Tibet's Dalai Lama opens Senate session with prayer
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The Dalai Lama has opened the Senate with prayer.
With nearly a dozen senators listening raptly, the Dalai Lama said that if you speak or act with a pure mind, happiness will follow.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thanked the Dalai Lama for his prayers and words of encouragement.
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The Dalai Lama is Tibet's Nobel Laureate. He gave up his political role as the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile in 2011.