"When people listen to the Dalai Lama's teachings, it is different," says Geshe Jampa Gyatso, a senior Buddhist scholar based in Taipei. "It really makes them experience the meaning of what they have read or studied."
Locals aside, foreign residents in Taiwan are also enthusiastic about the upcoming visit.
"It is an exceptional opportunity for people here to listen to him talk," said Hope Phillips, alumni staff at the Taipei American School. "The only other person who has venerated in the way he does is Mother Teresa."
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