Name: Wisdom of Happiness (2025)
Start: 2026-02-08T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

From Executive Producers Richard Gere and Oren Moverman.
WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty.
This powerful message of hope is delivered as a personal audience with one of the greatest living thinkers, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tenzin Gyatso, known to billions around the world as the Dalai Lama.
Speaking as a member of our single global community, he shares practical wisdom for finding peace, compassion, and hope in the midst of chaos. With disarming clarity and deep humanity, he invites us to imagine—and help create—a world where compassion is activated as our strongest force for change, and happiness is within reach for everyone.
In WISDOM OF HAPPINESS, the Dalai Lama speaks directly to viewers, sharing his Tibetan wisdom, underscoring the oneness of humanity, and offering a message of hope and serenity in troubled times. He reflects on how each of us can overcome negative emotions and strengthen positive ones like love and compassion, opening the path to happier, more meaningful lives while contributing to a healthier and more harmonious future. He also emphasizes that the feminine principle of kindness and connection is urgently needed, even suggesting the next Dalai Lama may be female.
The film is a grand and immersive cinematic experience. The Dalai Lama guides us by asking how “modern” people can find peace of mind despite the stresses of daily life, the climate crisis, and the anxieties of ongoing wars. That inner calm, he reminds us, enables us to create peace and justice outwardly and to take action together.
One of the greatest living thinkers, the 14th Dalai Lama is now 90 years old and looks back on a life that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been the subject of various Hollywood film productions. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama’s full spiritual name, is one of the most well-known figures of our time. His tenure as the head of Tibetan Buddhists has lasted longer than the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, given that he was enthroned at the age of five.