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.

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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 – 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 – 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: Dalai Lama – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Schedule, Tickets & Public Talk – University of Calgary Khashyar | September 11, 2009 Public Talk in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 30 & October 1: His Holiness will be visiting the University of Calgary and participating in events during these two days. Contact Website: www.dalailamacalgary.com/ 1-Day Delegate Schedule: September 30th – NOW Events Start Time End Time 6:30am Registration and Security Opens – Calgary TELUS Convention Centre 12:30pm 8:30am Pre-Programming for F.W. de Klerk Starts 9:00am 9:00am F.W. de Klerk – Calgary TELUS Convention Centre Former President of South Africa and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1993) 10:15am 10:15am Refreshment Break 10:45am 10:45am Dr. Stephen Covey – Leadership expert, business trainer and celebrated author are just three reasons that Stephen Covey is recognized as one of Time Magazine’s most influential Americans. 12:00pm 11:30am Security Opens for connect NOW- Saddledome 1:30pm 1:30pm connect NOW – Saddledome The theme of this event is “The Dalai Lama Addresses the Youth of Calgary,” both our young population and our relatively young age as a city. The event will be emceed by two prominent Canadians, Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Olympic and Humanitarian Champion Mark Tewkesbury. The afternoon will be filled with performances and pageantry, culminating with the address by His Holiness. 3:30pm 7:30pm 10:00pm Listen NOW – Jubilee Auditorium Private Concert Featuring Bryan Adams, k.d. Lang and Friends Category: Dalai Lama Schedule and Tickets, The Dalai Lama | No Comments » Tags: Dalai Lama – Vancouver, BC Canada – Schedule, Tickets and Teachings – Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue Khashyar | September 11, 2009 Peace Summit in Vancouver, BC, Canada from September 27 & 29: His Holiness will participate in the Vancouver Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue organized by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace & Education. Nobel Laureates in Dialogue Summit Overview The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is honoured to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Vancouver, September 26-29, 2009 for the Vancouver Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue. Joining the Dalai Lama will be Nobel Laureates: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Murray Gell-Mann, as well as a number of respected international leaders from the realms of education, the arts, business, politics and social transformation. The Summit will be built on dialogues held at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and the Orpheum Theatre. The focus of these dialogues will include the themes of peace, education and women and peace-building. Tickets for the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue events are now available to the public and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.ca Conference Participants: Dalai Lama Desmond Tutu Matthieu Ricard Eckhart Tolle Mairead Maguire Betty Williams Jody Williams Karen Armstrong Mary Robinson Sir Ken Robinson Daniel Siegel Murray Gell-Mann Clyde Hertzman Kim Schonert-Reichl Stephen Covey Adele Diamond Martha C. Piper Blue Man Group Kim Campbell Maria Shriver Fazle Hasan Abed Susan Davis Swanee Hunt Sakena Yacoobi Ela Bhatt Conference Schedule September 27, 2009 * World Peace through Personal Peace * Nobel Laureates in Dialogue: Connecting for Peace September 29, 2009 * Educating the Heart: Creativity and Well-Being and Heart-Mind Education * We Day Vancouver * Women & Peace-building Contact Website: www.dalailamacenter.org Category: Dalai Lama Schedule and Tickets, The Dalai Lama | No Comments » Tags: « Previous Page — Next Page » Copyright © 2012 Wakan Films and Khashyar Darvich