September 16 - 23 – Forget fashion shows, the U.N. conference, presidential debates and movie premieres. The star attraction this week has been the Dalai Lama’s New York visit. Movie star Bhuddist Richard Gere is practically stalking the guy, at his side from the opening press conference at the Guggenheim Museum through Sunday’s public talk in Central Park. In between, His Holiness (the Dalai Lama, not Gere) ran training sessions on Geshe Chekawa's Seven Point Mind Training and Jamyang Shepa's Root Verses on Indian Philosophies, where actress Goldie Hawn and model Christy Turlington listened raptly. This week, the Dalai Lama participated in a dialogue entitled “Ethical Revolution and the World Crisis”, with leading figures in media, environmentalism, economics and politics like hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon and presidential hopefuls Al Sharpton and Congressman Dennis Kucinich. We found actress Uma Thurman, newly separated from husband Ethan Hawke, seeking a bit of inner peace at the exiled Tibetan leader's Central Park appearance. The Dalai Lama is still in town, spreading his messages of peace and compassion, but we can’t keep up with him, so we’re telling you about it now.