Kris Jenner, Melanie Griffith take selfie with Dalai Lama

“What we want is to be able to practice our religion freely”.

Demonstrators were seen holding placards and chanting loudly “Give religious freedom!” and “Stop lying!” to protest against what they say is the Dalai Lama’s persecution of Shugden Buddhists.

Praying for the long life of the Dalai Lama, the global face of the Tibetan movement in exile, the CTA said, “he is the life and soul of Tibetan people”.

The Dalai Lama turns 80 on July 6.

The album is set for release on 7th July, the day after the Dalai Lama’s birthday.

When he crossed into India, it was Shivshankar Menon’s father P.N. Menon, a diplomat, who received him.

The Dalai Lama’s brand is looking a little dowdy in comparison, hence the need to take it to the next level and penetrate the groove of Glastonbury to show that it’s hip to think outside the square.

The Tibetan community in the USA has planned a grand birthday celebration on his 80th birthday later this month.

The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star and her friend Melanie Griffith were among the guests at the Buddhist leader’s 80th birthday celebrations in California yesterday (05.07.15) and felt “blessed” to be there.

Shourie said the Dalai Lama was an “exemplar of converting the great suffering of his people into benediction”. He was identified as the 14th reincarnation of the Buddhist nation’s spiritual leader when he was just 2.

“Because of Chinese oppression he was able to spread the fragrance of a tradition all over the world”, he said. The album aims to help raise funds which will be used to help preserve Tibetan cultural heritage. His sermons fill football stadiums and he has won a Nobel Prize, but political leaders around the world shirk from meeting him openly for fear of causing costly offence to the Chinese.

But it was not all love and accolades for the Dalai Lama. After Ormond spoke on the necessity of empathy as an actress, one voice from the grandstand crowed, “Let his holiness speak!”