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The Boss, Archbishop Geoffrey Sambell   Read Transcript

26/10/2008
Socially awkward and not a great speaker, Geoffrey Sambell from country Victoria became one of the most outstanding archbishops in post-war Australia, spearheading social welfare projects as Director of the Brotherhood of Saint Laurence, and as Archbishop of Perth.

The Origin of the Dalai Lama

06/07/2008
The institution of the Dalai Lama - the Buddhist 'Pope' of Tibet - has a history that goes back at least to the 12th century, but Buddhist myth traces the origin of the Dalai Lama to a Brahmin boy who met the Buddha under the Bodhi tree. Professor of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, Robert Thurman, traces the unusual history of the Dalai Lama.