The Dalai Lama visits UCLA on May 2, 2011. His morning talk is entitled "What is True Wisdom?" In the afternoon, he participates in a symposium with UCLA faculty entitled "Buddhism and Neuroscience: a Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion."

The UCLA International Institute, the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations are sponsors of the events.