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Radio Oxford,5 mins
50 years on - Dalai Lama's visit to Sutton Courtenay
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Fifty years ago today, one of the world's most prominent religious leaders came to a small Oxfordshire village. The Dalia Lama's visit to Sutton Courtenay is being marked with a celebration at the Abbey. So why did the world's most famous Buddhist make this special trip on his first UK visit? Katie Tyler spoke to Adrian Rance-McGregor Chair of Trustees at the Abbey in Sutton Courtenay.
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