“It wasn’t for us to change one word in his quotes,” Pam says. As work progressed, Tencho forwarded sections to the Dalai Lama’s staff for input. “We all fell in love with the project,” Pam says. The panda decides to travel to Dharamshala to seek the advice and wisdom of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. They forwarded these to McDonnell, who built a story around them starring an inquisitive giant panda troubled by changes in the world. They scoured books, speeches, public appearance videos and other works of the Dalai Lama, culling his quotes regarding the planet, environment, climate change and animals. Tencho is the niece of the Dalai Lama, whose birth name is Tenzin Gyatso. She worked closely with McDonnell and her longtime friend and ICT board colleague Tencho Gyatso in Washington, D.C. It’s the first project like this in which His Holiness has ever been depicted as an illustration, Pam says. Foreign rights already have been sold to several countries. The publisher is HarperOne, a division of HarperCollins dedicated to inspirational books, with proceeds going to ICT. Called “Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet,” with the words of the Dalai Lama and illustrations by McDonnell, the work is being referred to as a compassionate revolution for protecting our planet and its inhabitants. There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.That simple, yet profound observation prompted Karen O’Connell, Patrick’s wife and business manager, to suggest that they collaborate with the Dalai Lama on a project. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers.

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