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The Dalai Lama will mark his 85th birthday Monday, July 6th, with not only the release of his debut album, Inner World, but a special live-stream event starting at 1 p.m. ET.

Per a press release, the live-stream program will feature an appearance from Richard Gere, a long-time student and friend of the Dalai Lama’s, as well as “other special guests, birthday messages and musical performances.” Acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar (daughter of Ravi Shankar) will deliver the live debut of the Inner World track on which she appears, “Ama Le.”

The Dalai Lama’s live-stream will be available to watch on His Holiness’ Facebook and YouTube pages.

The Dalai Lama announced Inner World last month. The 11-track album mixes some of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s favorite mantras and chants with new music. The music was composed and recorded by Junelle and Abraham Kunin, two married musicians from New Zealand.

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In northern India, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama rises at 4A.M. and, having offered obeisance to the Buddha, sits down on his meditation cushion to contemplate his death. Knowing that death is certain, but the time of death uncertain, he prepares for death daily. He imagines an intricate process in which consciousness gradually retreats from the five senses to gather at his heart. Step by step, the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind- the basic constituents of the material world and human body-lose the capacity to serve as a foundation for consciousness. First, the earth constituent dissolves, and the dying person loses the capacity to perceive forms clearly. Instead, a mirage appears, like that of water in a desert. Second, the water constituent dissolves, and the dying person is no longer able to hear sounds, seeing only what appears to be thick billowing smoke. With the third dissolution, that of the fire constituent, the dying person loses the ability to smell and perceives red sparks of light, like fireflies flickering in darkness. The last of the four elements, the wind constituent, dissolves next. The Dalai Lama imagines that his tongue will then lose the ability to taste, and his body will no longer be able to experience physical sensation or even to move. At this point, he will stop breathing, but he will not be dead. His mind will perceive a sputtering flame, like a burning Tibetan butter lamp.