Richard Gere
Richard Gere is an internationally renowned film actor, social activist, and philanthropist. Gere was the Co-Founder and Chairman of Tibet House and joined the Board of Directors of the International Campaign for Tibet to more effectively engage both national and international forums of influence. He founded the Gere Foundation in 1991. It is the mission of the Gere Foundation to alleviate suffering and advocate for the people of Tibet. As a small grant-giving organization, the Foundation supports groups which are dedicated to the cultural preservation of Tibet, to providing HIV/AIDS care, research, and treatment, and to those organizations addressing human rights violations throughout the world.
Books, Courses & Podcasts
A Human Approach to World Peace
This free paperback edition of His Holiness’s classic essay is updated and expanded for today’s world, with a new foreword from Richard Gere and beautiful, intimate photographs of His Holiness by Kenro Izu, AT Steele, Richard Gere, Herb Ritts, Manuel Bauer, Nicky Vreeland, and Raghu Rai.
In this moving book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shares his perspective on the urgent question facing the world today: How do we make our societies more humane, just, and equitable?
Created to commemorate the occasion of His Holiness’s ninetieth birthday, this little book is a monument to honor a life spent ceaselessly calling for peace and tolerance, as well as a clarion call to all citizens of the world. As Richard Gere writes in the foreword, “The healing has begun if we want it.”
In celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday we’re offering this inspiring essay free with the purchase of any book by His Holiness, you only pay for shipping. Simply add code HAWP-FREE to your Dalai Lama book or course order at checkout.