Khashyar | July 22, 2010

Date of Visit: October 24, 2010

Location: Toronto, Canada – Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre

Topic: Teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)

Ticket Information: www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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Teaching in Toronto, Canada on October 24: His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Toronto Oct 2010:

-Public Talk: Oct. 22: Human Approaches to World Peace

-Inauguration Ceremony Oct. 23: Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre

-Tibetan Audience: Oct 23- Tibetan Audience with His Holiness.

No translations services provided.

-Teaching Oct. 24: Long Life Empowerment and Ceremony
Teaching on Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)

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October 24, 2010

Long Life Initiation Ceremony [Tibetan: Tsewang]
The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Teaching [Tibetan: Lojong Tsig Gye-ma]

On Sunday October 24, 2010 the following will take place at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre:

Long Life Empowerment – Tsewang
Long Life Ceremony – Tenshug (Jointly sponsored by CTAO & Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver)
Mind Training Teaching – Lojong

His Holiness will offer a Long Life Empowerment ~ Tsewang. An empowerment creates the necessary conditions for the development in us of the same qualities as the Buddha. This initiation is open to all, and can also be received by non-Buddhists as a blessing.

The Long Life Ceremony or the practice of Tenshug has existed for a long time in the Buddhist tradition. It consists of a religious offering destined to request a spiritual Master to live for a long time, so that he can work for the welfare of all beings as long as possible. This ceremony realized by the Tibetan community of Ontario and Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver are a great occasion to pray for the long live of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and at the same time are a unique opportunity for each practitioner to strengthen their connection with His Holiness. The Tibetans who participate in the Tenshug aspire to develop a pure motivation and compromise, reciting as many long life prayers as possible for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a ceremony open to everyone.

The Long Life ceremony – Tenshug for His Holiness the Dalai Lama is jointly sponsored by the Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario and Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver.

Lojong - Mind Training Teaching

The Eight Verses of Training the Mind [Tibetan: Lo-jong Tsig Gye-ma], a classic text by Kadam Geshe Langri Thangpa, is a topic that His Holiness frequently chooses to teach.

Lojong (often translated into English as Mind Training) is a practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the Eight Verses formulated in Tibet by Geshe Langri Thangpa. Practitioners undertake to connect with the world in an unconditionally positive way, and also to take full responsibility for their experience of it. The practice involves redefining, reconceptualizing and reprogramming one’s intent and way of thinking. The practice involves refining and purifying one’s motivations and attitudes – hence “Mind Training”.

It is recommended to read the text before taking the teaching.

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Khashyar | July 22, 2010

Date of Visit: October 24, 2010

Location: Toronto, Canada – Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre

Topic: Long Life Initiation Ceremony

Ticket Information: www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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Teaching in Toronto, Canada on October 24: His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Toronto Oct 2010:

-Public Talk: Oct. 22: Human Approaches to World Peace

-Inauguration Ceremony Oct. 23: Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre

-Tibetan Audience: Oct 23- Tibetan Audience with His Holiness.

No translations services provided.

-Teaching Oct. 24: Long Life Empowerment and Ceremony
Teaching on Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)

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October 24, 2010

Long Life Initiation Ceremony [Tibetan: Tsewang]
The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Teaching [Tibetan: Lojong Tsig Gye-ma]

On Sunday October 24, 2010 the following will take place at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre:

Long Life Empowerment – Tsewang
Long Life Ceremony – Tenshug (Jointly sponsored by CTAO & Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver)
Mind Training Teaching – Lojong

His Holiness will offer a Long Life Empowerment ~ Tsewang. An empowerment creates the necessary conditions for the development in us of the same qualities as the Buddha. This initiation is open to all, and can also be received by non-Buddhists as a blessing.

The Long Life Ceremony or the practice of Tenshug has existed for a long time in the Buddhist tradition. It consists of a religious offering destined to request a spiritual Master to live for a long time, so that he can work for the welfare of all beings as long as possible. This ceremony realized by the Tibetan community of Ontario and Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver are a great occasion to pray for the long live of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and at the same time are a unique opportunity for each practitioner to strengthen their connection with His Holiness. The Tibetans who participate in the Tenshug aspire to develop a pure motivation and compromise, reciting as many long life prayers as possible for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a ceremony open to everyone.

The Long Life ceremony – Tenshug for His Holiness the Dalai Lama is jointly sponsored by the Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario and Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver.

Lojong - Mind Training Teaching

The Eight Verses of Training the Mind [Tibetan: Lo-jong Tsig Gye-ma], a classic text by Kadam Geshe Langri Thangpa, is a topic that His Holiness frequently chooses to teach.

Lojong (often translated into English as Mind Training) is a practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the Eight Verses formulated in Tibet by Geshe Langri Thangpa. Practitioners undertake to connect with the world in an unconditionally positive way, and also to take full responsibility for their experience of it. The practice involves redefining, reconceptualizing and reprogramming one’s intent and way of thinking. The practice involves refining and purifying one’s motivations and attitudes – hence “Mind Training”.

It is recommended to read the text before taking the teaching.

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Khashyar | July 22, 2010

Date of Visit: October 23, 2010

Location: Toronto, Canada – Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center

Topic: Inauguration of the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center

Ticket Information: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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Inauguration Ceremony in Toronto, Canada on October 23: His Holiness will be inaugurating the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Toronto Oct 2010:

-Public Talk: Oct. 22: Human Approaches to World Peace

-Inauguration Ceremony Oct. 23: Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre

-Tibetan Audience: Oct 23- Tibetan Audience with His Holiness.

No translations services provided.

-Teaching Oct. 24: Long Life Empowerment and Ceremony
Teaching on Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)

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Khashyar | May 17, 2010

Semshae-Heart Songs CD Release Tour

Website: http://www.semshae.org

The new Semshae-Heart Songs album is comprised of contemporary and traditional Tibetan songs composed especially to help children learn some basic vocabulary of the Tibetan language. The songs teach the Tibetan numbers, colors, days of the week, and seasons, and convey cultural information about daily chores, visiting a temple, gardens, musical instruments, and peace. The CD notes provide the song lyrics in Tibetan script, phonetic Tibetan, and English translation, so children of any cultural background can sing along.  The primary goal of this charming album is to ensure that Tibet’s language and culture of compassion are preserved through children’s music for all ages.

Semshae-Heart Songs will be officially released in New York City at Tibet House on May 22, 2010.   The release is scheduled in conjunction with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit. The first copy will be offered to His Holiness to receive His blessing.  Project founder and director, Tashi D. Sharzur (a.k.a Techung) will then conduct a CD Release Tour to introduce the CD to Tibetan communities in North America, Europe and Asia.  Tashi’s tour schedule can be viewed by clicking “Upcoming Events” on Semshae’s website (http://www.semshae.org).

Tibetan Association of Southern California will organize the CD release party and community fundraising event on June 12 from 6-9p.m. to help their Sunday School education project.  Tashi and the local Tibetan community children will sing songs from the new album, and he will be available to sign CDs.  This event will take place at IBEW 8333 Airport Blvd, LA CA 90045.  The cover charge is $20.00 Children under 16 free. For more info about the Tibetan community visit www.socaltibet.org

Many individuals are aware of Tibetan Buddhism’s culture of compassion and nonviolence, but they may not be aware that the continued existence of Tibetan culture is seriously threatened. Through music, Semshae – a non-political, privately funded project— contributes to the preservation of a part of Tibet’s culture and its dissemination around the world.

Semshae-Heart Songs will also be a welcome addition to the small library of Tibetan music for the many Westerners who are interested in Tibet and Tibetan culture.  Exposing non-Tibetan children to the language and culture of a nation whose spiritual belief system emphasizes the happiness and well being of each human can be of benefit to today’s computer/cell phone-driven generation.  This is the first album of its kind produced professionally in the West or anywhere in the Tibetan exile community.

Tashi Sharzur is a Tibetan traditional/contemporary singer who grew up in Tibetan refugee camps in Dharamsala, India and now lives with his daughters in the Bay Area, California.  His parents followed the Dalai Lama into exile after the Communist invasion of his native country, Tibet, in 1959.  His parents and many thousands of refugees searching for work and better life were hired by Indian government to build roads across the Himalayan region.  Tashi, like many other children, was born in these makeshift refugee camps at a very difficult time.  As Tibetan refugees gradually settled in India, the exiled Tibetan government, with guidance and support from Indian Government, built schools and monasteries.  Tashi was sent to the Tibetan Dance and Drama School to learn music and folklore. After moving to United States to join a theatrical group, he co-founded Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company and was the artistic director till 2008. He also worked with the Milarepa Foundation in the 1990s and was involved in organizing its Tibetan Freedom Concerts and grassroots campaigns.  He has made 7 albums of folk and contemporary Tibetan music, and recently performed at Carnegie Hall.

“It is my hope that through the efforts of Semshae
and through the power of music I can help to support
the next generation of Tibetans and the Tibetan culture.”
— Tashi Shazur, Artist, Founder, and Director of Semshae

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Khashyar | July 18, 2009

Techung, the Tibetan artist who is the featured musician on the “Dalai Lama Renaissance” soundtrack, has been making much news lately, including embarking on an international tour.

He also has launched his new website: www.techung.com

Here are some recent quotes about Techung from some notable people and in the press:

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I had the pleasure of working with Techung, the young Tibetan singer at a recent concert at Carnegie Hall(February 3,2009). He is a highly gifted singer, bursting with talent and personality. I think he is an unusually attractive performer and clearly has the potential to appeal to an audience far beyond the ethnic Tibetan community who already know him quite well. A young man of such talent representing the culture, as it were, of this exiled and oppressed community, could very well have the effect of bringing greater attention to the problems faced by Tibetans living inside and outside of Tibet.

I wish him and those who support him the very best success.

- Philip Glass, March 27, 2009

“Techung” (aka Tashi D. Sharzur) is an exceptional Tibetan musical talent: rigorously trained as an opera “star” by the grand masters of Lhamo, the traditional opera, at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, and with the a life-long background in Tibetan folk music. In recent years, he has written and performed dozens of new songs. While each song appears unmistakably Tibetan and traditional, they are in reality modern compositions with contemporary lyrics, often his own. “Yarlung-Tibetan Songs of Love and Freedom” is an outstanding example of new Tibetan music that will reach a global audience.

- Tenzin N. Tethong
former representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and “Kalon Tripa” of the Tibetan Government in Exile.

December 17, 2008

Interview with Taipei Times

“Tibet musician plays in Taiwan on world tour
FAR FROM HOME: Though he was born outside Tibet, musician Techung has dedicated his life to raising awareness of Tibet’s culture and its political plight …”

May 25, 2008

The Phillippine Star, World Music Under the Stars

“His eyes are as hauntingly serene as his voice, singing of a homeland he has never seen. His call for courage – Nying Thop – cuts through the balmy night air and floats off, carrying the message to his countrymen scattered all over the world: “Never lose courage.”

Techung, a prominent Tibetan singer-songwriter, was one of the most anticipated acts in the recently concluded 2nd Penang World Music Festival, which …”

For complete press information visit: www.sonicbids.com/techung

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Khashyar | March 3, 2009

CLEVELAND,OHIO- Renown Tibetan musician Techung, who wrote and recorded all of the Tibet music for ”Dalai Lama Renaissance”, and who recently peformed at Carnegie Hall with Phillip Glass, will be joining “Dalai Lama Renaissance” Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich for Q&A’s at the Cleveland Cinemateque in Cleveland, Ohio.

Techung will join Khashyar at the Saturday 7:30 p.m. and Sunday 4 p.m. screenings of the film at the Cleveland Cinemateque.

Techung is one of the most respected Tibetan musicians in the world, with his music used in other films.

His biography is below:

Tashi Dhondup Sharzur (Contributing Music)

Techung is a prominent Tibetan singer/songwriter living in exile in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his performances of traditional Tibetan music, dance, and opera under the name Tashi Dhondup Sharzur. He uses his childhood nickname, Techung, when performing as a solo artist. Whether performing in traditional or contemporary styles, Techung’s dual goals are to revive Tibetan music in the Tibetan community and to expose the rich performing cultural tradition of his homeland to the world community. In addition to being looked up to as one of the key keepers of traditional Tibetan musical traditions, Techung is also respected for the original solo and collaborative music he creates by drawing on both his own heritage and his familiarity with other world music traditions. Techung’s voice and music have been featured on the soundtracks of the IMAX film “Everest,” the feature film “Windhorse,” the documentary films “Stranger in My Native Land,” “Tibet’s Stolen Child,” and “Three Days for Tibet” (about a concert in Dharamsala with Joan Osborne, Zakir Hussein and other musicians). His music was also featured on PSA’s for the Milarepa Fund (promoting the 1999 Tibetan Freedom Concert), Students’ For a Free Tibet’s DVD demo “Tibet Will Be Free”, and Amnesty International (soliciting support for the human rights case of Ven. Palden Gyatso), as well as on an audio book by Diki Tsering titled “Dalai Lama, My Son.” His music is currently being used in the documentary film “What Remains of Us” which was selected at 2004 CANNES film festival. His music will be used in the upcoming Tibetan feature film “Dreaming of Lhasa” (working title: Poison Charm) directed by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin.

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