is free is going to be on the national mall this saturday in the morning. but other than that, all the events inside, you have to go to ticketmast ticketmaster, or you've got to come here to the verizon center. it's about $35 for the day. almost $500 for the entire program. if you can't get away, don't want to buy a

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as a very big question the the issue of open buddhism across europe and scream the table for quite some time now given the influx of immigrants from north africa following bring the full of the children seen regime the the actions that were going on in libya and of course egypt as well we shouldn't forget egypt was world and a lot of those people are migrating into southern europe there are issues with who controls the southern borders of the show and. so-called shango area that has calls many many problems right across the region not least because of the problems in italy and to a certain extent in germany and austria so we need to get excited we control the borders in europe yes that has been action within the european union. to to ease the restrictions on individual nations closing borders times of crisis within those countries and what norway has done within this past twenty four hours is precisely that given that there is a national crisis and they have temporarily closed their borders well thank you very much for your analysis chrissy eight security analyst talking to us live from

getting around to it but we know that the rating agencies don't have much of a clue about anything buddhism is trying to save itself why don't they go to great portugal three years ago five years ago or greece you know they're just getting around to reality it's like the sub prime mortgages they didn't downgrade anybody until it was already over they had many people who were going bankrupt raters aaa this is political posturing and nothing more something will happen they will announce some kind of deal it will look good on paper and maybe they will even be good for six months or so but six months from now a year from no it's going to be the same old. we're not going to have much progress and the united states is going to continue to go into a decline we have the united states is the largest debtor nation in the world and it's getting worse it's not getting better they have to increase the debt ceiling for the moment there's no question about that their choice though for the future is they've got to take an x. you know they've got to take a change so to government spending and do something a

>> because it is a very special occasion to hear more about buddhism, especially teachings that the dalai lama gives. >> even nonbuddhists can take a lot away from this event. it's about being kind to your neighbor. the dalai lama preaches being faithful to your own religion. he does welcome everyone to come to check out this and be a part of this event. this, of course, is the dalai lama's first u.s. visit since he stepped down as tibet's head of state in march. this is a paid event here at the verison center. however there will be a free event saturday morning on the west lawn of the capital. back to you, lesli. >> thanks for that. the federal aviation administration is in the process of updating how it tracks planes in the sky. the new gps system that is replacing the current radar system is called next generation or next gen. the washington post reports we could see quicker departures as automated clearances reduce wait times. another possible benefit, your flight could be shorter. more direct flight pass would reduce mileage and flight times. and say good-bye to bumpy landings, maybe

capitol, the leader of the tibetan buddhism discussed the importance of individual peace of mind and offered a personal perspective. >> i lost my own freedom at the age of 16. then i lost my own country. a lot of difficulties and a lot of responsibilities. however, i think comparatively, i can sustain peace of mind. >> the chinese government is taking a dim view of the dalai lama's visit to the nation's capital. it dismissed him as a political exile engaging in tibetan separatist activities under the guise of religion. >>> and now off to london where the skandized "news of the world" tabloid is getting ready to shut its doors for good. the final edition of the best-selling tabloid is being prepared right now. the last edition comes out tomorrow. rupert murdock who owns the paper decided to close it down after allegations surfaced that a journalist illegally hacked phone messages belonging to murder and terrorist victims. murdock will arrive in london tomorrow to deal with the crisis. >>> i recently talked with howard kurtz and asked him if the scandal will put murdock's media outlets

the leader of tibetan buddhism said the journey to world peace starts with individual peace of mind. >> try to create calm mind, peaceful mind and that creates our own community. that's the way to change society. >> the chinese government is taking a dim view of the dalai lama's visit to washington. it dismissed him as a political exile engaging in tibetan separatist activities under the guise of religion. >>> the final edition of the news of the world is due out in a few hours from now. rupert murdoch is expected to arrive in london to deal with the hacking scandal that forced the paper to shut down. journalists are accused of illegally tapping into the voice mails of crime victims and bribing police. >>> across america, people are remembering betty ford for her resilience, courage and her candor. the former first lady died yesterday in rancho mirage, california. her family by her side. she was 93. cnn's thelma gutierrez is in rancho mirage. what has been the reaction there, thelma? >> reporter: well, of course, fredricka, one of sadness. betty ford was part of this community for so

they are expecting 100,000 people all told to take part in a ten-day complex ritual in tibetan buddhismalled the kalachakra. it also dubloubles as a prayer service for world peace. this is only the third time the event has been held in north america. people who plan to attend say they have very high xwpations f for a fulfilling experience. >> he's an amazing, inspiration force, and it's such a privilege to be in his presence. >> to listen to him and take home something that was missing. >> reporter: today is significant for another reason. the dalai lama turns 76 yaerear olded too. here's a breakdown of his visit. today he's giving a short teaching this morning at 9:30 followed by a birthday celebration. on july 9th, you'll want to write that day down because this is the only free event. the dalai lama will give a talk for world peace on the west lawn of the national mall in the morning. he's also talk about the foundations of buddhist philosophy and ethics. then from july 12th through the 15th, he's going to, quoting now, bestow the empowerment of the kalachakra. simply put, it will be

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he is still the leader--spiritual leader of the tea should for buddhism. >> i will have details on aforecast coming up in just a little bit. >> rob like it's here to talk about the financial winners and losers and he starts talking about facebook. >> a lot of a big news about google plus social networking. facebook came out and fired one back at google. this is kind of what video technology needed, a kickstart, a kick boost, this is good for microsoft, facebook is good for free phone calls it is good for companies like cisco who makes it seeing each other a little more easier it is may be bad news for apple, may be bad news for google her because apple has on their phone face time so when you when i talk to each other on face time we can give each other the same way. >> so it is that due to competition. >> yes. >> another big winner, the banks, they're near a deal on foreclosures. what does this mean? >> end up to $60 billion going back to people that have been foreclosed illegally on, maybe some penalties. this is good because we knew they would get sued, this was set a precedent. i

fond of that word because i've been trying to -- i am a student of oriental languages and even then buddhism and i am trying to figure out what the word convenience means because it's frequently used by the telephone companies. look, you've brought your devices against companies. one of your recent cases on september you fight against a california company called a.d. lifeguards in this company charged more than 5000 of your illinois citizens $12.95 a month for a so-called identity protection service. but when your office contacted these consumers can be told she did never authorized the charges commented that the charges had gone on their phone bill, didn't know how and that's correct, is it not? >> that is correct, mr. chairman. >> did any -- you know, we found hundreds of companies like this this -- and where does the word convenience -- the telephone companies the word convenience. the user what they were talking about will fix it ourselves. they use it now. how has this become a convenience? >> mr. chairman, i think the only people who would describe third-party charges being crammed on

fond of that word because i have been trying -- as a student of oriental languages and even zen buddhism, and tried to figure out what the word convenience means because it is free probably use by telephone companies. you. 30 lawsuits against companies. one of your recent cases last september you filed against the california company called i.d. lifeguards, and this company charged more than 5002 illinois citizens. 12,004 so-called identity protection service. but when your office contacted these consumers they told me that they didn't know the charges had gotten on their phone bills, didn't know how and that is correct, is it not? >> that is correct mr. chairman. >> you know we have had hundreds of companies like this. and where does the word convenience that telephone companies use the word convenience. they used it when they were talking about, we will fix it ourselves. they use it now. how has this become a convenience? .. we found when consumers have tried to remove the charges by contacting their carrier they are given the runaround, told they can't do anything about it. they have t

i am fond of that word because i am a student of oriental languages and zen buddhism.m trying to figure out what convenience means because it is frequently used by telephone companies. you brought 30 lawsuits against companies. one of your recent cases you filed against a california company call i.d. lifeguards who charge more than 5000 of your illinois citizens $12.95 per month for a so-called identity protection service. when your office contacted these consumers, they said they never authorized to these charges and did not know the charges were on their phone bill. that is correct, is it not? >> that is correct. >> we found hundreds of companies like this. where does the word convenience -- telephone companies use this word when they say that will fix it themselves and use it now. how has this become a convenience? >> mr. chairman, the only people who would describe third-party charges being crammed on phone bills as a convenience might be the carriers for the aggravated or the vendors. it is not a convenience. it is an enormous and expensive passel for individuals

can practice the religion of their choice, whether it's islam peaceably, christianity, judaism, buddhism, human secularism, that seems to have often overtaken washington. you have the freedom to do that. but the government's role is to protect the country, protect the people, keep people from coming in through our borders that want to harm us so that individuals can give from the blessings of their heart to help the needy to help the poor to help others. you cannot find one reference in the new testament that says government is to go about using and abusing its taxing authority, legalize stealing from people who have earned the money so that we can give it away to congress' favorite charity or a government's favorite charity. the government is to provide protection, protect against evil, encourage good and create an environment where good people can do good. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. gohmert: i ask unanimous consent to submit the article from fox news by kimberly shwan and also the article from "the hill" newspaper b