Spring 2006 Volume 15 Issue 1 New York City
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President’s Letter
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16th Annual Benefit Concert
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His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, September Teaching in New York City
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Himalayan Fountain of Youth: The Secret of Goji
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2005 Benefit Auction
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Trip to Tibet
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Gallery Exhibitions
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Siberian Friends
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Database on the Physiology and Neurobiology of IndoTibetan Mediatiation, Yoga, and Related Practices
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Tibet House Programs
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Menla Mountain Retreat
Letter
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President
Left to right: Robert A.F. Thurman, Columbia President Lee Bollinger, HH the Dalai Lama,and Jean Magnano Bollinger. Columbia University Campus
I don’t know what’s the matter with me. In spite of the dreadful state of our world just now – I won’t go into the litany of global woe – and the heightened pressure by the deluded Chinese government on Tibet – “patriotic re-education campaign” etc. designed to persecute Tibet’s remaining monks by demanding they denounce His Holiness, etc., I write you for the 2006 newsletter feeling a kind of quiet joy. His Holiness had two triumphant visits to the US
this fall, one in September and one in November, giving magnificent teachings on Shantideva in Arizona, meeting the President of Columbia in a World Leader’s Forum event in Low Rotunda while inaugurating the Leila Hadley Luce Professorship in Modern Tibetan Studies (second pillar in Columbia’s (Tibet-Houseaffiliated) Center for the Study of Tibetan Civilization), meeting a marvelous bunch of scientists, speaking to thirty thousand at Rutgers, and meeting the President of the US, who seems somewhat kindly disposed to Tibet. This
enraged the Chinese dictators, evidently, as we can see by their vicious crackdown on the 6 million hostages they hold over His Holiness’ head in Tibet! His Holiness is still a bundle of joy, bringing happiness, humor, relief, and edification everywhere He goes.
THE TIBET HOUSE DRUM
TIBET HOUSE BOARD
Editor-in-Chief Robert A.F. Thurman
TIBET HOUSE BOARD continued
Patron His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Tibetan Members Ex Officio
Editors Kyra Borré, Angie Kwak, Joe Orlando, Ganden Thurman, Mipam Thurman, Nena v.S. Thurman, Annette Uhlfelder
Honorary Chair Tashi Wangdi H. H. the Dalai Lama’s Representative to the Americas
Dearly Beloved Member,
Graphic Designers Carol E. Wolf, Shanti Durkee Cover Illustration Paul Osborne Tibet House welcomes articles on Tibetan culture for upcoming issues of the Tibet House Drum. Please send materials via e-mail or mail including a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tibet House may or may not use the submitted material. Your contribution will be returned to you.
TIBET HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER 22 West 15th Street • New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212)807-0563 • Fax: (212) 807-0565 Website: www.tibethouse.org
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I missed His second visit as I had a long previous commitment to take a lovely group of Tibet House pilgrims into the Dharma wilds of beautiful Bhutan. We had a lovely trip, life-changing
Executive Officers Robert A. F. Thurman, President Philip Glass, Vice President Beata Tikos, Secretary Patricia Begley, Treasurer
Members Alan M. Abramson Anne G. Gleacher Peggy Hitchcock Susan Kessler Navin Kumar Ludwig Kuttner
Adam M. Lindemann Leila Hadley Luce Michael McCormick Laurence H. Silverman Nena v. S. Thurman Uma K. Thurman
On the cover: The Sixth Dalai Lama, with hand and footprints. Tibet/Mongolia? ca. 1710, 73.5” x 35.5”. Rubin Museum of Art, NY.
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Lodi Gyari Rinpoche Special Envoy of H. H. the Dalai Lama Chair, International Campaign for Tibet Venerable Doboom Tulku Rinpoche Director, Tibet House New Delhi Tenzin Namgyal Thethong President, Dalai Lama Foundation Kalsang and Kim Yeshi Principals, Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala
TIBET HOUSE STAFF
Executive Director Ganden Thurman Administration/ Programs Shanti Durkee Angie Kwak Justin Stone-Diaz Mipam Thurman Tashi Tsering
Special Events Kyra Borré Exhibitions Annette Uhlfelder Development Beata Tikos Carolyn Weidemann Public Relations Grant Lindsey
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B enefit C oncert W ednesday , March 1, 2006
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PHILIP GLASS
he Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall will be on March 1st, 2006. As always, artistic director Philip Glass is gathering an amazing line-up of artists for the concert. The show presents well-known performers from around the world and features unique collaborations between them. To date, confirmed artists include Philip Glass, award-winning composer, well known for his gripping melodies which enchant listeners worldwide; Laurie Anderson, another long-time favorite of the Benefit Concert, who will be gracing the stage with her wildly creative musical talent; Damien Rice, an amazing artist who will be performing for the first time at the event, whose haunting and melodic music can be heard on the soundtrack of the movie Closer , in the title song, “The Blower’s Daughter”; Sufjan Stevens, another newcomer to the show, a talented, intelligent artist whose work brims with heart-wrenching melodies and orchestration; and singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and producer Allen Toussaint, one of America’s greatest musical treasures and a New Orleans native who has had a tremendous influence on American music reaching deep into the idioms of rhythm and blues, pop, country, musical theater, blues, and jazz.
Kevin Kennifick
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LAURIE ANDERSON
There will be more artists performing at the show so check the website regularly as all new updates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed. As many of you may already know, there is a wonderful reception after the concert, where the artists, honorary chair, and all of the benefit concert package ticket holders congregate for a buffet dinner party. Tibet House looks forward to seeing you at Carnegie Hall on March 1st, 2006.
DAMIEN RICE
We highly recommend that our readers hurry up and purchase tickets before they sell out! Concert tickets are $30-$108 and can be pur chased by calling Carnegie Charge at 212.247.7800 or in-person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue) .
S.S Denny Renshaw
A fundraising reception with the event’s Honorary Chairperson and artists will be held following the performance. For more information or to reserve tickets for the concert and reception call Tibet House U.S. at 212.807.0563, PLEASE NOTE: Concert-only tickets are not available through Tibet House.
SUFJAN STEVENS
A portion of the proceeds of the concert will go to a New Orleans hurricane relief organization aiding New Orleans musicians affected by the hurricane (organization T.B.A.) A portion of the party proceeds will go to the local Tibetan community,
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Presidents Letter ... continued from page 2 as they say – but of course, life is nothing but change anyway. Then I enjoyed hugely a threeday stopover in Moscow, where our good friends Sergei and Elena Vrublenskaya and their friends are working hard to establish a Tibet House Moscow. I did a lot of press for them. Two of my books were published in Russian, Tibetan Book of the Dead (Tibetskaya Kniga Myortvuh), and Infinite Life (Byeskonneschnaya Jhizhni). What a great language – like Sanskrit! They are organizing some film festivals, so I gave a big talk at the Russian Academy of Film, or something venerable like that. Now I have a major announcement to make: the Roman year 2006 is the three hundred year anniversary of the disappearance of His Holiness the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, the Love-poet Dalai Lama, who wouldn’t be a monk, remained a layman, and loved as many beautiful ladies of Lhasa as he possibly could, writing love poems that are treasured by Tibetans to this day. He was abducted by a mean Mongolian warlord in 1706, for having too much fun, and not taking the affairs of the Dharma and the State seriously enough. He then, depending on whose version of the story you believe, either was assassinated, or was spirited away by Penden Lhamo (Shri Devi fierce female protector of the Dalai Lamas and all sentient beings too, of course) in a whirlwind, split in two soul pieces, one reincarnated in the Seventh Dalai Lama in Lithang in Khams, and the other continuing in Tsangyang Gyatso’s body as a Lama who taught among the Mongols of Alashan for the next decades, no longer recognized as the Dalai Lama. So, as President of Tibet House US, I am officially declaring 2006 to be the Year of Tsangyang Gyatso, the Sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet. We hope to publish a delightful novel of historical fiction, dramatizing His colorful life, written by a mystery author, in November 2006, on the day of His disappearance. When Nena and I were with His Holiness in Arizona in September, I mentioned this plan to His Holiness the Great Fourteenth, and received His enthusiastic approval. 4
We will be focusing teachings this spring and next fall on the person of the Beloved Sixth Dalai Lama, in the midst of a rich year of ongoing work, study, and practice. Our programs at Menla are all doing well, and almost no one leaves that place without feeling a whole lot better for their visit. Most of the great yogis and yoginis who are limbering up America nowadays are visiting in some capacity or another, in our multi-life-long campaign to reconnect the magnificent Hindu traditions of yoga with India’s long-lost great tradition of BuddhaDharma. We are slowly introducing more Tibetan Medicine and Healing teachings, including practitioners from all natural traditions. We have an exciting line-up of exhibitions planned for the City Cultural Center, and numerous lectures and teachings. We are publishing more volumes in the Tibetan Tengyur series, the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences, which we are working on in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center for Buddhist Studies and the Columbia University Press. And we will publish a catalogue of Alice Kandell’s marvelous collection of Tibetan art. We hope many of you will join us for the yearly Great Prayer Festival Monlam Chenmo Concert and Benefit Gala Dinner on Tibetan New Year on March 1, 2006. By the time you receive this letter we will have held the December 15 Benefit Auction, focused on a new high priority project we have of helping the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey (TCNYNJ) develop the substantial funding necessary for a Cultural Center in Queens, so that they can come together for community events in Tibetan style, and their children can have a Tibetan school to keep up their language and cultural arts, while growing up and thriving in the melting pot culture of America. We will also dedicate a portion of our New Year Benefit proceeds to the same cause, as we continue helping the TCNYNJ with their determined fund drive. It is not now too early to report that we will be hosting His Holiness again this September 2325th for teachings in the Beacon Theater of the Blade Wheel of Mind-Transformation, a remarkable and precious teaching of how to
... c ontinued turn adversity into opportunity for spiritual and personal transformation, how to forcefully and effectively turn lonely, dissatisfied, alienated self-preoccupation into cheerful, popular, joyful participation with the luminous world. We will be giving some lectures this spring to prepare for that great event in the fall, and we invite you all to join. Finally, I cannot close without reporting on one other thrilling thing: We are all enjoying the fact that the entire neighborhood of Chelsea is positively vibrating with the dynamic activity of the Rubin Museum of Art, three blocks away, which we think of somewhat like a bit of a proud parent, as our gigantic 300pound gorilla of an offspring. Their collection of Tibetan art is outstanding, their exhibits beautiful, their film and performance programs fabulous. They have an energetic and creative staff and they are realizing our wildest dreams of making Tibetan civilization as it spreads from India to Mongolia to China vastly accessible to the New York museum-going public. We congratulate Don and Shelley Rubin and their jolly crew on a tremendous job well done ongoing, and urge all of you to visit there often! Join up and become members of that fine museum as well. This does not mean, however, that we still do not need you, value you, treasure you as members of our humble little home for Tibetan culture. We have been focusing on our own membership drives and have been growing and growing, thanks to all of your kind efforts. We do continue to need your support more vitally than ever, so we can expand our mission as the needs grow greater. Your gifts to Tibet House US really matter, as through us you reach out world-wide to all Tibetans in their culturally endangered situations. As His Holiness said at our founding 18 years ago: “I have worked for nearly fifty years in exile to preserve Tibetan culture in exile, and my organizations in India – Norbulingka, TIPA, TMI, and all the cultural organizations of other major Lamas such as His Holiness the Karmapa, Minling Trichen Rinpoche, Sakya Trizen Rinpoche, Drigung continued on page 6 ...
H is H oliness
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September 23-25, 2006 New York City
Tibet House is deeply honored and delighted to announce that we will host His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teaching during his visit to the New York area from September, 23-25, 2006. His Holiness will teach a version of the “Mind Transformation” teaching known as The Blade Wheel of Mind Transformation, a 10th/11th-century text written by the Indian master Dharmarakshita who fled to Tibet to escape an invasion in India and was a teacher of the famous Atisha (982-1054 AD).
Photo by Richard Avedon
The Blade Wheel is a very powerful teaching that seeks to help each person to overcome his or her own selfpreoccupation and self-centered mental and emotional habits that, according to the teaching, cause all suffering in the world. These mental habits can be overcome through gradually transforming the mind in order to attain happiness in ordinary life and even to eventually reach enlightenment.
TICKETS ARE $285 AND ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH: Beacon Theater Box Office: (212) 496-7070; Online: www.ticketmaster.com Ticket Master Phone Charge: (212) 307-7171. For Sponsor Level tickets, information, and hotel discounts call Tibet House U.S. at 212.807.0563 or visit our website at www.tibethouse.org. 5
Himalayan Fountain of Youth: Every year in Tibet, for two weeks there is a festival celebrating a fruit. That’s right, a fruit festival, but we’re not talking apples and oranges here, this celebration pays tribute to a berry smaller than a raisin. The honored fruit is an ancient powerhouse of nutrition: the Goji Berry (Lycium). Known throughout Tibet as “the happy berry,” reverence for this unassuming, yet immensely powerful berry dates back millennia, though it only recently has been gaining recognition as a superfood around the world. The story goes that the health benefits of the goji berry were discovered when some ripe berries fell off of a vine into a local water source. As people drank this goji-enhanced water, their health and happiness significantly increased. Gojis quickly became a staple food in Himalayan diets, adding flavor and nutrition to soups, stews and juices, or eaten alone fresh off the vine or sun-dried. Notably medicinal, they also serve as the basis of the Chinese and Tibetan herbal systems mainly due to their immune enhancing properties, dense mineralization and ability to stimulate the secretion of Human Growth Hormone (HGH). Every cell in the human body has HGH receptors, enabling them to increase their resistance to disease and aging, thus drastically regenerating the body. HGH is often taken from cadavers and sold for thousands of dollars for its age reversing effects. A morally questionable practice and cost prohibitive for most people, science is also discovering that the body benefits more significantly from secreting this healing hormone itself rather than importing it from a dead person!
... continued from page 4 Kagyu Rinpoche, Taglungpa Rinpoche, Drukpa Rinpoche, as well and the Menri Trichen of the Bön Buddhists – have been doing a great job. However, around 15 or 20 years from now, we will be getting perhaps a bit tired and spread thin, and at that time we will need a powerful cultural organization in America (if not a network in many countries around the globe) to be there to sustain our cultural efforts.” So please do remember, that we are here for the ages, for the coming generations, we will 6
The Secret of
You’re never too old to become younger. West What modern science has only recently learned about goji berries has been espoused for thousands of years in Asia. Our modern medical systems serve humanity in many ways: the critical discovery of antibiotics and technological advances in medical procedures have reversed illnesses, eased traumatic injuries and extended life for millions. Similarly, crucial herbal and energetic healing systems used for thousands of years by our ancestors are shaking off the dust being unearthed and praised for their harmonious and natural abilities to restore balance, increase levels of health and vigor and inspire a connection with the natural world. Awareness of preventive health habits, diets and improvements to our agricultural systems have increased in recent years, but a well balanced diet is no longer enough to insure optimal health. Soil erosion has drastically depleted mineralization in our food sources. Human beings are complex creatures made up many organic substances, perhaps most significantly: a delicate balance of all ninety-two minerals found in nature. Minerals are in essence, the vibrational frequency from which all life exists and thrives. A diet lacking in proper mineralization is a diet prone to disease. Immune systems weaken when there is a depletion of minerals, even those who eat a diet that is rich in organic plant-foods needs to secure proper mineral supplementation to maintain health. Not the case several thousand years ago when the soil was thriving with nutrients, but it is the cost of living in the modern world. Perhaps it is no
hand on the baton in a tireless relay, so there will be no dimming of the light of Tibetan culture on this planet. And here “we” means you too, we are nowhere without you, dear members, you are making a difference through us, you are working through us, and reaching out to all Tibetans and Tibet-o-philes. So renew your memberships, go out and recruit new members, participate in our events, support all related activities as well, and we cannot fail to follow the unforgettable recommendation of my friend, the writer Isabel Losada –
coincidence that superfoods like Goji Berries loaded not only with minerals, but substances that help heal illnesses obtained from a lifetime of low fiber, low mineral fast-foods are resurfacing. So while Americans continue to ventilatte themselves to death as most foods available are completely void of nutrition, the search for the cure-all magic pill or you name-it-diet (the “subway” diet?) increases. Perhaps the reason this “magic pill” has yet to be found is it may not be a pill at all, but a little red berry. Tasting almost like a cross between a cherry and a raisin, the goji is sweet but not overly sugary. Typically eaten dried like a raisin, gojis are a deep reddish-orange color due to the dense concentration of beta-carotene. They are in fact the richest source of beta -carotene found in any major food (you’d have to eat a lot of carrots...seriously, dozens!), a small handful a day easily supplies over 600 carotenoid compounds. Loaded with Vitamin C, minerals like germanium and zinc, protein, beta-sisterol compounds (anti-inflammatory agents), cancer fighting polysaccharides, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties; the goji is an action-packed cellular food. The goji is finding its way out of the herbal medicine cabinet and onto plates, snack mixes and juice blends. Gaining popularity in the growing raw food movement (a vegetarian diet emphasizing unprocessed, uncooked fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts etc) as a nutritious daily superfood, goji berries are available in most health food stores, and online at: www.rawfood.com
“Think globally, act joyfully!” All the best for happy holidays and a glorious 2006, Year of the Dog, Year of His Holiness Tsangyang Gyatso, the Ocean of Divine Melody, the Delightful Sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet!
Robert A. F. “Tenzin” Thurman, President
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TIBET HOUSE Benefit Auction at Christie’s 2005 On December 15th, Tibet House held its bi-annual auction at Christie’s New York. The night itself may have been rainy, but that did not dampen the spirit or the generosity of the guests. There were some wonderful pieces up for auction and many people found perfectly unique gifts for their loved ones. The silent auction portion of the evening was full of bustle and excitement, as people picked their favorite items and kept a close eye on the bid sheets. Most of the pieces that were up for auction found a happy home, much to the delight and thankfulness of the Tibet House staff, especially since Tibet House donated a portion of the proceeds from the event to the new Tibetan Association of New York and New Jersey. The highlight of the evening was a dance performance by three young Tibetan girls in the James Christie Room. The first dance was a welcoming dance and it was clear that the audience found it to be irresistibly entertaining. The second dance was a celebration of the lives of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, which left the impression of hope for the prospering of the Tibetan community here in America. The last performance
was a classical Tibetan dance and high-pitched song that was so cute, one could almost see people melting with smiles. The live auction portion of the evening was a smash success- the best results that we have had from any of our previous auctions -thank you to the generous donors and bidders! We want to take this opportunity to give a heartfelt thanks to all the people and businesses that helped make the auction happen. We hope that everyone attending the event had a great time and that good fortune should bless all of them throughout the year.
We would like to give a special thanks to Christ Dr. Hugo Weihe, Lydia Fenet, CondØ Nast Traveler Night Owl Wines, AndrØ Balazs, Anne Gleacher, Frances Kazan, Susan Kessler, Catherine Godbille Koechlin, Sharlene Hartman, Meg Hirschfeld, - Rebe ca Litman, Scarlett Pildes, Uma Thurman, Andrea Tomasetti, and Edie van Breems
Thunderbolt Tripthrough Inner Asia
(End of June to mid-July; details forthcoming. Please visit www.tibethouse.o
At present, Tibet House President, R.A.F. Thurman, in cahoots with our friends at Geographic Expeditions, is planning a summer trip to Tibet, Mongolia, and Russia to visit and meditate in and upon the Buddhist sites and relics scattered through those regions. Tentatively the plan is to begin the trip in Eastern Tibet in the Derge area, move on to Mongolia (to see the “mummy” lama and perhaps enjoy a quick visit to the Gobi Desert among other activities), and then conclude the trip with visit to St. Petersburg’s Buddhist Monastery (a gift to Russia from H.H. the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet.) 7
G allery Exhibitions Tibet House Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday from 10:00 - 6:00 pm and by appointment 212.807.0563
Delicate, Exotic Watercolors Depict 1,400 Years of Tibetan Architecture WORKS BY MICHEL PEISSEL ON DISPLAY AT TIBET HOUSE FEBRUARY 9 TO APRIL 7 Ancient, remote Tibetan monasteries, chapels and fortresses “Year after year, for forty years, I traveled on foot and horseas well as recent new architecture are uniquely depicted in back into the far recesses of the Tibetan world,” Dr. Peissel exotic watercolors by the French explorer, ethnologist and writes in his book. “I visited every temple, monastery, tower anthropologist Michel Peissel. Nearly 100 of his exquisite and fort on my route. I now have more than 10,000 phoillustrations are on display at Tibet House U. S. from Februtographs, but few do full justice to the elegance and beauty ary 9 to April 7. of the architecture….To illustrate a The watercolors are reproduced in Dr. “Tibet has disappeared from the political maps of building, one has to comprehend the the world,” Dr. Peissel writes. “but the Tibetan peo- process of its construction….The artist Peissel’s new book, Tibetan Pilgrimple have survived….Today, with the help of the must learn and analyze what the lens of age: Architecture of the Sacred Land, Internet, television, radio, and tourism, the a camera cannot see. While painting the published last November by Harry N. Tibetan people are more aware than ever of their Abrams. The illustrations are the result common heritage. They are certain to outlive the illustrations…I constantly referred back to information I had gathered of 4 decades of study and 29 expedireligious and political forces that have caused their momentary eclipse, and hope exists that Tibet from masons and carpenters.” tions on foot and on horseback to the one day will regain its independence….In the furthest reaches of Tibet. The French-born, Tibetan-speaking meantime every facet of Tibetan culture is still anthropologist was the first to explore “The mountains of Tibet are studded very much alive…and works of art continue the the Himalayan kingdom of Mustang, with outstanding fortresses and Budcultural traditions and customs of a land consideastern Bhutan, Zanskar and the kingered one of the most sophisticated in Asia.” dhist temples, dating as far back as dom of Nangchen. He discovered and 1,400 years ago,” notes the book’s mapped the principal source of the Mekong River. In 1996, publisher. “Built by skilled masons and draped in cloth spun while crossing an isolated Tibetan valley near the Chinese by nomads, these religious and secular structures are magborder, he encountered the small Riwoche horse, an archaic nificent and unique. Yet Tibetan architecture remains unapbreed similar to ponies painted on the cave walls of the first preciated, and many buildings are not widely known Homo sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic period. He was because of the difficulty and remoteness of the terrain.” the first anthropologist to study Nepal’s Everest district. In Dr. Peissel’s delicately executed illustrations reveal the reli1997, he unearthed dome-shaped structures of brick and gious and secular buildings that marked the rise of the mud in Tibet which are believed to be the world’s highest Tibetan empire in the 7th century, the coming of Buddhism, human dwellings. and Tibet’s slow eclipse as “local kings, Mongol conquerors, Dr. Peissel has written 19 books and more than 200 articles and ambitious monks carved up the once mighty nation.” and has participated in 22 films documenting his travels. Tibet was finally invaded by the People’s Republic of China in 1950 and occupied nine years later. OPENING RECEPTION on FEBRUARY 9 from 6-8 P.M. 8
G allery Exhibitions Tibet House Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday from 10:00 - 6:00 pm and by appointment 212.807.0563
Playful Illustrations of Tibetan Children’s Tales
WORKS BY RIMA FUJITA ON DISPLAY AT TIBET HOUSE APRIL 20 THROUGH JUNE 16 The playful and distinctive color illustrations in Rima Fujita’s children’s books of Tibetan tales will be exhibited at Tibet House US April 20 through June 16. The art is from Wonder Garden: A Tale of an Old Dog and a Baby Rabbit, published in 2004, and Wonder Talk: A Tibetan Folktale, published in 2001. Wonder Garden includes forewords by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Robert A. F. Thurman, President of Tibet House U.S. “Rima Fujita tells children about the importance of compassion and nonviolence which we Buddhists have practiced and treasured for a long time,” the Dalai Lama writes. “Wonder Garden is a heart-warming tale that is told through a girl’s dream.” Dr. Thurman adds, “Rima has done a beautiful job of telling this compassionate story to children, whose hearts are still open enough to realize the power of simple acts of kindness.” Wonder Garden, which is dedicated to the children of Tibet and the world, contains 14 illustrations that tell the story of a girl’s dream of an old stray dog in the Dalai Lama’s garden who befriends and helps heal a stray, wounded baby rabbit. The 15 illustrations of Wonder Talk describe a Tibetan village braggart who claims he saw 200 monks in Lhasa pulling a giant radish up a hill to the Ganden Monastery. His brother counters that he saw in Lhasa 100 monks carrying a giant pot containing 100 working blacksmiths. When the braggart challenges the outlandish
story, his brother quips, “Maybe this is the pot they had to build in order to cook your radish.” Ms. Fujita created the illustrations for Wonder Talk when she learned from a Tibetan friend there were no children’s books in the Tibetan refugee camps. “I had an inspiration,” she says. “I will make a children’s book designed for them.” After interviewing refugees for two years to collect their folk tales, she then conceived and published Wonder Talk, with Tibetan, English and Japanese captions. Ms. Fujita, who was born in Tokyo and lived in Ashiya, moved to New York with her parents in the 1970s.
She attended Riverdale Country School and the Parsons School of Design, where she studied illustration and painting and earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, In Fashion, Vogue and Oggi as well as other magazines. She painted a large mural at Mars, the New York night club. In Japan, her work has appeared on the television programs “At the Garden of Wordsworth” and “The Adventure of Wordsworth” for four years. Her other books are The Little Black Box and Simple Meditation. OPENING RECEPTION on APRIL 20 from 6-8 P.M. 9
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Visions of Tibet Photo Exhibit Draws Enthusiastic Crowd at Opening
Sonam Zoksang and Brian Kistler. Photo by Annette Uhlfelder
Visions of Tibet, an exhibition of color photos by Brian Kistler and Sonam Zoksang, drew hundreds of enthusiastic visitors to its Nov. 17th opening at Tibet House U.S. The artists’ images capture the unique people, culture and landscape of Tibet. At the opening were some forty members of the Appalachian Mountain Club, who heard Tibet House Executive Director Ganden Thurman discuss the gallery display and its evocative depiction of Tibet’s culture and Buddhist religion. Both photographers attended the opening. Kistler had just returned from an extended trip to India, and Zoksang, with his wife and two children, had recently been to Washington, D.C., during the Dalai Lama’s state visit.
“These photographs should help people see the beauty and wonder of this area and culture, and inspire them to find out more about what they find mysterious,” Kistler says. The photos, selected from among thousands taken during years of travel in Tibet, feature sweeping landscapes, portraits and art.
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Kistler studied documentary and photo journalism at the International Center of Photography, New York. He started to document life in Asia’s Buddhist countries while their traditional cultures were undergoing accelerated change. “Through a true understanding of the complexities and the beneficial effects of Tibetan Buddhism and
its cultural manifestations, one will see the value in preserving it,” he explains. Kistler’s Vision of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret, featuring 84 photos taken over 15 years, with an introduction by Tibet House President Robert A. F. Thurman, was published by Tibet House U. S. last year and is available in the Tibet House Gift Shop or through our website: www.tibethouse.org.
Zoksang, born in Tibet, came to New York with his Benares English teacher in 1983. He considers his photo documentation of Tibet and the exiled Tibetan community to be the most important work of his career thus far. He has made many trips to photograph daily life inside Tibet under Chinese occupation.
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A Visit from some Friends from Siberia On the evening of Tuesday, November 23rd, we held a program featuring a short documentary and a mini-concert drawn from the culture of the Sakha people of Siberia. Members and friends enjoyed seeing the current edit of the documentary “Where Olonkho Was Born,” which marks the initial output of a project to uncover the ethnic, historical, and genetic roots of the Sakha people. The project, represented by its director Ms. Lena Fedorova, was established by a group of easternSiberian scientists and funders with the support and encouragement of HH the Dalai Lama. The Sakha are a Turko-Mongolian linguistic and ethnic group located in northern Siberia, long-time inhabitants of central Asia, whose exact roots are unknown and who, suggestively, hold that the Tibetan epic legend of Gesar of Ling is the likely root of their own epic story “Olonkho.”… Ms. Fedorova mentioned that they wanted to connect with the Tibet House community for the simple reason that their aim is also to research, preserve, and promote their culture and that they, to some extent, model their efforts after ours on behalf of the Tibetan people. How flattering and how nice to think that we are so well thought of even as far away as the vast expanses of Siberia! The screening was followed by a mini-concert, their first in the US, by the Sakha singers (pictured to the left), Khatylaev. The two singers, using traditional melodies, animal and environmental sounds, and throatsinging, accompanied themselves on the “mouth organ” or “jews’ harp” as well as a three stringed instrument, transported the audience onto the plains of their homeland on horseback and by the evening fire as the wolves and wind howled, birds cawed, horses neighed, and lovers swooned. Although they sang in their native tongue, their music conjured vivid imagery and the mood it created was as clear as moonlight… It was a lively performance enjoyed by an enthusiastic audience and we look forward to their return; in the meantime, we wish the project, Lena-Eurasia, and the band, Khatylaev, every success in their search for their origins both historical and mythical.
Database on the Physiology and Neurobiology of We are excited to announce the development of a new database resource focussed on the physiological and neurobiological basis of Indo-Tibetan meditation, yoga, and related practices (diet, asceticism, tantrism, etc), which will soon be available at www.tibethouse.org. This database or “knowledgebase” is collecting, integrating, and synthesizing information and knowledge across disciplines of Western life science (neuroscience, neurobiology, physiology, medicine, psychology, medical/biological anthropology) and Eastern, particularly Indo-Tibetan, studies and related scholarly disciplines (religious studies, Asian studies, history, cultural anthropology). It is designed for lay persons as well as scientists and scholars, and may be of interest to individuals seeking information on practices that appear to possess a spectrum of significant health-enhancing effects. A rapidly developing prototype that will soon be accessible through the Tibet House website, the knowledgebase is designed on the basis of
principles of cutting edge fields in scientific and scholarly informatics, including data mining, knowledge discovery, and expert-guided searching and curating. Incredibly, the database or knowledgebase has been yielding preliminary but compelling evidence that Indo-Tibetan meditational, yogic, and related practices possess immune-enhancing, tissue regenerating, anti-aging, and cognition-enhancing properties. For example, a study underway, based on expert-guided searching and “knowledge discovery algorithms” incorporated into the database reveals evidence indicating that these practices can enhance immunity to serious diseases including H5N1 viral infection (“bird flu”), HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and smallpox. When available, we will be encouraging utilization, comments, feedback, and input from members of the Tibet House community. Development of the database has been made possible by a generous grant from L.G., who wishes to remain anonymous and whom we thank most kindly for years of support. 11
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To register call 1.212.21 All classes and workshops take place at Tibet House, MODULE I: The Blade Wheel of Mind Transformation Robert A.F. Thurman Three evening lectures from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesdays February 8, 15, and 22. Registration #06WSB34S. Members $60/Nonmembers $70. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits. In these three evenings, Dr. Thurman will lead participants through the seminal Tibetan Buddhist text and teaching known as The Blade Wheel of Mind Transformation. Originally written by the 10th century Indian master Dharmarakshita, the teaching was passed to his famous student Atisha, founder of the Kadampa Order of Tibetan Buddhism, and from him to generations of students and masters up to the present day. It outlines the use of transcendent wisdom (of emptiness) to help a person transform their self-defeating self-preoccupation to a more enlightened and balanced perspective; that is, one suited to finding happiness in, and ultimately making sense of, life. This teaching will be given by HHDL during His visit to the US this September and the class is intended as preparation. Suitable for all levels; Recommended reading: Circling the Sacred Mountain, Part II
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Colum-
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bia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
MODULE II: Awakening Compassion Sharon Salzberg
Gilt Copper with painted details and standing approximately 11� This wonderful statue was generously donated to the Repatriation Collection by Anonymous Donor.
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Three evening lectures from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesdays May 8, 15 and 22. Registration #06WSB48T Members $60/Nonmembers $70. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits. In times of uncertainty and change, we can draw on some practical tools to help us move beyond constricting habitual patterns such as fear, denial and despair. One of the greatest tools we have is the awakening of the inner capacities for compassion. This series of evenings will include talks, discussion, and guided meditation.
SHARON SALZBERG has been teaching meditation retreats worldwide for almost 30
years. She is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Sharon is the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications.
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In Homage to His Holiness the VI Dalai Lama
Robert A.F. Thurman and Mark Epstein
Wednesday, March 8 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration #06WSB43P. Members $18/Nonmembers $20. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits.
Friday, February 3 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration #06WSB28P. Members $18/Nonmembers $20. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits. In this evening's talk, Mark Epstein and Robert Thurman will explore one of the fruits of Buddhist contemplation, the ability to tolerate uncertainty, ambiguity and unpredictability. Rather than encourage a self that always has to be together, Buddhism promotes the self's capacity to relax its boundaries and to relinquish the need for perfection or control. This leads to a more flexible and buoyant self, one that does not have to resist change or suffering, and one that is capable of profound insight and compassion.
MARK EPSTEIN, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and
the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Going on Being and his recently published Open to Desire, which explores desire as a subject of meditative awareness. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. see Module I
Robert A.F. Thurman
By way of marking the tri-centennial of the Sixth Dalai Lama’s birth year, Dr. Thurman will present a lecture on the life and times of the one Dalai Lama who was not a monk and who was held in special regard by the common people of Tibet. Particular attention will be given to the love-poems of this important and unusual figure in Tibetan history.
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. see Module I
Tibetan Book of the Dead Robert A.F. Thurman Saturday, March 11 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration #06WSB45S. Members $120/Nonmembers $130. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits. In this daylong workshop Dr. Thurman will cover in detail the salient points and practices of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. There will be ample opportunity for questions, discussion, and guided meditations on the main themes of the text. Recommended reading: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (trans. RAF Thurman)
Meditation and Free-Association: A Buddhist Perspective on Psychotherapy
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. see Module I
Robert A.F. Thurman and Mark Epstein
How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator
Saturday, February 4 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration #06WSB29S. Members $120/Nonmembers $130.
Venerable Thubten Chodron
When Freud discovered the 'royal road to the unconscious', he named it free association and called it the key to his psychoanalytic method. Little did he know that he was developing a method fundamentally similar to forms of Buddhist meditation. Today's workshop will explore Buddhist psychology, beginning with the Four Noble Truths and extending to such central concepts as emptiness, selflessness and compassion. Meditation instruction will also be offered. As a result, participants will have a clearer idea of how to apply Buddhist ideas to the practice of psychotherapy.
MARK EPSTEIN, M.D, see Module above ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. see Module I
Lecture and book signing. Thursday, March 30, 2006 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration #06WSB46P. Members $18/Nonmembers $20. Individual lectures $25 (cash or check) at door only as space permits. In this class Ven. Chodron will share her understanding of Tara the Liberator in the hopes that it will help you to understand more clearly your own mind and its potential. Tara is a manifestation of what each of us can become, and as such, she shows us good qualities to cultivate on the path to enlightenment. The teachings will center around three themes of: mindfulness and compassion, methods of Tara practice, and the 8 dangers and how to counteract them. This lecture will be followed by an intensive weekend with Ven. Chodron at Menla Mountain Retreat.
VENERABLE THUBTEN CHODRON is a founding member of Sravasti Abbey,
(www.sravastiabbey.org) a monastery in the USA. She travels worldwide to give talks about Buddhism and to teach meditation. Her books include Open Heart, Clear Mind (Snow Lion, Ithaca NY), Buddhism for Beginners (Snow Lion, NY), Working with Anger (Snow Lion), Taming the Monkey Mind (Heian Publications), and Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun (North Atlantic Books, Berkeley CA).
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WEEKLY MEDITATIONS AT TIBET HOUSE. TUESDAYS FROM 7-9PM
Llama Quest
Tibet House’s introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars) in the July 19, 2004 issue. These classes are given by instructors from diverse Buddhist traditions, including leading teachers in Tibetan, Ch’an, Vipassana, and Zen meditation, presenting a range of techniques and methods. Sessions will begin with a brief explanation of the technique followed by sitting meditation and a brief question-and-answer period. Sessions are offered on a dana (donation) basis. As instructors are confirmed, we will post them on our website www.tibethouse.org; or call Tibet House at 212.807.0563 for further information.
John Brzostoski Monday, April 10, 7-9 pm, Book Signing | Free
The author will read from his graphic novel Llama Quest, 108 pages of “humor, adventure, truth” – a cartoon adventure set in Tibet. Naturally, he will be happy to sign copies of the book for those who wish it.
An Evening with Michel Peissel
Basic Buddhism: Understanding the Problems, Assessing the Paths, and The Lotus Sutra John Brzostoski Artist, explorer, anthropologist, author, and pho- Envisioning the Solution Friday, February 10, 7-9pm, Free
tographer, Michel Peissel has been a student and scholar of Tibet, its traditions, people, history, and environment for over 50 years. In this evening’s program Dr. Peissel will share some of his discoveries and materials from his scores of visits to the region in the last 40 years. The program will include slides and/or a film as well as opportunities for questions and book signing.
Visioning Tibet: Compassion in Action Dr. Marc Lieberman, Isaac Solotaroff, Robert Thurman Film Screening, Panel Discussion, and Reception Tuesday, April 25, 2005, 7-9 pm Lighthouse International Theatre: 111 East 59th Street (Lex./Park) $18/$20 Nonmembers (registration through THUS or at door; seating is limited)
Tibet has the highest rate of cataract blindness in the world. Visioning Tibet, an award-winning documentary, chronicles the work of Dr. Marc Lieberman — founder of the Tibet Vision Project —who has dedicated himself to eradicating preventable blindness in Tibet. The film is built around the stories of Karma (a farmer from a small village in the north) and Lhasang (patriarch of a nomadic family from the Tibetan plains), who make the arduous journey to a remote clinic in the hopes of having their sight restored. A panel on Compassion in Action will follow the film. Dr. Lieberman, filmmaker Isaac Solotaroff and Tibet House President Robert Thurman will discuss the importance of compassion in Buddhism and how each person can put their compassion into action — in their community, nation, or in the world.
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Geshe Lharampa Ngawang Tsondu Mondays, March 13, 20, and 27. 7-9p,.m. Individual sessions: $18/$20non-members Series: $48/$54 non-members
In this series of three classes, Geshe Tsondu, will discuss in simple terms the overall context of Buddhist practice beginning with the Buddhist theory of the ordinary world of, as yet, unenlightened sentient beings (Samsara); moving from this analysis to the various considered and possible reactions to it (collectively referred to as Buddhism or the Buddhist path); and concluding with a discussion of “enlightenment,” the ultimate antidote to the problems associated with Samsara. This detailed and philosophic review of the Buddhist outlook on life, its problems, its possibilities, and even its highest expression, is intended for all levels and for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. There will be ample time for questions and discussion at the end of each session.
Approaching Buddhism from Your Own Perspective Ven. Lama Pema Wangdak Wednesdays, April 5, 12, 19, and 26, 7-9 p.m. Free
This is an on-going series designed to give students (non-Buddhist and Buddhist) the opportunity to engage in an informal dialogue with a Tibetan Buddhist teacher. In this relaxed setting, Lama Pema Wangdak from the Palden Sakya Center will devote each evening to a few key questions from audience members about the BuddhaDharma on such fundamental topics as reincarnation, ethics, emptiness, karma, enlightenment, practice, and so on. The Venerable Lama Pema Wangdak is the resident teacher of the Palden Sakya Center in NYC and Woodstock, NY. He is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and has been teaching and guiding Buddhist students in the West for the past 15 years.
Monday, April 17, 7-9 pm,, Evening Lecture | $18/$20 non-members
Mr. Brzostoski will introduce The Saddharmapundarika (The Lotus of the True Law), which is the most profound teaching of Buddha’s words. It is a mahayana sutra venerated throughout Asia, from Tibet to Japan. He will both speak about and recite from the sutra.
Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama John Brzostoski Monday, April 24, 7-9 pm, Evening Lecture | $18/$20 non-members
Mr. Brzostoski will speak on the enigma and spiritual mystic, Tsangyang Gyatso, the Sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet, whose love songs of the 17th century bridge the gap between samsara and nirvana. Readings will be in both Tibetan and English.
Buddhist Program for Children Rima Fujita Children’s Program Sunday, April 23, 1-3 p.m., Free
This afternoon, Rima Fujita will read from The Old Dog and the Baby Rabbit in Tibetan, Japanese and English. It is said that grand ideas are often best conveyed through intimate stories. The Old Dog and the Baby Rabbit is a wonderful example, teaching, as it does, the great truths of compassion, healing, and oneness through the simple, poignant story of three seemingly diverse yet intertwined souls. An extension of kindness by one, without regard for reward, sets in motion events that bring healing and nurturing to all three.
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Classical Medical Ch’i Kung Workshops
Japanese Master Healer: Ken Lucas Kobayashi
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3 Evening Lectures concluding with a Daylong Workshop Monday, Feb. 6, 13, & 27, 7-9pm & Saturday, March 4, 10-6 $20($18 for members) per evening class; $100 ($90 for members) for workshop. Taken as a whole the series is $140 ($130 for members)
Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Feb. 11, March 11, April 8, & May 13. Individual workshops are $95 ($85 for members). Series price: $340 ($300 for members). Space is limited and reserved on a “first come, first served” basis
In his New York practice, Ken Lucas Kobayashi, has been healing patients with a variety of illnesses. His 50 years of study in healing knowledge derives, in part, from “hands-on” experience, gained over the many years he worked in his family’s clinic. The Kobayashi family have been well-known healers in Japan for over three hundred years. Mr. Kobayashi’s method does not only heal, but also enables self-healing. He believes that every human being has the ability to master the art of self healing. While he respects modern Western medicine, and all religions and philosophies included, he places his faith, based on the results of his practice, in the natural way of life and assists people in growing old with grace and continuous good health. He supports this with the Kobayashi Technique, which is a synthesis of the following seven elements: • Shintsu-Riki - the healing power of nature • Organic Yakuzen - special wellness diet • Kampo - herbal tea preparation • Do-In Koh Exercise - physical exercise that supports rejuvenation, revitalization self-improvement • Shiatsu Massage Plus - includes the Asian healing therapies of point-pressure massage, health treatment, and acupuncture. • Feng Shue Koh - Chinese/Japanese art of placement in conjunction with light • The Life Path - the way of life surrounded in peace, health and happiness, including Kabbalah healing The Kobayashi Technique helps people regulate imbalances, but also teaches them to be more aware of the body, its natural rhythm and needs, and to notice early symptoms of imbalance and/or changes in the body, to prevent development of illness.
The Chinese describe chi as our vital energy. Ch’i kung is the science of breathing and moving in ways that direct the chi through the body to strengthen our internal organs and to nourish the mind and spirit. Ch’i kung is a form of Chinese medicine, a philosophy and away of life. By practicing medical ch’i kung, we relieve stress, calm the mind and purify the body. With regular practice, we can activate our inner resources to overcome chronic health issues and prevent illness. These four, monthly Saturday workshops will build upon one another to create a solid foundation for the practice of ch’i kung. The exercises will include the Eight Brocades of Silk, to learn to relax into a state of wellbeing; the Crane and Deer forms, to strengthen the lungs and kidneys respectively; sets of brain and heart Tao Yin, to nourish the brain and heart; and a Standing Meditation in Seven Positions to achieve bodily strength in stillness. No previous experience is necessary.
1. February 6: The Cure with Self Healing Power
Ken will discuss and teach the power and knowledge of Self Healing and how to implement this technique into daily life. Points of Discussion: Do-In Koh, Shintsu Riki, Organic Yakuzen 2. February 13: Prevention Knowledge and Techniques
During this lecture Ken will make you aware of how you can recognize early symptoms of imbalances before it manifests in the body as a sickness. Points of Discussion: Herbal Tea Preparation - Kampo, Shiatsu Massage Plus (incl. acupuncture, point pressure massage, and heat treatment) 3. February 27: Harmony of the Spiritual, the Consciousness, and the Physical
During this lecture Ken will describe and teach how you can create and maintain a lifestyle that will balance the spiritual, conscious, and physical levels of your body. Points of Discussion: Kabbalah Healing, Feng Shui Koh, Life Path of Education
The Scientist and the Monk: Researching the Health Effects of Yogic Practice Dr William Bushell and Geshe Lharampa Ngawang Tsondu Three Evening Dialogues Wednesdays, March 15, 22, and 29, 7-9pm $20/$18 members each evening program
In the first two sessions of this three-part program, Dr William Bushell of MIT and Geshe Lharampa Ngawang Tsondu of Sera Monastery will discuss the Western neuroscientific and Eastern yogic dimensions of the exciting and extraordinary properties of the Indo-Tibetan yoga meditational regimen, i.e., the physical and mental enhancements said to result from practice; while in Session III the discussion will focus on the role of the dimension of compassion, wisdom, and other moral, intellectual, and “spiritual” components of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in generating the various physical and mental results/effects of the yogic meditational path. The program is intended as an exploration of the possible points of agreement between science and Buddhism on the subject of human potential for healing and excellence.
4. March 4: The Kobayashi Technique 10.00 am -6.00 pm (12-2 pm break)
During this concluding workshop Master Healer Ken Lucas Kobayashi will teach, practice, discuss and challenge you to combine all the seven elements of the Kobayashi Technique. You will gain a strong awareness of your potential for self healing, and thereby you will also gain a greater confidence and understanding for creating your own harmonious realization of health happiness and success in life. The Kobayashi Technique will become yours!
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May 25-29, 2006 (Memorial Day Weekend), Tuition: $335
March 31-April 2, 2006, Tuition: $225
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has stated, "My true religion is kindness." Although frequently denigrated in our culture as simplistic and weak, the quality of kindness has an inherent power to transform our worldview from one of fear and isolation to one rooted in clarity, courage and compassion.
This weekend retreat is a unique opportunity to study and practice under the guidance of the Venerable bhiksuni, Thupten Chödron. The retreat welcomes people who have received tara teachings, as well as those without initiation and who are new to a Buddhist practice. It will consist of guided meditation, silent meditation, teachings, Q & A, and discussion. In the break times, we will observe silence so that people have time to be peaceful inside and reflect on the teachings and meditation. The teachings will center around three themes of mindfulness and compassion, methods of tara practice, and the 8 dangers and (their antidotes) how to counteract them; discussions therefore, which would lead into the subjects of obstacles on our spiritual path: attachment, anger, ignorance, pride, jealousy, distorted views, doubts, and miserliness.
This retreat will explore the powerful, sometimes fierce side of kindness, known in the teachings as wrathful compassion. Through talks, guided meditations and question and answer sessions, Bob Thurman and Sharon Salzberg will explore the terrain of right intention, right speech and right action in the everyday challenge of bringing together compassion, honesty, strength and balance.
“My wish is to share my understanding of Tara with you in the hopes that it will help you to understand more clearly your own mind and its potential. Tara is a manifestation of what each of us can become, and as such, she shows us good qualities to cultivate on the path to enlightenment as well as obstacles to abandon.” – Excerpt from How to Free Your Mind: Tara
of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
the Liberator by Thubten Chödron.
Born in 1950, THUBTEN CHÖDRON grew up near Los Angeles. She graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. After travelling throughout the world, she continued her post-graduate studies at the University of Southern California while working as a teacher in the Los Angeles City School System. In l977, she received the sramanerika (novice) ordination, and, in l986, went to Taiwan to take the bhikshuni (full) ordination after meeting her teacher, Ven. Lama Yeshe and Ven. Zopa Rinpoche, in 1975. Ven. Chödron is a founding member of Sravasti Abbey, a monastery in the USA. She travels worldwide to give talks about Buddhism and to teach meditation. Her books include Open Heart, Clear Mind, Buddhism for Beginners, Working with Anger, Taming the Monkey Mind, and Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun.
Awakened Mind and Open Heart Sharon Salzberg and Krishna Das April 28-30, 2006, Tuition: $225 Lovingkindness meditation and devotional chanting are complementary practices that cultivate our natural capacity for faith, compassion and love. Using classical techniques in a modern idiom, through teachings, songs, stories and guided meditations, this workshop will celebrate the heart.
SHARON SALZBERG has been teaching meditation retreats worldwide for
almost 30 years. She is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and The Forest Refuge, a new center for long-term meditation practice. She is the author of several books, including Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience and Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness.
KRISHNA DAS first traveled to India in 1970 where he met his guru Neem
Karoli Baba (Maharaji). Through Maharaji, he was introduced to the devotional practice of kirtan, an ancient method of heart purification. He has released several CDs and now leads chanting workshops around the world, helping us to turn within and find our own inner understanding. Krishna Das has also studied Buddhist meditation for more than 30 years. Sharon and Krishna Das originally met in 1971 at a Buddhist meditation retreat in Bodhgaya, India. Since then, they have traveled many paths and studied with many teachers. Copies of Sharon’s books and Krishna Das’ CDs will be on sale.
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ROBERT THURMAN is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President
Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity Cyndi Lee and Robert Thurman June 15-18, 2006, Tuition: $290 Which comes first, the body or mind? Can we be happy when our back is hurting? Does a strong body lead to an open heart or peaceful mind? This weekend we will explore our body as a reflective surface for the mind and the mind as vehicle for awakening our heart, using the four remedies found in the practice of the Four Immeasurables. Through dharma talks, discussion, meditation and yoga we’ll begin to connect to the goodness that is already within us and begin to have the confidence to express that in our relationship to ourselves, each other and our world.
CYNDI LEE is the founder of OM Yoga with two studios in New York City. A longtime practitioner of both hatha yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, Cyndi is known as a nurturing and compassionate teacher with an offbeat and playful style. Cyndi is the author of several books including Yoga Body, Buddha Mind; OM yoga in a box; and OM Yoga: A Guide to Daily Practice. Cyndi's frequent appearances on TV and in print include CBS' The Early Show, ABC's Good Morning America, The New York Times, Newsweek and Vogue. She has been a columnist for Yoga Journal and The Shambhala Sun for many years. Her first OM yoga DVD is now widely available. ROBERT THURMAN see earlier entry.
The Yoga of Compassionate Living Sharon Gannon and David Life July 7-9, 2006, Tuition: $225 The path of compassionate living is an essential ingredient for enlightenment in both the Buddhist and Yoga traditions. Ahimsa, or nonviolence, is the ethical and spiritual precept found in the path of bodhisattva and yogi alike. The goal of yoga is to realize the Oneness of being. Through the practice of compassion, one is able to see themselves in others. When otherness disappears, oneness is revealed. These Jivamukti Yoga workshops taught by Sharon Gannon and David Life will include evening gatherings (satsanga) and daily practices of study of Buddhist and Yogic scripture, meditation, lecture and asana (postures) which will reveal to each participant a validation of the teachings of compassionate connection to the earth and all earthly beings.
DAVID LIFE and SHARON GANNON - creators and world-renowned teachers of Jivamukti Yoga, are lauded by their students as creative, spontaneous, and inspirational. Jivamukti Yoga Centers are appearing in such diverse locations as Munich, London, Toronto, Detroit and New York. It is one of the fastest growing and most popular modern approaches to the ancient art of yoga. Their book, Jivamukti Yoga, Practices for Liberating the Body and Soul has been translated into Russian and Italian, and their other books, The Art of Yoga and Cats and Dogs are People Too, have changed the way that many people view life and spirituality.
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October 4-9, 2006 (Columbus Day Weekend) Tuition : $390
July 27-30, 2006, Tuition: $290 Psychotherapy in the West is a little more than a hundred years old, but Buddhism has encouraged an investigation of the self for twentyfive hundred years. Buddhism seeks to change minds by probing the nature of the mind, This seminar will explore the psychological discoveries of the Buddha and the great Buddhist philosophers who followed him and will examine the potential that Buddhism has to enrich contemporary psychotherapy. In many important ways, today’s psychoanalytical theories of intersubjectivity, relational psychology and object relations dovetail with a Buddhist understanding. We will explore how these views both clash and cohere with an eye toward forging an integration. A key component will involve both an experiential and a conceptual approach to understanding what is meant in Buddhist by ‘emptiness.’ There will be an opportunity to investigate different forms of meditation, appropriate for both beginners and those with meditation experience.
MARK EPSTEIN, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Going on Being and his recently published Open to Desire, which explores desire as a subject of meditative awareness. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University. ROBERT A.F. THURMAN see earlier entry
The Buddha and the Yogis Eddie Stern, John Campbell, and Robert Thurman August 11-16, Call for pricing. Join Robert Thurman, Eddie Stern and John Campbell for a five-day retreat of Buddha and Yoga Dharma. Though in certain ways these two systems veer off from one another philosophically, the points where they do meet are valuable and worthy of note, for there was always Yoga in Buddhism, and more Buddhism in Yoga then many people are aware of. Increasingly in the West these two systems are drawing more and more "crossover" adherents, causing us to examine carefully what is useful within both of them for healthy, aware and engaged living. Over the course of five days there will be the opportunity to participate in Yoga and Buddhist practice, discussion and meditation, with the intent of expanding our understanding of the spiritual journey. As well, in a religiously divisive world, there should be a platform of mutual support and understanding in which we wish to participate here, as the Buddhists and the Yogis reach out to each other in harmony while sharing teachings.
EDDIE STERN has been a student of Pattabhi Jois of Mysore,
South India since 1991. He is a co-publisher of the bi-annual Journal Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought and Soundwalk, the India Series, and is the director of Ashtanga Yoga New York and Sri Ganesha Temple in New York City.
JOHN CAMPBELL has been a student of Pattabhi Jois of Mysore,
South India since 1993 and of H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1998, He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Religion Department at Columbia University in New York City, His dissertation research, under the guidance of Professor Robert A. F. Thurman, focuses on the assimilation of Indian Esoteric Buddhist yoga systems by Tibetan Buddhists from the 11th to 15th centuries.
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, see earlier entry.
Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman "There is no higher happiness than peace," the Buddha said. In this program, we will explore inner peace and its relationship to ethics, love, and a conviction about interdependence, and work with how these guide us to what right action might look like in a world so clearly not at peace. There will be periods of discourse, discussion, and questions and answers, as well as guided sitting and walking meditation sessions. We will incorporate periods of silence at the beginning of the event to bring attention to the practice of mindfulness. This program is suitable for both beginning and more advanced meditation students.
SHARON SALZBERG see earlier entry ROBERT A.F. THURMAN see earlier entry
Yoga, Meditation, and Dialogue on Yogic and Buddhist Philosophy Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Gurushabd Singh Khalsa October 20-22, 2006, Tuition: $225 Awaken to the source of real happiness through the ancient techniques of Kundalini yoga, meditation, sadhana, and chanting with Gurumukh and Gurushabd, renowned yogis and co-founders of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles. This is an opportunity to let go of your workaday world and experience of your higher self through practice, in the peace of the secluded Pantherkill Valley. Each morning we will rise for early meditation, and follow with Kundalini yoga, sadhana, and chanting throughout the day. Evenings will be dedicated to a dialogue on Yogic and Buddhist philosophy between Gurmukh and Gurushabd and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman.
GURMUKH KAUR KHALSA, is the co-founder (with
Gurushabd) and director of Golden Bridge, the premier center for the study and practice of Kundalini yoga and meditation in Los Angeles. Gurmukh has dedicated her life to fulfilling her Sikh spiritual name meaning “one who helps people across the world ocean.” She is a founding member of Khalsa Way, an organization created not only to offer Kundalini yoga, but also to help people deliver and rear healthy children, as well as find success in their careers and relationships. She is the author of two books, The Eight Human Talents: The Yogic Way to Restoring the Natural Balance of Serenity Within You, and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, She also has three videos available, The Method: Pre and Post Natal Yoga, as well as Kundalini Yoga with Gurmukh.
GURUSHABD SINGH KHALSA has been a long time
teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan. His classes are musical, challenging and provocative. He encourages students to move beyond old comfort zones. Married for 23 years to Gurmukh, they have a 22-year old daughter who attends school in India where they visit to teach and study every year.
Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center, in the midst of a state forest, is comprised of 17 buildings on a 320 acre estate that is nourished by artesian springs. The legendary Catskill Mountains are renowned for their hiking and trekking trails with stunning views. Several trails, including a 900-foot ascent to Lookout Cliff, begin directly from our magic valley. Tennis courts, a yoga studio, a swimming pool and massage by request are available for our guests. Our spacious conference center is designed to meet the highest standards. Our gourmet chef specializes in a wide variety of organic vegetarian and international cuisine. Enjoy organic linens, down comforters, high speed internet access, direct dial telephone with voice mail. Please visit www.menla.org for additional information about programs and group events.
NEW OFFER! Call us about R&R weekends at Menla. Everyone needs a little time away from the stress of daily life. You may sign up for a private retreat during any of the Menla events listed here. Take the time to cultivate inner awareness and enjoy the natural beauty of the Catskills. Call Tibet House at 212.807.0563 or visit our website for additional information and availability. 17
D irectory Library of Tibetan Works & Achieves
Georgia Tibet Committee
Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
c/o Diane Tsempel 2182 Park Avenue Smyrna, GA 30080 (770) 938-9590
The Office of Tibet
Indiana Cultural Center P.O. Box 2581 Bloomington, IN 47402 Tel: (812) 334-7046 www.tibetancc.com
Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 10 Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024 INDIA
Kansas City Friends of Tibet
Friends of Tibet Organizations
From Rima Fujita’s book Wonder Talk: A Tibetan Folktale (see page 9).
Alaska Tibet Committee
Tibet House
Tibet House Italy/ La Casa del Tibet
Tibetan Women’s Association
Reception Centre Tibet House
Tibet House — New Delhi
42026 Votigno di Canossa (Re) tel/fax 0522 877177 www.casadeltibet.it
c/o Office of Tibet Tenzing Bhuti, President 241 East 32nd St. New York, NY 10016 Tel: (718) 739-6021
1 Institutional House New Delhi 11000 India
Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, INDIA Tel: 91.11.4611515 Fax: 91.11.4625536 thouse@nde.vsnl.net.in www.tibet.net/tibethouse/eng
The Office of Tibet — London Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF Tel: 0044-20-7722 5378 Fax: 0044-20-7722 0362 info@tibet.com www.tibet.com
Liaison Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama for Japan & East-Asia 5-11-30 Shinjyuku Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo Japan 162-0022 Fifith Hayama Bilding 5F Tel: 03-3353-4094 Fax: 03-3225-8013 lohhdl@tibethouse.jp www.tibethouse.jp
Tibet House Mexico/ Casa Tíbet México Orizaba # 93, Colonia Roma, C.P. 06700, México, D.F., México www.tibet.iteso.mx
Tibet House Foundation
Via Maggio 1 6900 Lugano Switzerland tel. 076 - 571 72 73 fax 091 - 973 14 49 email: tibethouse@mail.com www.tibethouseswitzerland.org
U.S. Tibet Organizations Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) P.O. Box 6598 McLean, VA 22106 Tel: (703) 755-1533 Fax: (703) 847-8805 info@tibetanculture.org www.tibetanculture.org
International Campaign for Tibet John Ackerly, President 1825 K Street NW, Suite #520 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 785-1515 Fax: (202) 785-4343 info@savetibet.org www.savetibet.org
Office of Tibet
Varosmajor u. 23 1122 Budapest XII HUNGARY Tel: (36-1) 355-1808 Fax: (36-1) 213-5001
241 East 32nd Street New York, N.Y. 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5010 Fax: (212) 779-9245 otny@igc.org www.dalailama.com
Tibet House Barcelona/ Casa Del Tibet Barcelona
Students for a Free Tibet
Passeig de Sant Joan, 104, 2º 2ª 08037 Barcelona Tel: (+34) 932 07 59 66 Fax: (+34) 934 59 20 90 info@casadeltibetbcn.org www.casadeltibetbcn.org
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Tibet House Switzerland Foundation
602 East 14th Street - 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10009 Tel: (212) 358-0071 Fax: (212) 358-1771 sft@igc.org www.tibet.org/sft
The Tibet Fund 241 East 32nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5011 Fax: (212) 213-1219 tibetfund@tibetfund.org www.tibetfund.org
Tibet Justice Center (formerly International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet) 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 312 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: (510) 486-0588 Fax: (510) 548-3785 minnie@tibetjustice.org www.tibetjustice.org
United States Tibet Committee (USTC)
Tibetan Women's Association (TWA)
Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India
Bay Area Friends of Tibet
Department of Information & International Relations Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
Department of Religion and Culture Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
Tibet Org. India
P.O. McLeod Ganj 176 219 Dharamsala India Tel: 00-91-1892-221215
Part of Tibet Fund Tibetan Children's Village Dharamsala Cantt. 176 216 India
Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thekchen Choeling P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India
Tibetan Museum Demton Khang DIIR, Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala Kangra District H.P. India 176215
Arizona Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 31956 Tuscon, AZ 85751-1956 Tel: (520) 885-6527 Fax: (520) 885-6527 aztibet@azstarnet.com www.arizona-friends-oftibet.org
P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India
241 East 32nd Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 481-3569 Fax: (212) 779-9245 www.ustibet.org
Tibetan Children's Village (TCV)
65330 Knob Hill Road Anchor Point, AK 99556 Tel: (907) 235-4277 dpaljor@homernet.net
Institute of Buddhist Dialectics
Tibetan Medical & Astro. Institute Khara Danda Road Dharmsala 176 215 India
Department of Education Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
Norbulingka Institute P.O. Sidpur Dharamsala 176057
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharmasala 176 219 India
2288 Fulton Street, Suite #312 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: (510) 548-1271 Fax: (510) 548-3785 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org www.friends-of-tibet.org
Chesapeake Bay Area Friends of Tibet 4 Robin Hood Road Havre de Grace, MD 21078 Tel: (410) 273-7146 davida@vrgory.com
Colorado Friends of Tibet 3095 Lafayette Drive Boulder, CO 80303 Tel: 303.455.1532
Deerpark Buddhist Center Deer Park Corporation 4548 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-5572 www.deerparkcenter.org
Friends of Drepung Gomang Monastery 22500 Monte Vista Drive Topanga, CA 90290 Tel: 917-853 7748 Fax: 310-455 7851 Andreas Kurz, Founder and President www.gomang.org www.gomang-usa.org
P.O. Box 32843 Kansas City, MI 64171
Kauai Friends of Tibet 6820 Kawaihau Road Kapaa, HI 96746 Tel: (808) 822-1018
Los Angeles Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 641066 8333 Airport Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045 Tel: (310) 289-4654 Fax: (310) 306-5037 friends@latibet.org website: www.latibet.org
Maine Friends of Tibet c/o Jacque Lane Windham, ME 04062
Maryland Friends of Tibet 101 South Washington Street Baltimore, MD 21231
New York Tibetan Alliance 17 Battery Place, Suite #633N New York, NY 10004 Tel: (212) 898-4134 Fax: (212) 425-7240
New Jersey Friends of Tibet 1002 Washington Drive Ramsey, New Jersey 07446 Tel: (201) 818-1204 WPoole, President and Founder wpoole@njfot.com Web: www.njfot.com
Pasadena Friends of Tibet 1949 Huntington Dr. Pasadena, CA 91030 Tel: (626) 799-7879 tarahc@earthlink.com
Pittsburgh Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 8369 Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Tel: (724) 898-1199 draperd+@pitt.edu
Project Tibet 403 Canyon Road Sante Fe, NM 87501 Tel: (505) 982-3002 Fax: (505) 988-4142
D irectory Sangha Tibet Resource Center Somerville, MA 617-629-4674 sangha-tibet@rcn.com
San Diego Friends of Tibet 3551 Front Street San Diego, CA 92103 Tel: (619) 682-7188 Fax: (619) 282-8105 dberger558@aol.com www.sdtibet.org
Stanford Friends of Tibet c/o ASSU Tressider Union Stanford, CA 94305 anakin@leland.stanford.edu www.stanford.edu/group/tibet
Tibetan Alliance of Chicago Sherab Gyatso, President 4750 N. Sheridan Road, Suite #469 Chicago, IL 60640 Tel: (773) 275-7454 Fax: (773) 275-9171 tsering@mindspring.com www.tibetan-alliance.org
Tibetan Association of Washington P.O. Box 77222 Seattle, WA 98177 Tel: (206) 526-5296 Tenzin Laude
Tibetan Friendship Group Australia P.O. Box 39, Gordon, NSW Australia, 2072 Tel/Fax: (02) 9953-9980
Tibetan Youth Congress Office of Tibet Contact Thupten Thokmey 221 East 32nd St., #12A New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5010
U. S. Tibet Committee (Philadelphia Chapter) 3921 Patrician Drive Philadelphia, PA 19154 Tel: (215) 824-2928
World Artists for Tibet 142-20 84th Drive #7H Briarwood, NY 11435 Tel: (718) 658-0906 art4tibet@aol.com
Tibetan Buddhist Study Centers Asian Classics Institute P.O. Box 144 New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 475-7752 (mssg) aci@world-view.org www.world-view.org Geshe Michael Roach
The Bodhi Line
Kagyu Thubten Choling
Buddhist Information Line info@bodhiline.org www.bodhiline.org
245 Sheafe Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Tel: (845) 297-2500 Fax: (845) 297-5761 office@kagyu.com www.kagyu.com Lama Norlha
Brooklyn Buddhist Association Sogen International Zen Dojo of Brooklyn Kai, 211 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: (718) 488-9511 Fax: (718) 797-1073 aikido@mindspring.com www.directmind.com
Center for Buddhist Studies 623 Kent Hall, Columbia University New York, NY 10027 Tel: (212) 854-6977 Religion Department Tel: (212) 854-3218 www.columbia.edu/cu/religion/cbs.html
Center for Dzogchen Studies Lama Tsondu Sangpo Lama Padma Karma 17 Tour Avenue New Haven, CT 06515 Tel: (203) 387-9992 for.dzogchen@snet.net www.dzogchenstudies.com
Chuang Yen Monastery 2020 Route 301 Carmel, NY 10512 Tel: (845) 225-1819 Fax: (845) 228-4283 info@baus.org www.baus.org
Friends of Drepung Gomang Monastery 564 Alda Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: 917-853 7748 Fax: 914-381 9186 Andreas Kurz www.gomangtour.org
Gaden Chophel Ling 186 West 6th Street Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 367-3940 Ven. Yonten Gyatso
Jewel Heart New York Meeting Space 260 West Broadway, 1G New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212) 966-2807 Gelek Rinpoche newyork@jewelheart.org www.jewelheart.org
Office of Jewel Heart New York: 33 Katonah Ave. Katonah, NY 10536 Tel: (914) 767-0024 Fax: (914) 232-1398
Kagyu Dsamling Kunchab 35 West 19th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 989-5989
Karma Thegsum Choling 412 West End Avenue #5N Intercom #19 New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 580-9282 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche nyc@kagyu.org www.kjagyu.org/centerusa/u sa-nyc.html
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery 335 Meads Mountain Rd. Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-5906 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche www.kjagyu.org
Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library 132 Perry St. Sutie 24 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 367.8490 Fax: (212) 367.8479 info@latse.org www.latse.org
Labsum Shedrub Ling Buddhist Learning Center 93 Angen Road Washington, NJ 07882 Tel: (908) 689-6080 Contact: Mr. Joshua Cutler Ven. Geshe Thupten www.kbi.org
Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies 412 N. Aurora St. Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: (607) 273-0739 Fax: (607) 256-5132 namgyal@lightlink.com www.namgyal.org
Nechung Foundation 110 First Avenue, # 5 New York, NY 10009 Tel: (212) 388-9784 Lama Pema Dorjee www.nechungnyc.org
New York Insight Meditation Center 118 West 22nd St. P.O. Box 1790 Murray Hill Station New York, NY 10156 (917) 441-0915 nyinsight@earthlink.net www.nyimc.org
NY Shambhala Center & Dharmadhatu of NY 118 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 675-6544 Fax: (212) 633-8486 nysc@compuserve.com www.ny.shambhala.org
Orgyen Cho Dzong Nyingma Tersar Retreat Center 5345 Route 81 Greenville, NY 12083 Tel: (518) 966 4077 Fax: (518) 966 8971 OCDSangha@aol.com www.tersar.org
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 151 Lexington Ave., #8A New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 683-4958 www.padmasambhava.org Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Palden Sakya Center 4-10 West 101st Street, #63 New York, NY 10025 Tel: (212) 866-4339 289 Brookside Avenue Cresskill, NJ 07626 (201) 541-0007 www.vikramasila.org
Palyul Retreat Center 359 German Hollow Rd McDonough, NY 13801 Tel: (607) 656-4645 www.retreat.palyul.org
Palyul Changchub Dargelying NYC 101 W. 23rd St, Box 2336 New York, NY 10011 Email: tsenor@palyul.org www.palyul.org
Pema Tsal Meditation Center 541 Pacific Street Brooklyn, NY 11217-1902 Tel: (718) 797-9569 www.pematsal.com
PSC of Woodstock 15 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-4024 Fax: (845) 679-4093 www.aschwartz@aschwartz.com Lama Pema Wangdak
Rashi Gempil Ling First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple 47 East 5th Street Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 364-1824 Geshe Lobsang Tharchin
Rigpa New York P.O. Box 513 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 595-3573 Sogyal Rinpoche
Sakya Phunstok Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies & Meditation 354 Prelude Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 Tel: (301) 589-3115 sakya@erols.com
Siddhartha School Project Gesh Lobzang Tsetan 9 Frost Brook Lane Freeport, ME 04032-6601 Tel: (207) 865-0744 Tel: (212) 740-2505 tsetan@earthlink.net www.siddharthaschool.org
Tashi Lhunpo Temple 12 Kalmuk Broadway Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 363-6012 Ven. Tenzin Dakpa
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery P.O. Bylakuppe- 571104 Distt. Mysore Karnataka State, INDIA Tel: 91 821 694282 tashilhunpo@eth.net dolma@tashilhunpo.org www.tashilhunpo.org
The Tibet Center 107 East 31st Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 779-1841 Fax: (212) 779-3426 info@thetibetcenter.org www.thetibetcenter.org Khyongla Rato Rinpoche
Tibetan Monastery 711 Amsterdam Ave. #5B New York, NY 10025 341 Lafayette Street, #755 New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-717-0832 Email: lngodup@nyana.org Lama Lobsang Ngodup
Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple of All-Encompassing Great Compassion 12 Edmunds Lane Walden, NY 12586 Tel: (301) 592-9286 info@sakyatemple.org www.sakyatemple.org Seat of H.H. Sakya Trizin, U.S.
Yeshe Nyingpo
Artists MUSIC Dadon P.O. Box 1304 Middletown, CT 06457 Tel: (860) 344-9776
Yungchen Lhamo c/o Annie Ohayon Media Relations 250 West 57th Street, Suite 716 New York, NY 10107 Tel: (212) 262-4492 Fax: (212) 262-5306 www.yungchamo.com
Nawang Khechog P.O. Box 1584 Boulder, CO 80306 www.nawangkechog.com
Tenzin Norbu Classical & Spiritual Songs of Tibet Tel: 917.374.9937 jeweltibet@yahoo.com
New Earth Records 7 Avenida Vista Grande B7-305 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Phone: 888-245-4482 Fax: 505-466-2477 andrea@newearthrecords.com www.newearthrecords.com
PAINTING Ven. Gyaltsen Chopel (Tangka/Decorative Painter) Nechung Foundation 110 First Ave., 5th Floor New York, NY 10009 (212) 388-9784 www.nechungnyc.org
Samten Dakpa 87-11 Elmhurst Ave, 3rd Floor Elmhurst, N Y 11373 Ph: (212) 729.4757 samdak12@yahoo.com
Tinley Chojor
19 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 691-8523 cell: (917) 407-8376 nyingpo@aol.com www.tersar.org
(Tangka/Decorative Painter) Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 352 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-5906 www.kagyu.org
Online Database of Buddhist Study Centers and Events
Phuntsok Dorje
Buddhactivity.com Ken Wallace Sealevel Communications 233 Old Halifax Road Glen Haven, Nova Scotia B3Z 2X3 Canada Tel: +1 902 820-2233 design@sealevel.ns.ca www.buddhactivity.com
Kelsang Lodoe Oshoe
(Tangka Painting/Art Restoration) 1455 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10128 Tel: (212) 860-7303 (Master Tangka Painter/Sculpture) 412 N. Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: (607) 273-0739 namgyalmonastery@namgyal.org
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D irectory Gendun Sakyal 4444 Calle Durquesa Santa Fe, NM 87505 Tel: (505) 438-2402
Susan St.Clair Bennett Tangka Painting & Conservation (845) 676-4337 suzette@stormingheaven.com
Tsering Phuntsok 236 Paterson Avenue East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Tel: (201) 935.6762
Mechak Gallery Contemporary Tibetan Art. An internet gallery showing the work of contemporary Tibetan artists. (303) 570-2774 www.mechakgallery.com
PERFORMING ARTS Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) Gary McLeod Dharamsala-176219 HP India Tel: (91) 22478-23033 Fax: (91) 1892-23033
Chaksam-Pa Tibetan Dance & Opera Co. P.O. Box 581 Sonoma, CA 95476 Tel: (707) 935-8172 sapano@vom.com
Cholsum c/o Tibetan Association of NY/NJ 241 East 32nd Street New York, NY 10016
Potala Tibetan Performing Arts 8 Melbourne St. W Lindsay, ONT Canada K9V2S6
PHOTOGRAPHY Sonam Zoksang 167 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 995-9276 zoksang@hotmail.com
SAND MANDALA Namgyal Monastery Institute of Tibetan Buddhist Study and Practice 412 N. Aurora Street P.O. Box 127 Ithaca, NY 14851 Tel: (607) 273-0739 Fax: (607) 256-5132 mail@namgyal.org
Lama Lobsang Samden Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia 3635 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: (215) 222-1641 E-mail:pages.cthome.net
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SCULPTURE Tseten Lhagyal (Nyarong) 48-16 46th St. #C2 Woodside, NY 11377 Tel: (718) 427-0292
STONE MASON Sonam Lama MA Tibetan Association P.O. Box 822 Greenfield, MA 01302 Tel: (413) 773-5751
TIBETAN ART APPRAISALS Lobsang N. Aye Certified Appraiser for donations and insurance 61 Grove Street, #4A New York, NY 10014 Tel/fax: 212-989-1829 Werner-ayeaaa@verizon.com
THANGKA RESTORATION Ann Shaftel MSc, MA Conservator of Thangkas Tel: (902) 222-1467 tsondru@ns.sympatico.ca www.tsondru.com
Susan St.Clair Bennett Tangka Painting & Conservation (845) 676-4337 suzette@stormingheaven.com
WEAVING Phurbu Kyipa 38 A Washington St. #2 Keene, NH 03431 Tel: (603) 355-2275
Experts in Tibetan Medicine Himalayan HealthCare P.O. Box 737 Planetarium Station New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 829-8691 info@himalayan-healthcare.org www.himalayan-healthcare.org
Tashi Rabten Blue Rock Medical Center 117 Ridge Rd. Valley Cottage, NY 10989 www.tibetanmedical.com
Choyang Phuntsok Meridian Medical Group, PC 102 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 www.meridianmedical.org
Tenzin Dakpa khawarispa@yahoo.com
Yeshi Dhonden c/o Dr. Marsha Woolf New World Medical Center 416 West 23rd Street, 1D New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 741-2727 amchila@aol.com
Dr. Eliot Tokar Chagpori Foundation 151-31 88th Street Howard Beach, NY 11414 Tel: (718) 641-7323 etokar@aol.com
WOODCARVING Dholak
Libraries
26 Welson St., Apt.23 Jersey City, NJ 07306 Tel: (201) 933-8666
Circulation Desk Columbia University Libraries
Pampa Tsering 729 Heinz Ave. #10 Berkeley, CA 94710 Tel: (510) 644-2735 Fax: (510) 644-0696 www.artworksfoundery.com
Educational Organizations Neydo Foundation 608 Fifth Ave, Suite 201 New York, NY 10020 voice: (212) 414.0080 fax: (212) 262.9799 email: tonibet@aol.com www.neydo.com
Gaden Relief Projects 637 Christie Streeet Toronto, Ontario M6G 3E6 Canada www.gadenrelief.org
Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80302 voice: (303) 444.0202 fax: (303) 444.0410 www.naropa.edu
Museums Tibet House Cultural Center 22 West 15th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 807-0563 Fax: (212) 807-0565 mail@tibethouse.org www.tibethouse.org
The American Museum of Natural History West 79th Street at Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 769-5000 www.AMNH.org
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Avenue P.O. Box 060198 Staten Island, NY 10306-0198 Tel: (718) 987-3500 Fax: (718) 351-0402 www.tibetanmuseum.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street New York, NY 10028 Tel: (212) 879-5500 www.metmuseum.org
The Newark Museum
Contemporary Tibetan Art. Internet gallery of contemporary Tibetan artists. www.mechakgallery.com
Rubin Museum of Art
132 Perry St., Suite 24 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 367.8490 Fax: (212) 367.8479 info@latse.org www.latse.org
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Shambhala Sun 1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO 80302-4886 Tel:(902) 422-8404 Fax: (902) 423-2701
New York Spirit Enlightened Urban Living 107 Sterling Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tel: 800-634-0989/ 718638-3733 Fax: 718-230-3459 office@nyspirit.com www.nyspirit.com
Retreat Finder www.retreatfinder.com
Yoga Finder The largest Yoga directory on the Internet www.yogafinder.com
92 Vandam Street New York, NY 10013 Tel 212.645.1143 | Fax 212.645.1493 www.tricycle.com
Shambala Sun Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, Life 1585 Barrington St., 117 Halifax, NS B3J 1Z8 Canada Telephone: 902-422-8404 Fax: 902-423-2701 magazine@shambhalasun.com www.shambhalasun.com
Snow Lion Publications 605 West State Street PO Box 6483 Ithaca, NY 14851-6483 Telephone: 607.273.8519 Toll Free: 800-950-0313 Fax: 607.273.8508 tibet@snowlionpub.com www.snowlionpub.com
Stores (NY) Bakhor 309-East 9th Street New York, N.Y.10003. Phone # (212) 995-1060. andrugtsag@yahoo.com
Beautiful Tibet 322 Bleecker St btw. Christopher St & Grove New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 414-2773 nchoden@yahoo.com
Dharmaware Inc. 54E Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 Toll Free: (888) 679 4900 Intl.: (845) 679 4900 www.dharmaware.com
Do Kham 51 Prince Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 966-2404 Fax: (212) 334-1245
Do Kham
The Venerable Khenpos
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Gateway to Tibet Zagyel Studio 60 Main St, Phoenicia, NY 12464 Tel: 845.688.5602 gala@gatewaytotibet.com www.gatewaytotibet.com
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Courtesy of the artist, Michel Peissel (see page 8 ).
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Visionary Gallery 47 East 3rd Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 995-8578 www.tibetanliberation.com
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FACULTY NOTES PAUL BLOOM studied Chinese philosophy and history at Harvard and Columbia Universities and has been practicing ch’i kung for 20 years with Mr. Kwan, who has been practicing for 75 years. Mr. Bloom also studies Tibetan Buddhism with Professor Robert Thurman and Gehlek Rinpoche. JOHN BRZOSTOSKI is a longtime teacher of Buddhism at the New School for Social Research.
WILLIAM C BUSHELL, PH.D, a researcher in the
Anthropology Program at MIT and a Visiting Scholar at Columbia, helped design and direct the groundbreaking 1998 conference on "Researching the Health Effects of Advanced Meditation" with Tibet House, Beth Israel Hospital and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dr. Bushell recently gave papers on adult stem cell activation and longevity resulting from yogic practice at the Salk Institute and the Stromboli Conference on the Reversal of Aging.
RIMA FUJITA was born in Tokyo and has lived in New
York since 1979. She studied illustration and painting at Parsons School of Design and received her B.F.A. In 2001, Rima established “Books for Children,” an organization
that produces and donates children’s books to kids and orphans who are in needy countries. Her first book, Wonder Talk, was officially selected as recommended reading by the United Nations. Her published books include Simple Meditation, A Little Black Box, and Wonder Talk. Her latest book, The Old Dog And The Baby Rabbit, is now available. www.rimafujita.com
In his New York practice, KEN LUCAS KOBAYASHI, has been healing patients with a variety of illnesses. His 50 years of study in healing knowledge derives, in part, from “hands-on” experience, gained over the many years he worked in his family’s clinic. The Kobayashi family have been well-known healers in Japan for over three hundred years.
The VENERABLE LAMA PEMA WANGDAK is the resident teacher of the Palden Sakya Center in NYC, Woodstock, NY; Cresskill, NJ; Dayton, OH and Jamaica, VT. He is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and has been teaching and guiding Buddhist students in the West for over 20 years.
SHARON SALZBERG has been teaching meditation retreats worldwide for almost 30 years. She is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and is the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, A Heart as Wide as the World, and her latest, The Force of Kindness. ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, PH.D. is Professor of
Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness, Anger (the fifth book from a series on the "seven deadly sins"), and most recently, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism.
GESHE LHARAMPA NGAWANG TSONDU, a Geluk monk, has recently joined the Tibet House staff, visiting from Sera Monastery.
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C alendar Christie’s Auction House 20 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 212.636.2000 | www.Christies.com 28 Mar Japanese and Korean Art 29 Mar Chinese Ceramics Works of Art 30 Mar Indian and Southeast Asian Art
SAVE THE DATE! Tibet House U.S. 16th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall Wednesday March 1, 2006
SAVE THE DATE! HH the Dalai Lama Beacon Theatre New York City Sept. 23-25, 2006
Sotheby’s Auction House 1334 York Avenue, NYC 212.606.7000 | www.sothebys.com March 29, 2006 Indian and Southeast Asian Art Preview March 25 International Asian Art Fair The Seventh Regiment Armory Park Avenue at 67th Street, NYC March 31- April 5, 2006 NY Arts of Pacific Asia Show The Gramercy Park Armory Lexington Avenue at 26th Street New York, NY March 30 - April 2nd, 2006 The American Museum of Natural History W. 79th St. at Central Park West New York, NY 212.769.5000 www.AMNH.org
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Asia Society & Museum 725 Park Avenue, NYC 212.288.6400 Opening Night Benefit Preview for International Asian Art Fair Thursday March 30, 2006 The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Avenue Staten Island, NY 10306 718.987.3500 www.tibetanmuseum.com Please visit for ongoing exhibits. Feb Tea Pots and Butter Tubs: Tibetan Vessels Apr The Kingdom of Mustang The Newark Museum 49 Washington Street Newark, New Jersey 973.596.6550 www.newarkmuseum.org Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238 Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th Street, NYC 212.620.5000 info@rmanyc.org |www.rmanyc.org February-September Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Teaching Schedule INDIA January 5 – 16, 2006 KALACHAKRA at Amravati in Andhara Pradesh www.kalachakra06.com This Kalachakra is the 30th and it significantly coincides with the 2550th anniversary of the passing away of Lord Buddha. His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave the first Kalachakra initiation in 1954 at Norbulingka in Lhasa, Tibet. March 14th – March 29th Traditional Public Losar Teachings at Mc Leod Ganj March 14: Short Teaching on the Jataka Tales at the Main Temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala (H.P.). March 15 - 29: Annual Monlam Teaching at the Main Temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala (H.P.). His Holiness will teach on Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Laptu) & A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (Chodjug). Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, P.O. Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala (H.P.) - 176219 Tel: [91-(0) 1892] 221343/221879, Fax: [91-(0) 1892] 221813 E-mail: ohhdl@vsnl.com
FRANCE July 16th – July 21st Rennes France
UNITED STATES September 2006 Madison, WI September 12th – 14th Los Angeles, CA September 21st – September 22nd, University Of Buffalo, NY September 23 - September 25 – New York City, NY
Tibet House U.S. gratefully acknowledges the contributions above basic membership received between June 1st, 2005 and November 30th, 2005: Lily Bafandi * Karin Bauer * Bernardo Bertolucci * Cassandra Binns * Cristina Bornstein * Miriam Bresler * David Bullard * Katy Chevigny * Linda Colnett * Katherine H. Cook * Timothy DuFour * Maria & David Erroll * Janet P. Gardner * Dana Harper * Teresa Colleen Hickman * Massimo Iacoboni * Vijay Kale * Brian G. Kistler * Margaret LaManna * Kristen Mulvihill * Mitchell Muroff * Jana & Rafael Nagapetiyants * Jeffrey Pechter * William Poole * Timothy Purcell * Kathryn Ross * Karin von Schlebrugge * Suman Shirodkar * Caryn Stedman * Susan & Clarke Summers * Milissa Tranovich * Erwin Vogler * Elizabeth J. Witten * Thomas Woodrow * Brenda Yost *
Tibet House U.S. gratefully acknowledges the contributions at basic membership received between June 1st, 2005 and November 30th, 2005: Nicole Agostino * Janet Aimone * John H. Alba * Gene Ang * Mabel Aranha * Carol P. Arnold * Linda Aro * Mary & John Bailey * Donna Baker * Julia Balk * Michi Barall * Leslie Barnett * Austin Barney II * Terri Bartlett * Addie Baughman * P. Vanhorn Beagle * Paul Bernau * Terry Bickhardt * Walter J. Bogan * Barbara Bonner * Katherine Breedis * Lesley Cecchi * Norman C. Charles * Kang-Sa Cheung * Shana Chrystie * George Chynoweth * Elisabeth Coleman * Lynn Corbett * Robert Crayhon * Alonda Crowell * Angela Cumberbirch * Laura Cupshan * Charles J. Dalton III * Dr. Louise DeCosta * Chieh de Jong * Deborah & Michael DeWan * Radu Diaconescu * Abie Duchon * Laura Duchon * Jill Ettinger * Helen Fazio * Jennifer Flagg * Rosa Flores * Julie Floyd * Iris E. Fodor * Francoise Forget * Cherilyn Parsons & Ralph Frammolino * David Gabrielson * Pamela Galt * Cheryl Gerber * Daniel Goodavage * Kathryn R. Graves * Jennifer Lee & Roger Greenberg * Judith Greif * Tom Griffin * John & Jane Hanbury * James Harvey * Mitchell Harvey * Joy Hausman * Dorothy Hentschel * Jim Hodgson * Michael James Hollis * Kent Huie * Maria Iager * Nora Jamieson * Thomas Jasper * Anne Johnson * Clark Jones * Jess Joseph * David R. Jurman * Sheila J. Kaplan, Ph.D. * Alan Konefsky * Charles Kupfer * Mona Laird * Joseph Tse Hei Lee * Yee Ching Lee * Susie Leiper * Patricia Linnemeyer * Yukiko Lino * Scarlet Long * Frances Louis * Zeb MacLennan * Dr. Joan Ellen Macredis * Ofelia Manero * Gillian Marshall * Herman Mathesius * Charlayne Mattingly * Margaret McCaffrey * Doris McDaniel-Solomon * Letty Militana * Carol Mirakove * Kristen Mirenda * Mary Morse * Susan Morton * Maura Moynihan * Loretta Munoz * Nicholas J. Muto * Eleanor Nettleton * Juliet Niehaus * Kimberly Nordman * C.J. Ondek * Adriana Pagnotti * Zoe Pappas * John Peet * Jennifer Peng * Chuck Pennington * Robin Phillips * Ewa Pieczynski * Nicole Pressley * Paresh Puhan * Vanessa Rhee * Bert Rinkel * Yolanda Rivera * Tom & Barbara Rona * Melissa Rosati * Bonnie Isabel Rosenblum * Mal Rudner * Puneet Sachdev * David Salazar * Bob Schimel * Victoria Schwinning * Paul & Susan Scillia * Ralph Sessions * Dosia Shayne * Josephine Sousa * Maggie Tapert * Carol Kehr Tittle * Douglas Tobin * Leilani M. Torres * Ricardo Torres * June Traidman * Jane Levy Troy * Ipsit Vahia * Lucy Walker * Dr. Susan L. Wallace * Katherine Watson * Debra Jean Williams * Carolyn J. Woodson * Eugene Wronko * Florence Wu * Shen Yang * Marie Zeledon * Cheng Duo Zheng *
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR MEMBERS Advance Reservations for His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama Teaching in NYC!
Thanks to your support, Tibet House is a major destination for classes, lectures, and events that demonstrate the importance and special character of Tibetan culture to the world. Tibet House is also very pleased to serve as a home to all Tibetan groups and NGOs at our New York City cultural center and Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center.
In order to offer preferred seating to our Members for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 3-day teaching, we’ve set aside a block of tickets which will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis until February 15th, 2006. Ticket prices for this event will be $285 per person for all seats, with a limit of one (1) ticket per Member.
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This offer is available only to those whose membership will be valid as of September 30th, 2006, so we encourage you to act now in order to reserve your seat for this wonderful event.
By becoming a Tibet House Member or, for current Members, renewing your 2006 Membership at this time, you are automatically eligible to reserve one ticket at the $285 level for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teaching, The Blade Wheel of Mind-Transformation, on September 23rd – 25th, 2006.
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Visions of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret This 139- page photography book features 84 stunning color images taken by Brian Kistler taken over 15 years of travel, with an introduction by Robert A.F. Thurman (published by Tibet House US, 2005). Filled with multi-dimensional images of an ancient culture, this collection by Brian Kistler reveals outer, inner, and secret levels of Tibet. Kistler’s photographs are the record of a pilgrim of art, a pilgrim of the visionary beauty of nature and culture, of animal and human, of landscape and templescape, and of a pilgrim of enlightenment. They are acts of delight and of homage to moments, people, and places, doorways into reverence, discoveries of the holy in the ordinary, and invitations for others to join the pilgrimage and experience the visionary. Visions of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret is available at the Tibet House Museum Shop.
Please visit the Tibet House Museum Shop for Buddhist and Tibetan related books and gifts. The Shop is open from 12-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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