Hollywood actor Richard Gere attended the international conference "The Buddhist religion in Mongolia." Hollywood star and a practicing Buddhist, read a paper on "Moral foundations of the Buddhist religion, and leadership in business."

At the first international scientific conference on "The Buddhist religion in Mongolia" in the main Buddhist monastery of the country - Gandantegchinlin in Ulan Bator - attended by representatives of India, Bhutan, Japan, USA, Indonesia and other countries. Participants will discuss the reports on topics such as the Mongols contributed to the spread of Buddhist religion, the past and the future of Buddhism in Mongolia, Buddhist religion and science, Buddhist religion and the environment, the Buddhist religion and the position of women in Mongolian society.

Richard Gere has replaced the Protestant faith (he was a Methodist) in Buddhism in 1982. Actor concerned cultural genocide in Tibet, which he always says in their press conferences. Meanwhile, the Chinese government "set against" Gere on its activists. The actor has repeatedly tried to get permission to travel to China, but was denied.
Together with Professor Robert Thurman Gere is the founder of "Tibet House in New York", he also founded the "Foundation Gere", whose main task - support for the Tibetan community and its many monasteries and schools in India.