Khashyar | March 7, 2010

Date of Visit: May 12-13, 2010

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

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Public Talk in Melbourne, Australia on December 10: His Holiness will give a public talk on World Peace: Who Is Responsible? organized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia Committee.

Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Dalai Lama Public Talk: World Peace, Who is Responsible?

Thursday 10th December 2009, 2pm-4pm
Melbourne Convention Centre

Event Information

“Compassion and forgiveness, these are the real ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life. We need to use differences in a positive way. Try to get energy from different views, from different opinions. Make dialogue - this is the proper way to solve problems. Only then will genuine peace between nations come - from mutual respect not from weapons or force.”

His Holiness has been a champion of World Peace for over 50 years and on this day 20 years ago, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his non-violent, middle way approach to finding a solution to the situation in Tibet.

Today His Holiness will speak of the responsibility we all have for World Peace. By applying wisdom and compassion, we have the ability to resolve firstly our own differences with offers and then work together to create peace and harmony in our own community and the greater world.

Do not miss the opportunity to hear one of the most respected and thoughtful figures of our time. Reconsider what is important to you and how you can make a difference to Our Future.

Schedule:
Date	Event	Location
Tue 1st & Wed 2nd	Teaching - Awakening the Mind	Sydney
Thu 3rd	Mind & Its Potential Conference Our Future, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Sydney
Sat 5th & Sun 6th	Visit to New Zealand	Auckland
Tue 8th	Visit to the University of Tasmania Our Earth, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Hobart
Wed 9th	Parliament of World Religions	Melbourne
Thur 10th	Nobel Peace Prize Breakfast World Peace, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Melbourne

Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Address in Melbourne, Australia on December 9: His Holiness will address the Closing of the Planeary of the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Venue: Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre (MECC)

Contact Website: www.parliamentofreligions.org

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Public Talk in Hobart, Australia on December 8: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion in Diversity organized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia Committee.

Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Dalai Lama Public Talk: Our Earth, Who is Responsible?”

Tuesday 8th December 2009, 2pm - 4pm
Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart

Event Information

As long as we are on this planet together, it is important not just to live harmoniously but also to take genuine care of the environment.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a passionate advocate for individual and universal responsibility. This is his message and is the very basis of his teachings and those of the Buddha. During the Hobart public talk His Holiness will present, demonstrate and discuss how responsibility for the future of the earth lies with each of us.

Our Earth, Who is Responsible? is about helping people to become aware of their individual responsibility as global citizens for their own actions, the world in which they live and for all other living beings they share it with.

Do not miss the opportunity to hear one of the most respected and thoughtful figures of our time. Reconsider what is important to you and how you can make a difference to Our Future

“As people alive today, we must consider future generations. A clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier then we found it.”

Schedule:
Date	Event	Location
Tue 1st & Wed 2nd	Teaching - Awakening the Mind	Sydney
Thu 3rd	Mind & Its Potential Conference Our Future, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Sydney
Sat 5th & Sun 6th	Visit to New Zealand	Auckland
Tue 8th	Visit to the University of Tasmania Our Earth, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Hobart
Wed 9th	Parliament of World Religions	Melbourne
Thur 10th	Nobel Peace Prize Breakfast World Peace, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Melbourne

Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Public Talk in Auckland, New Zealand on December 5: His Holiness will give a public talk on A Peaceful Mind organized by the Dalai Lama Visit Trust New Zealand.

Teaching in Auckland, New Zealand on December 6:His Holiness will give teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) Zealand.

Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz

Summary:

In December 2009 His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will visit New Zealand to give a Public Talk and Buddhist Teaching at the invitation of the Tibetan Buddhist community of New Zealand.

Loved and respected worldwide as a man of peace, a scholar and spokesman for better understanding among people and religions, His Holiness will visit Auckland on December 5th and 6th to give a Public Talk and Buddhist Teaching imparting the message of love, compassion, kindness and universal responsibility.

This visit is a wonderful opportunity for all New Zealanders to again see and hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama in person.

A Peaceful Mind
Saturday December 5th 2009, 2.00pm

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a Public Talk on A Peaceful Mind at the Vector Arena in Auckland on Saturday December 5th 2009. This public talk is suitable for a general audience and all are welcome.
Tickets will be $20.00 per seat

Everybody wants a happy, successful life. Of course, external conditions are important, but I think that for a happy life, a happy family, and a happy community, much depends on our mental attitude. The key factor, I feel, is human compassion, a sense of caring for one another.

Sometimes, when we talk about the value of compassion and forgiveness and love, people get the impression these are religious matters. What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way. When you lose your temper, immediately you feel uncomfortable. Eventually, you lose your digestion and sleep. So, whether you are a believer or a non-believer, the peaceful mind in daily life is very, very important.

According to different religious traditions, there are different methods. For example, a Christian practitioner may meditate on God’s grace, God’s infinite love. This is a very powerful concept in order to achieve peace of mind. A Buddhist practitioner may be thinking about relative nature and also Buddha-nature. This is also very useful. I’m a Buddhist monk, so I’m practicing according to this teaching.

I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation. We are human beings, and we have this marvelous brain and marvelous heart, so there is potential to develop a proper mental attitude, through which we can have a happy, more peaceful life. I think the remarkable thing we’re observing now among those who have some experience with Buddhist teaching and practice is that when these people are passing through a traumatic period, the standard of mental peace always remains.

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Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta

Sunday December 6th 2009, 10am -12 Noon, 1.30pm -3.30pm.
Developing a kind heart and awakening the mind is not just a sentimental or religious goal.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a Buddhist Teaching on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta at the Vector Arena in Auckland on Sunday December 6th 2009. This public talk is suitable for a general audience and all are welcome. Tickets will be $60.00 per seat

Nagarjuna’s text is a commentary on a verse from the root tantra of Guhyasamaja.

In introducing Nagarjuna’s text, His Holiness discusses the etymology of Bodhicitta, noting that the Bodhisattva path relies on the analytical power of intelligence to transform the mind through purification of afflictions and obscurations and attainment of realizations of ultimate reality.

It is for everyone, irrespective of race, religion or political affiliation. It is for anybody who considers themselves a member of the human family.

Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta touches on the two aspects of the awakening mind, the twin qualities of wisdom and compassion, which are necessary for anyone who aspires to be a better person and implement change in their lives. The instructions for cultivating them within each of us are explained in this Teaching, so that we too may follow in the footsteps of the Buddha.

Recognised as one of the most accomplished Buddhist Masters, His Holiness will deliver these teachings based on his own profound and authentic experience of compassion, loving kindness and inner peace. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently has stated, “His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not simply a holy man. He is recognized throughout the world as one of our few true moral authorities. He is a teacher who has shown us all how to live our lives with compassion, non violence and love.”

Buddhists and non Buddhists alike, come away profoundly moved and motivated to take responsibility and create positive changes in their lives.

Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Teaching in Sydney, Australia on December 1 & 2: His Holiness will give two days of teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) organized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia Committee.

Public Talk in Sydney, Australia on December 3: His Holiness will give a public talk on Our Future: Who Is Responsible? organized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia Committee.

Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Schedule:
Date	Event	Location
Tue 1st & Wed 2nd	Teaching - Awakening the Mind	Sydney
Thu 3rd	Mind & Its Potential Conference Our Future, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Sydney
Sat 5th & Sun 6th	Visit to New Zealand	Auckland
Tue 8th	Visit to the University of Tasmania Our Earth, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Hobart
Wed 9th	Parliament of World Religions	Melbourne
Thur 10th	Nobel Peace Prize Breakfast World Peace, Who is Responsible? Public Talk	Melbourne

2009 Visit Overview:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama advocates for individual and universal responsibility – this is his message, the very basis of his teachings and those of Shakyamuni Buddha. Over the course of his 2009 visit to Australia, His Holiness will present, demonstrate and discuss the very nature of being and how responsibility for our future lies with each and every one of us.

The Our Future, Who is Responsible? 2009 visit will include two days of Buddhist Teachings base on the famous Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (is the wish to attain complete enlightenment - that is, Buddhahood - in order to be of benefit to all sentient beings) and three Public Talks in Sydney, Hobart & Melbourne.

“Awakening the Mind - Sydney”

Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd
December 2009, Sydney
Entertainment Centre

Morning sessions: 9:30am - 11:30am
Afternoon sessions: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Event Information:

Developing a kind heart and awakening the mind is not just a sentimental or religious goal. It is for everyone, irrespective of race, religion or political affiliation. It is for anybody who considers themselves a member of the human family.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama feels that different religious traditions have a great responsibility to provide peace of mind and a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood among humanity.

Awakening the Mind - Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta, touches on the two aspects of the awakening mind - the twin qualities of wisdom and compassion, which are necessary for anyone who aspires to be a better person and implement change in their lives.

The instructions for cultivating them within each of us are explained in this Teaching. Recognised as one of the most accomplished Buddhist Masters, His Holiness will deliver these teachings based on his own profound and authentic experience of compassion, loving kindness and inner peace.

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently has stated, “His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not simply a holy man. He is recognized throughout the world as one of our few true moral authorities. He is a teacher who has shown us all how to live our lives with compassion, non violence and love.”

Buddhists and non Buddhists alike, come away profoundly moved and motivated to take responsibility and create positive changes in their lives.

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Public Talk: Our Future, Who is Responsible

Thursday 3rd December 2009, 2pm - 4pm
Sydney Entertainment Centre

Event Information

In a world that confronts us each and every day with difficult and often upsetting situations, the wisdom of the Dalai Lama challenges us and invites us to seek alternatives which not only achieve our own well being but which also contribute to the good of all.

His Holiness advocates for individual and universal responsibility. This is his message, the very basis of his teachings and those of the Buddha. During the Sydney public talk His Holiness will present, demonstrate and discuss our 2009 visit theme, how responsibility for our future lies with each of us.

Our Future, Who is Responsible? is about helping people to become aware of their individual responsibility as global citizens for their own actions, the world in which they live and for all other living beings they share it with.

The Dalai Lama makes no claim to be anything other then a ‘simple Buddhist monk’ but his practical advice for living and working in these current times, is highly sought after and universal.

Do not miss the opportunity to hear one of the most respected and thoughtful figures of our time. Reconsider what is important to you and how you can make a difference to Our Future.

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Teaching in Washington, DC, USA on October 10: His Holiness will give a half-day morning teaching on The Heart of Change: Finding Wisdom in the Modern World organized by the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture.

Contact Website: www.dalailamaDC09.com

To listen to recorded information, please call 202-399-2988

Schedule:

The Heart of Change: Finding Wisdom in the Modern World
9:30 to 11:30 AM

In this two-hour teaching in the nation’s capital, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will explore the power of the human mind within the Tibetan Buddhist framework of View, Meditation and Action.

His Holiness will help us gain clear sight of our true nature, luminous and aware, and a deeper understanding of the Buddhist view of reality, with its unique comprehension of the subtle nature of interdependence.

That correct view, clarified by meditation, leads us to powerful, informed action. Wise action, in turn, helps us achieve meaningful lives and a positive impact on our profoundly interdependent world.

The unique tools arising from Buddhist wisdom provide us with precise and effective methods to achieve transformative spiritual development, leading to our ultimate goal of lasting happiness for ourselves and others.

(His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to depart at 11:30 AM)

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Using Wisdom as the Heart of Change
2:00 to 5:00 PM

Right understanding forms the heart of change. Flowing from correct understanding, inner change helps us acquire true power, positively transforming our lives and our world.

An afternoon of dynamic, accessible and practical presentations by accomplished spiritual leaders, scholars, philosophers and social activists, will clarify, deepen, and stabilize our understanding of the morning’s teaching by His Holiness, and inspire us as we journey on the path to wisdom, compassion and lasting happiness.

Our honored speakers include , among others, Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche; Thupten Jinpa, PhD, translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Charles Raison, MD, of Emory University’s Mind-Body Program; and Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD, senior lecturer in Religion and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.

• Session One on View will provide commentary on His Holiness’ teachings, illuminating how one’s view affects one’s life.
• Session Two on Meditation will feature present applications of meditation which have significantly benefited individuals, groups and communities.
• Session Three on Action will emphasize audience interaction through an extended period of questions and answers; the focus will be on translating ideas into action and helping people understand how the synergy of view, meditation, and action can transform their lives.

Speakers:

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will present the morning teaching, Finding Wisdom in the Modern World.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on July 6, 1935 in northeastern Tibet and was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two. His Holiness began his monastic education at the age of six. At 23 he was awarded the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest-level degree equivalent to a doctorate of Buddhist philosophy. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet. His Holiness has traveled to more than 62 countries, spanning 6 continents.

In 1950 His Holiness was called upon to assume full political power after China’s invasion of Tibet in 1949. In 1959, with the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops, His Holiness was forced to escape into exile. Since then he has been living in Dharamsala, northern India, the seat of the Tibetan political administration in exile.

A frequent visitor to Washington, DC, His Holiness proposed the Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet in his 1987 address to members of the United States Congress. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007, in recognition of his message of peace, non-violence, inter-religious understanding, universal responsibility and compassion.

His Holiness has met with presidents, prime ministers and crowned rulers of major nations. He has held dialogues with the heads of different religions and many well-known scientists. Since 1959 His Holiness has received over 84 awards, honorary doctorates and prizes, and he has also authored more than 72 books.

His Holiness describes himself as “a simple Buddhist monk.”

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Tsoknyi Rinpoche III

Tsoknyi Rinpoche is one of those rare teachers whose lighthearted yet illuminating style appeals to both beginners and advanced practitioners alike. He is truly a bridge between ancient wisdom and the modern mind. Widely recognized as a brilliant meditation teacher, RInpoche has authored two books, Carefree Dignity and Fearless Simplicity, and retains a keen interest in the ongoing dialogue among Buddhist practitioners, scholars and western researchers, especially neuroscientists.

His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa recognized Tsoknyi Rinpoche III (the present incarnation) as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche II. He is a renowned master of the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma traditions and holder of the Tsoknyi Lineage, which is based on Ratna Lingpa’s termas. Rinpoche was born into an unbroken father-to-son lineage of realized Dzogchen masters. His great-great-grandfather was the treasure revealer Chokgyur Lingpa, and Rinpoche was trained in that family tradition by his father from an early age.

Rinpoche was born in 1966 and was recognized as a tulku at the age of eight. The spiritual head of two nunneries and one monastery in Nepal and one of the largest nunneries in Tibet, Rinpoche also heads over 50 practice centers and hermitages, with over 2,000 nuns and 900 monks that practice the Tsoknyi and Ratna Lingpa Lineages in the eastern region of Tibet (Nangchen). Ngesdön Ösel Ling Monastery in Kathmandu is his seat in the East, and Yeshe Rangsal in Crestone, Colorado, is his seat in the West.

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Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche is one of the most renowned Tibetan teachers currently teaching in the West. Born into the Mindrolling lineage, which throughout its history has had many accomplished female masters, Rinpoche was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa as the re-incarnation of the Great Dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo, who was one of the most renowned female masters of her time.

Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche has been teaching internationally for sixteen years and teaches extensively in both Europe and North America, offering teachings from both the Kagyu and Nyingma schools. She has also established and heads the Samten Tse Retreat Centre in Mussoorie, India which provides a place of study and retreat for monastics and Western lay practitioners, where students from East and West live together in spiritual community. Currently 52 nuns and 30 western students are in residence at Samten Tse.

As president of Samten Tse Charitable Projects, Rinpoche heads various charitable projects and sponsorships including sponsorship of the elderly, Tibetan Women’s development projects, Tibetan youth projects, The Leprosy Project, retreats for Buddhist practitioners and numerous community development projects. Rinpoche is also actively involved with the Mindrolling Monastery in India.

Lotus Garden Retreat Center, the North American Seat of Mindrolling International was established by Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche in 2003. Rinpoche’s vision of Lotus Garden is as a place of study and practice of the Buddha Dharma with the aspiration in particular to assist in the flourishing of the Mindrolling Lineage teachings.

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Robert Thurman, PhD

Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at
Columbia University and President of Tibet House US

A personal friend of the Dalai Lama for over 40 years, Robert A.F. Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University and President of Tibet House US, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization. Professor Thurman also serves as President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. The New York Times recently hailed him as “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism.”

The first American to have been ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Professor Thurman is a passionate advocate and spokesperson for the truth regarding the current Tibet-China situation and the human rights violations suffered by the Tibetan people under Chinese rule. Thurman’s knowledge of Tibetan history and culture is often sought by policy makers; he has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Professor Thurman’s scholarly and popular writings focus on the “inner revolution” that individuals and societies successfully negotiate when they achieve enlightenment. He defines this inner revolution as accurate insight into the true nature of reality and determined compassion for the suffering beings. He is a riveting speaker and an author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics and culture, including Circling the Sacred Mountain, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well, Inner Revolution, The Jewel Tree of Tibet and, most recently, Why the Dalai Lama Matters.

Thurman’s work and insights are grounded in more than 35 years of serious academic scholarship. He holds B.A., A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard and has studied in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India and the United States. A long-time advocate of Buddhist monasticism, Thurman was ordained in 1962. He gave up his robes after several years when he discovered he could be most effective in the American equivalent of the monastery.

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Thupten Jinpa, PhD

Visiting Research Scholar, Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences and President, Institute of Tibetan Classics

Thupten Jinpa has been a principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 1985. He has translated and edited more than a dozen books by the Dalai Lama including the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium (Riverhead, 1999), Transforming the Mind (Thorsons, 2000 ), and Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Morgan Road Books, 2005). Jinpa’s own works include Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy and Mind Training: The Great Collection.

Thupten Jinpa received his early education and training as a monk and received the Geshe Lharam degree from Ganden Monastic University, south India. Jinpa holds a B.A. with Honors in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, both from Cambridge University, U.K., where he also worked as a research fellow in Eastern Religion. Since 1999 Jinpa has been the President of the Institute of Tibetan Classics and Editor-in-Chief of the Institute’s Library of Tibetan Classics series, and heheads its project of critical editing, translation and publication of key classical Tibetan texts.

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Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD

Director, Emory-Tibet Partnership; Co-Director, Emory-Tibet Science Initiative; and Co-Director, Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies; and Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion, Emory University

Dr. Negi serves as Co-Director of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative; Co-Director of the Emory Collaborative of Contemplative Studies. In addition, he has contributed to the development of a number of programs linking Emory University with Tibetan institutions of higher learning in India. His career has focused on the potential of mind to affect well-being on physical, emotional and mental levels and is now centered in three areas:

• Clinical research on the behavioral, immune and stress impacts of contemplative practices;
• Developing and implementing a science curriculum for Tibetan monastics; and
• Teaching Tibetan Buddhism both at Emory University and Atlanta’s Drepung Loseling.

Born in Kinnaur, a small Himalayan kingdom adjoining Tibet, Geshe Lobsang was chosen at age 14 to study at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, the private school of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. In 1985 he entered Drepung Loseling Monastery in Karnataka, Southern India, to continue his studies, and in 1994 he received the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest level of learning in Tibetan Buddhism. At the suggestion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Lobsang also completed a Ph.D. at the Institute for Liberal Arts at Emory University.

In 1991 Geshe Lobsang established Drepung Loseling, the North American seat of Drepung Loseling Monastery, and continues to serve as its president and spiritual director. Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. has grown to become one of North America’s leading centers for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, and offers courses by the most highly respected scholars of that tradition. Geshe Lobsang is regularly invited to lecture on Tibetan Buddhism and on mind-body interactions, and is a frequent participant in interfaith dialogues.

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Charles Raison, MD

Assistant Professor, Mind-Body Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

In addition to his Professorship in the Mind-Body Program, Dr. Raison serves as Director of the Behavioral Immunology Clinic at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Raison attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and won the Missouri State Medical Association Award. He completed residency training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Raison served as Director of Emergency Psychiatric services and Associate Director of consultation and evaluation services at UCLA prior to joining the faculty at Emory University.

The recipient of several teaching awards, Dr. Raison receives research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research focuses on bi-directional relationships between stress and immune systems, especially as these pertain to depression in the medically ill.

His research ranges from immune system effects on central nervous system functioning to the application of compassion meditation as a strategy to prevent depressive symptoms in college students via reduction in stress-related inflammatory activity. He is also internationally recognized for his expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of interferon-alpha-induced depression and anxiety.

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Deborah Rozelle, Psy.D.

Deborah Rozelle, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and trauma specialist with over 30 years clinical experience. She has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist for the past 20 years, and is an active member of Jewel Heart (www.JewelHeart.org) community.

In her private practice Dr. Rozelle integrates Buddhist psychology into her work with children, adults, and consultees. In addition, she currently serves as Senior Fellow at Garrison’s Initiative for Transforming Trauma; is a Senior Advisor to the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement-Unaccompanied Minors Trauma Program; and presents nationally and internationally. She is a certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA-approved consultant; was on the board of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation; and was on faculty at the Trauma Center at JRI in Boston, MA for many years.

While there, Dr. Rozelle helped design and implement a UNICEF-sponsored, school-based psychosocial training program for Turkey earthquake victims; and she served on Bessel van der Kolk’s clinical team for a ground-breaking NIMH-funded EMDR research study that compared EMDR, Prozac and placebo conditions.

Contact Website: www.dalailamaDC09.com

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Khashyar | September 11, 2009

Mind and Life Conference in Washington, DC, USA on October 8 & 9: His Holiness will participate in a Mind and Life Conference on the theme of Educating World Citizens in the 21st Century. The conference will feature educators, scientists and contemplatives discussing issues on Cultivating a Healthy Mind, Brain and Heart to be held at the DAR Constitution Hall.

Contact Website: www.educatingworldcitizens.org

Speakers and Panelists
Speakers Tenzin Gyatso – The XIV Dalai Lama Marian Wright Edelman, J.D. – Children’s Defense Fund Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin – Madison Linda Lantieri, M.A. – Inner Resilience Program R. Adam Engle, J.D., M.B.A. – Mind and Life Institute Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Ph.D. – University of Michigan Panelists Peter L. Benson, Ph.D. – Search Institute Martin Brokenleg, Ph.D. – Vancouver Institute of Theology Ronald E. Dahl, M.D. – University of Pittsburgh Linda Darling-Hammond, Ed.D. – Stanford University School of Education Nancy Eisenberg, Ph.D. – Arizona State University Mark Greenberg, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania State University Takao Hensch, Ph.D. – Harvard University Anne Carolyn Klein / Rigzin Drolma, Ph.D. – Rice University Kathleen McCartney, Ph.D. – Harvard School of Education Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D. – Shechen Monastery Lee S. Shulman, Ph.D. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Conference Overview Session Title Date Time Introduction and Welcome Thursday, October 8 9:00–9:15am Session One: Envisioning the World Citizen Thursday, October 8 9:15am–12pm Session Two: Attention, Emotional Regulation, and Learning Thursday, October 8 2:00–4:30pm Session Three: Compassion and Empathy Friday, October 9 9:30am–12pm Session Four: Integrations, Reflections, and Future Directions Friday, October 9 2:00–4:30pm Session Descriptions Introduction and Welcome Thursday, October 8, 2009 • 9:00–9:15am R. Adam Engle, J.D., M.B.A. CEO and Chairman, Mind and Life Institute Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Ph.D. University of Michigan Session One: Envisioning the World Citizen Thursday, October 8, 2009 • 9:15am–12pm Speakers HH Dalai Lama Marian Wright Edelman, J.D. Panelists Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D. Linda Darling-Hammond, Ed.D. Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Ph.D. Moderator Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. Interpreter Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. Self-regulation—the ability to be aware of our attention and emotions, and to direct them consciously - enables the mind to focus in ways that support academic learning and positive social relationships. Self-regulation enables us to make conscious choices in response both to our outer experiences and to the feelings and thoughts they engender within us. The habits of mind and heart that are involved in regulating attention and emotion are the foundation of the ‘self-knowledge’ and insight that are among the classical aims of education. These habits are also essential for cooperation and responsible moral conduct as a community member, as well as for personal resilience in the face of adversity. As neuroscience probes the brain’s executive functions that control attention and emotion, we are beginning to understand how malleable these mechanisms are. Self-regulation is a learnable skill as well as a prerequisite for other forms of learning. Beyond the common-sense observation that better attention in the classroom leads to better learning, practices that hone mindful awareness and focused attention may also foster critical thinking, deeper comprehension, and meta-cognitive skills associated with learning how to learn. We are beginning also to understand the brain mechanisms that link early experiences of either stress or nurturing care, to later emotional health and self-regulation, and to identify developmentally sensitive periods of growth. Recent programs in SEL have shown impressive results in teaching children techniques for emotional regulation in social interactions. Meanwhile, neuroscientists have been studying contemplative practices that hone attention and emotional regulation in adults. The evidence from adult studies is compelling, and suggests that, with insight from developmental neuroscience and psychology, practices such as those found in the contemplative traditions like mindfulness meditation may also cultivate, strengthen, and extend the habits of mind and heart that SEL teaches. In laying the groundwork for collaborative research projects to explore such possibilities, the dialogue participants in this session will consider how a variety of pedagogical practices, contemplative and otherwise, may be effective in fostering self-regulation among parents, educators and students; how ethical values form an essential part of the use of contemplative practices in this regard; and how important issues remain about how best to introduce contemplative practices in culturally- and developmentally appropriate ways. Developmental issues are especially important here: from earliest childhood, when self-regulation creates a stable and safe space for cognitive learning, through adolescence, when self-regulatory capacities can creatively and productively channel the energy unleashed in puberty; to adulthood where one continues to refine such skills and brings them into the world in more prominent ways with children and youth (e.g., in schools). Back to Top Session Three: Compassion and Empathy Friday, October 9, 2009 • 9:30am–12pm Speaker Linda Lantieri, M.A. Panelists HH Dalai Lama Peter Benson, Ph.D. Martin Brokenleg, Ph.D. Nancy Eisenberg, Ph.D. Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D. Compassion and empathy are fundamental to moral and character development and to any vision of a kinder, more just, and more caring society and world. Complex emotions that embody an awareness of one’s interconnection with others, compassion and empathy serve as a foundation for altruism, cooperation, helping, and other prosocial behavior. The Dalai Lama notes that human beings have a natural propensity for compassion and empathy but “need specialized training” to extend this feeling beyond the immediate circle of family, friends, and others we identify with closely. A key challenge in educating world citizens is expanding this circle of concern to encompass the wider, interdependent world in all its diversity. Educational strategies that aim to build respect for diversity may be most effective when focused both on the value and experience of such diversity, as well as on deep commonalities in the human experience that transcend culture (e.g., the desire of happiness). Contemplative traditions have approached compassion as a learnable skill that ideally develops into an enduring positive quality, transforming our automatic response to the world from a reactive and self-centered mode to a more reflective and other-centered mode. The cultivation of compassion, empathy, and other virtuous emotions is traditionally taught through a rich, culturally embedded repertoire of reflective and cognitive techniques, as well as role modeling. Is it possible to extract the core wisdom of these practices from their religious and cultural origins without disempowering them; and if so, may they offer a valuable resource for the aims of moral and character education in secular societal contexts like schools? What are the elements of school culture which would have to change to realize these benefits? Contemplative practices that cultivate compassion and empathy may also support cognitive learning and help young people to discover meaningful purpose in their lives and passionate engagement in their immediate and far-reaching communities. Such practices could complement, or be integrated into, on-going curricular and instructional efforts aimed at teaching students about civic engagement, social justice, ethical responsibility, and moral decision-making in deep, enduring, and transformative ways. Research on brain processes underlying prejudice and intolerance suggests that contemplative practices that improve attention and emotional regulation can also bring prejudice into conscious awareness and thus offer a fulcrum for change. Other studies have examined factors that determine how empathy for the suffering of others may transform into compassionate, helping behavior rather than overwhelming sadness or fear. Collaboration between educators, scientists, and contemplatives on issues such as these could bring us closer to new understandings of how best to educate the compassionate heart in developmentally appropriate ways. Back to Top Session Four: Integrations, Reflections, and Future Directions Friday, October 9, 2009 • 2:00–4:30pm Panelists HH Dalai Lama Takao Hensch, Ph.D. Lee Shulman, Ph.D. Linda Darling-Hammond, Ed.D. Moderator Roshi Joan Halifax, Interpreter Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. This final session will offer reflections on the previous two days of dialogue and will serve to integrate and explore new ideas that have been sparked by the process. For example, participants in the final session will discuss windows of opportunity in which the developing brain is optimally receptive for the cultivation of particular mental qualities associated with attention, emotion, empathy and compassion that have been discussed in the meeting. They will also discuss the institutional and social contexts of schools today that could facilitate or hinder efforts to introduce contemplative practices in K-16 education. Furthermore, the question of how the introduction of contemplative practices in formal educational settings could complement, expand upon or reframe contemporary educational reform efforts at these various levels, to the extent such practices are adapted for public education settings in culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate and thoroughly secular ways will also be discussed. The overarching aim of this session is to develop a set of tractable scientific questions regarding the use of contemplative practices in educational contexts that can be researched in the near future, and that ultimately may inform educational practice and policy in ways that benefit teachers, students, and their families. As just one example, consider a key principle in the contemplative traditions - the importance of embodiment. Embodiment refers to our ability to “give form through our verbal and non-verbal behavior” to certain cherished qualities, for instance, kindness to others. In this context, one hypothesis is that the embodiment of qualities like compassion, empathy, and mindfulness in adults and older peers is a powerful form of social role modeling that teaches the young important lessons about how to become a responsible member of a family, a peer group, a school, a community and a society. For students to learn the skills needed for world citizenship and personal responsibility in the 21st century world, one hypothesis is that if these qualities are to be successfully developed in students, teachers must model such skills and behaviors themselves in a school context that is supportive of such skills and behaviors at all levels. That is, teacher embodiment of these skills, as well as a supportive school environment, really matter for students’ motivation and capacity to learn and embody such qualities themselves. From this perspective, a key priority in this work going forward is to inquire into how teacher training and direct service programs on compassion and mindfulness for teachers and parents may form a necessary, but not sufficient condition for the cultivation of these qualities in young people. In addition, such work will need to address issues of context: How can school leaders support the cultivation of positive habits of the mind and heart in the whole school culture? How can educational leaders design and implement “mindful and compassionate communities of learning” for students, teachers, parents and educational leaders alike? Ultimately, we envision an education system in which young people are recognized and educated as cognitive and emotional, ethical, and social beings whose lives are deeply interconnected with others; one that lifts their spirits and engages them fully in active, meaningful learning, and that cultivates the positive qualities necessary to be a caring and contributing member of the world community in the coming years The world’s contemplative traditions are a precious resource that can contribute to the education and development of people who are compassionate, ethically responsible, and in control of their mental lives and who, as a result, are positioned optimally to meet the extraordinary political, social, and spiritual challenges of our time Contact Website: www.educatingworldcitizens.org Category: Dalai Lama Schedule and Tickets, The Dalai Lama | No Comments » Tags: Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama schedule, Dalai Lama Teachings, Dalai Lama Tickets, matthieu ricard Dalai Lama - New York City, NY - Schedule, Tickets, Teachings - Manhattan Center - Hammerstein Ballroom Khashyar | September 11, 2009 Teaching in New York, NY, USA on October 4: His Holiness will give a half-day afternoon teaching on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta(jangchup semdrel) organized by a Vietnamese group at the Manhattan Center. Hammerstein Ballroom, Sunday October 4, 2009  at 2 p.m. Category: Dalai Lama Schedule and Tickets, The Dalai Lama | No Comments » Tags: Dalai Lama, dalai lama new york, dalai lama new york city, Dalai Lama schedule, Dalai Lama Teachings, Dalai Lama Tickets, hammerstein ballroom, manhattan center Dalai Lama - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Schedule, Tickets & Public Talk - Educating the Heart: the Power of Compassion Khashyar | September 11, 2009 Public Talk in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 3: His Holiness will give a public talk on Educating the Heart: The Power of Compassion at the Bell Center. Visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Montreal, QC The Dalai Lama Foundation Canada (DLFC) has invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to give a public talk in Montreal entitled: Educating the Heart: The Power of Compassion. We welcome everyone to this event. Together, join us in warmly greeting him; bringing a singular receptivity to his message of peace and compassion. Visite de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama à Montréal (Qc) La Fondation du Dalaï Lama Canada (FDLC) a invité Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama à donner une conférence publique à Montréal sur le thème « L’Éducation du cœur : la puissance de la compassion ». Vous êtes toutes et tous cordialement invités à cet événement. Ensemble, accueillons chaleureusement Sa Sainteté, en portant une attention particulière à son message de paix et de compassion. Contact Website: www.dalailamamontreal2009.org Category: Dalai Lama Schedule and Tickets, The Dalai Lama | No Comments » Tags: bell center, compassion, Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama schedule, Dalai Lama Teachings, Dalai Lama Tickets, dalailamamontreal, fdlc, foundation canada, heart, lama foundation, message de paix, montreal qc, montreal quebec canada, peace Next Page » Copyright © 2010 Wakan Films and Khashyar Darvich