His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who will turn 79 this July, was in town yesterday, to speak to a packed auditorium in Vidyavihar on ‘Living, Loving, Laughing and Dying – the Buddhist Way.’ And sure enough, there was plenty of laughter to go around, during the Nobel laureate’s address.

Keeping his tone light and conversational as he spoke in the Somaiya College auditorium, the Dalai Lama dealt with weighty issues like achieving happiness through altruism, meditation, and dealing with negative emotions. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar