Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford)

Screening Venue: Cinema Aero

Address: Biskupcova 31, Praha 3; Praha, Czech Republic; 110 00

Website: http://www.potala.cz/cs/filmovy-festival-potala-2010

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Location: Miami University, Oxford, OH

Topic: TBA

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Miami

02.01.2010

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal for championing the people of Tibet, will visit Miami University Oct. 20-22. He will meet with students as well as give a public address.

Miami established a relationship with the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, during summer workshops in Tibet led by two faculty in anthropology from 2004-2008. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a patron of this institute, one of the premier institutions for study of Buddhist thought and philosophy.

After university faculty, including Provost Jeffrey Herbst, visited Dharamsala and signed an affiliation agreement, Miami began offering a Tibetan studies semester program last fall. It will be offered annually in the fall.

The Venerable Geshe Kalsang Damdul, from the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, visited Miami and held a prayer flag ceremony here last February to commemorate the affiliation agreement.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, in 1989 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet. He has consistently advocated policies of non-violence and also was the first Nobel Laureate to be recognized for his concern for global environmental problems.

Miami’s summer workshop, Peoples and Culture of Tibet, has been conducted by Deborah Akers and Homayun Sidky in Dharamsala, the residence of the Dalai Lama in northern India, which is the location of the Tibetan government in exile.

In the new Tibetan studies semester program for Miami students in Dharamsala, Miami students can study at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD) and the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS). Students are offered courses focusing on Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan medicine and meditation and an intensive sequence of language courses in Chinese, Tibetan and Hindi.

Since 1959 the Dalai Lama has received more than 84 awards, honorary doctorates and prizes in recognition of his message of peace, non-violence, inter-religious understanding, universal responsibility and compassion. He has authored more than 72 books.

More details on his visit will be announced next fall.

Date of Visit: May 15-16, 2010

Location: University of Wisconson, Madison - Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts

Topic: Investigating Healthy Minds

Ticket Information: http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org

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The science of healthy minds brings Dalai Lama to UW-Madison

March 3, 2010

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to its public grand-opening celebration Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16.

UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson established the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) to scientifically determine how healthy qualities of mind develop and to investigate interventions to cultivate those qualities in children and adults.

Davidson has worked with expert meditation practitioners to determine how meditation changed their brains to encourage happiness, compassion and kindness. CIHM will extend this research to a broader audience and will be the first translational research facility to include a brain imaging lab and meditation space under one roof.

“When I met the Dalai Lama in 1992, he challenged me to adapt the tools of Western science, used to study fear and depression, to the study of positive qualities, like kindness and compassion. The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds is a response to that challenge and will become what we hope will be the world’s premier center for research of this kind,” says Davidson, a UW-Madison professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior.

The Dalai Lama previously visited Davidson’s lab at the Waisman Center in 2001 and continues his involvement with Davidson and other scientists to further explore the convergence of neuroscience and contemplative traditions.

The Dalai Lama will join Davidson in a public dialogue at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, at Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts. Daniel Goleman, best-selling author of “Emotional Intelligence” and “Ecological Intelligence” will moderate the conversation, “Investigating Healthy Minds.” Gov. Jim Doyle will deliver opening remarks, followed by a special musical performance by Madison Youth Choirs.

Tickets for this event are free and will be available to the public in mid-April. The conversation also will be available via live Web cast at http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org.

The grand-opening weekend also includes a presentation by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His talk, “Mindfulness, Meditation and Health: Transformation and Healing at the Confluence of Science and Dharma,” will be available on the CIHM’s Web site shortly following the event.

The Dalai Lama also will participate in a private scientific meeting, co-sponsored by the CIHM and the Mind & Life Institute.

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds includes a diverse mix of scientists from several different disciplines as well as scholars in the humanities. Their mutual focus on the study of healthy qualities of mind is aided by the major instrumentation housed in the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior.

“The center uses the plural ‘healthy minds’ to convey that there are many ways in which to have a healthy mind, and it is dedicated to studying this diversity,” Davidson explains. “The word ‘investigating’ is used since we do not yet know exactly what constitutes healthy qualities of mind. Part of the center’s mission is to conduct research explicitly examining this question.”

The center plans to use its research to bring practices that encourage healthy qualities of mind to schools, prisons, medical settings and the world at large. It is currently working with three community populations: children and educators in the Madison Metropolitan School District, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and returning Wisconsin veterans.

“This center combines the basic behavioral and neuroscientific research that is necessary to move our field forward with the translational component, which is critical to extend our work beyond the walls of our laboratory,” Davidson says. “By developing and offering interventions for schools, hospitals, prisons and communities, we hope to create real change for society.”

For more information about the center’s research and the grand-opening celebration, visit http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org.

Location: Church of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave.; New York, NY 10025)

Topic: (interfaith dialogue)

Ticket Information: (212) 316-7540

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Interfaith Dialogue in New York, NY on May 23: His Holiness will participate in an interfaith dialogue at the Church of St. John the Divine.

• 1047 Amsterdam Ave.
  New York, NY 10025
• (212) 316-7540

Location: Radio City Music Hall

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May 20-22: three-day teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) & Kamalashila’s The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)

May 23: public talk entitled Awakening the Heart of Selflessness

Ticket Information: www.dalailamany.org

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Teachings in New York, NY, USA from May 20 to 22: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) & Kamalashila’s The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa) organized by Healing the Divide & The Tibet Center at Radio City Music Hall. Contact Website: www.dalailamany.org

Public Talk in New York, NY, USA on May 23: His Holiness will give a public talk on Awakening the Heart of Selflessness organized by Healing the Divide & The Tibet Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamany.org

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Each year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travels the world offering teachings and public talks to individuals from many different faiths and backgrounds. While His Holiness will also often bestow empowerments and initiations to coincide with these teachings, he continues to stress the importance of one attending teachings in order to provide practitioners with a better understanding of Buddhist philosophy.

On May 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 2010 Healing the Divide and The Tibet Center are honored to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s return to New York City.

His Holiness will impart three days of teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva.

On May 23rd, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk entitled Awakening the Heart of Selflessness. His Holiness will discuss the process of realizing true selflessness and how this realization awakens a genuine caring for others. This is how we achieve inner peace for ourselves, a feeling of responsibility for the happiness of others, and ultimately a more compassionate world for everyone. The public talk will conclude with a short question and answer session.

Both events will take place at Radio City Music Hall.

Arrival

Due to security considerations, we ask that you please arrive at the teachings early each day, as all ticket holders and all bags must be searched upon entry. Doors will open promptly at 8:30 AM for the morning sessions, and at 12:30 PM for the afternoon sessions of the teachings. Doors will close each day at 9:15 AM and 1:15 PM respectively. There will be no auditorium admittance after this time.

For the Public Talk on May 23rd, 2010 doors will open at 12:00 PM and will close at 12:45 PM. Once again, please arrive early as there will be no auditorium admittance after this time.”

Location: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

Topic: public talk on Facing Challenges with Compassion & Wisdom

Ticket Information: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0500442DA9F12E5B?artistid=714781&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=104

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Public Talk in Indianapolis, IN, USA on May 14: His Holiness will give a public talk on Facing Challenges with Compassion & Wisdom organized by The Tibetan & Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, Interfaith Hunger Initiative and Indiana Buddhist Center. Contact Website: www.tmbcc.net, www.interfaithhungerinitiative.org & www.indianabuddhist.org

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Give Public Talk at Conseco Field House

His Holiness will give a public talk in Indianapolis at 9:30am on May 14, 2010 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The program, expected to draw an audience from around the globe, will be hosted by the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (TMBCC),  the Indiana Buddhist Center (IBC) of Indianapolis, and the Interfaith Hunger Initiative (IHI) of Indianapolis, forging a new partnership among organizations whose mission of community outreach and growth is universal. Tickets for the public talk go on sale Saturday, January 16^th at the Conseco Fieldhouse box office or area Ticketmaster locations. General admission tickets are $25 and student tickets are $15.    Please click  here to go  to  the page at  Conseco  Fieldhouse to buy tickets  or call 1-317-917-2727.

Indianapolis based Indiana Buddhist Center educates individuals about Buddhism and serves Central Indiana through neighborhood outreach programs. The Interfaith Hunger Initiative (IHI) is a program founded in Indianapolis in 2008 that calls together Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders to reach across faith lines to enlarge engagement in ending hunger, to feed hungry people and to speak up for the hungry.

Location: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - Indiana University Auditorium

Topic: two-day teachings on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo)

Ticket Information: www.tmbcc.net

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Teachings in Bloomington, IN, USA on May 12 & 13: His Holiness will give two-day teachings on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) organized by The Tibetan & Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Contact Website: www.tmbcc.net

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About the Visit

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford)

Screening Venue: Unity Church of Greenville, SC

Address: 207 E. Belvue Road; Greenville, SC   29687

Website: www.unitychurchofgreenville.org

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Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford)

Screening Venue: Cinema Svetozor

Address: Vodickova 41, Praha 1; Praha, Czech Republic; 110 00

Website: http://www.potala.cz/cs/filmovy-festival-potala-2010

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Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford)

Screening Venue: Maucker Union Old Central Ballroom -  University of Northern Iowa - Cedar Falls

Address: Cedar Falls, Iowa

Website: TBA

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Additional Details: Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich will appear for a Q&A after the screening. Venue Address: Maucker Union Old Central Ballroom 1227 West 27th St Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0167