The reception, hosted in honor of Samdhong Rinpoche, was well attended. Gyari Rinpoche toasted him and lauded his achievements and his deep dedication towards the Tibetan people and, in particular, thanked him for his commitment to leading the Tibetan community towards democracy.
在此向顙東仁波切致敬的宴會上貴賓雲集。嘉瑞仁波切舉杯向顙東仁波切表達敬意，盛讚他的成就、以及他對西藏人民的完全奉獻，特別是感謝他帶領西藏人民邁向民主的承擔與承諾。

Gyari Rinpoche also welcomed His Holiness the Karmapa, saying that he believed His Holiness would be a powerful representative for Tibetan cultural identity and that his mere presence sent a signal that Tibetan culture and religion is alive and vibrant today, and that the younger generation would protect this legacy. He went on to say that the overwhelming sense among Tibetans towards His Holiness the Karmapa is one of trust and approval as he has gradually grown up at the side of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and taken on the mantle of leadership in the Kagyu tradition and in the Tibetan community.
嘉瑞仁波切也致詞歡迎尊聖的大寶法王噶瑪巴，他相信噶瑪巴將會是西藏文化的一個強而有力的代表，同時他認為噶瑪巴本身的存在，就代表著西藏文化與宗教在今日依然生機勃勃，而這也意味著新一代的藏人將持續地護衛傳統文化。嘉瑞仁波切還進一步表示，在達賴喇嘛尊者翼下羽毛漸豐的噶瑪巴，逐漸承擔起噶舉傳承與藏人社區的領導衣缽；而藏人對法王所表現出的壓倒性擁戴，即是對噶瑪巴的信任與認可。

His Holiness the Karmapa was seated between the Special Coordinator for Tibet, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, and the previous Special Coordinator, Paula Dobriansky.
法王座次兩旁的貴賓分別為美國民主與全球事務的國務次卿、同時也是西藏問題特別協調官瑪利亞．歐特羅，以及前美國西藏問題特別協調官寶拉．多布里昂斯基。