DRUM Newsletter - Winter 2018 by Tibet House US

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT DEAR THUS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF TIBET, to “Love Tibet” (they seem to have gone by so quickly!), and welcoming new helpers to sustain the spread of that love by letting more and more November 12, 2017 – Descent from Heaven Holiday Greetings on Hlabab Duchen, Tibetan holiday of the Buddha's return from heaven, in order to give teachings to his mother Maya. He taught her the Buddhist inner science! This is the tradition, even though in the Flower Ornament Sutra, it is revealed that Mother Maya was already a perfectly enlightened Buddha Goddess (can we say “Buddhess?”), whose chosen post-enlightenment mission is to visit planets and conceive and give birth to all buddhas in their final human lifetime of attaining unexcelled enlightenment. The Buddha’s return to earth is a great sign of nonduality, illustrating that a buddha’s Reality Body (Dharmakaya) includes everything and everyone. So he or she joins the countless buddhas in never leaving all of us seemingly non-buddha-beings behind in suffering, but inexhaustibly stays with us without losing perfect bliss to nudge our evolution toward the choices we can make to become perfect buddhas ourselves by discovering our own true nature. It might be a good idea not to get into the present political and social situation, though it calls out to us as a challenge and perfect opportunity to engage in the great work of restoring our precious democracy, so clearly now in danger. His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s mantra—“World peace through inner peace”—and his breakthrough Charter of “Universal Responsibility”—are more than ever appropriate right now, to help us cheerfully sustain the loving efforts needed. In regard to Tibet, the situation there remains horrifically blighted by the relentless militarized police crackdown, crushing down in every way on the Tibetan people’s brave efforts to protect their culture and resist colonialist devastation of their fragile high altitude environment. The forced rounding up and sedentarization of the hundreds of thousands of nomadic families is the latest atrocity. Our Art of Freedom novelist, Eliot Pattison, in his latest Inspector Chan Tibet adventure, The Skeleton God, depicts the stark realities of Tibet under the invader’s boot with unmatched vividness and clarity. His final “author’s note” first tells it like it is, for example; “The dismantling of Tibetan institutions by the Chinese army during the previous decade was escalated on a massive scale by the Red Guard during the mid-1960s. Mayhem was inflicted not only on the million-plus Tibetans who were killed or maimed; it extended to the very foundations of their ancient culture. Ninety percent of Tibet’s temples and monasteries were annihilated. Tibetan medical colleges, including the world-renowned school at Chakpori, near Lhasa, were blasted to rubble, with no attempt to preserve their unique, centuries-old learnings about the mysteries of the human body.” Still, he ends with steadfast optimism: “The shadow that settled over Tibet decades ago sometimes makes writing novels set in that land feel like searching for jewels in a dim cave. It is tempting for Western observers to write off Tibet as an abject example of an entire culture that was wiped out as a result of global geopolitics. But Tibet is not destroyed. Rather, for me it has always been an example of how a people with deep spiritual and cultural foundations can endure sustained adversity. The shadow may exist, but dig a little deeper and brilliance can still shine through.” As for THUS, we enter the challenges of our fourth decade with renewed zest, expanding our efforts beyond the last thirty years of efforts

people discover its amazing culture. THUS staff have made great persistent efforts to increase the user-friendliness of the Cultural Center, offering three free 45-minute lunchtime meditation sessions, Tuesday evening free meditations with our beloved Sharon Salzberg and other teachers, the organizing the lending library beautifully, with the help of our intrepid volunteer, Victoria Southwell. In evenings, we’re continuing our co-sponsored programs with Nalanda Institute, as well as our own Force for Good Wednesday teachings, live-streaming to share more widely. Thanks to Michael and Beata McCormick, the THUS Repatriation Collection is growing more and more wonderful, with new donations of amazing pieces from Carlton Rochell, John Rezk, Lorin Nathan, and themselves.. I wish to thank from my heart our dear Alan Abramson for his stalwart service on the THUS Board for over a decade. Though we regret not having him with us as we carry on, we are happy that he has reached the contemplative stage of his successful career, and wish him all the best. Also, it is with a heavy heart that I must report the loss of our beloved Bokara Legendre, who passed away peacefully at her Mill Valley, California home on December 3 (see page 29). In general we are immensely grateful for the dedication and creativity of the wonderful, generous people who serve THUS on the Board for these thirty years. As I always say, dear friends, all of you are loving Tibet by giving and working with us to save its culture, as we now enter our fourth decade. You are THUS members (please don't forget to renew!) because you know that life on this earth without Tibet’s unique art of freedom, without its beauty and joy—and its teaching of both the blissful grace of every moment blessed by infinite compassionate beings and also the inspiring evolutionary purpose of awakening life— just does not measure up to the precious opportunity of being human. Your contributions of every kind make our work possible. With great thanks for all your kind thoughts and generous support, and all blessings for your health and happiness during the coming autumn of the Year of the Fire Dog. Faithfully yours,

Robert A.F. Thurman, President December 12, 2017 CE; Fire Bird Year; Tibetan Royal Year 2144 PS: Until we meet again on the full moon of March 3 at the Great Prayer Tibetan New Year Concert at Carnegie Hall, please remember your THUS mantra—LOVE TIBET! Or OM MANI PADME HUM! It expresses the healing faith that true love, the fruit of profound intelligence and vast compassion indivisible, pervades the world, heaven and earth and the deep center of every human heart!

TIBET HOUSE US—Cultural Center of H. H. Dalai Lama patron

HIS HOLINESS THE XIV DALAI LAMA honorary chairman

NGODUP TSERING, US REPRESENTATIVE OF H. H. DALAI LAMA board of trustees — executive officers ROBERT A. F. THURMAN, president, PHILIP GLASS, vice president NENA B. THURMAN, managing director, LUDWIG KUTTNER, secretary BEATA TIKOS, treasurer/board liaison, CHHIME RIGZING, H. H. Dalai Lama private secretary board of trustees — directors ANONYMOUS, PETER BACKMAN, ANNIE CHRISTOPHER, GESHE DAMDUL NAMGYAL, JANET FRIESEN, SUSAN KESSLER, DAVID KITTAY, MICHAEL MCCORMICK, JOHN D. MILLER, VEN. TENZIN PRIYADARSHI, JOHN REZK, LAURENCE H. SILVERMAN, UMA K. THURMAN honorary directors ALAN B. ABRAMSON, LAVINIA CURRIER, PEGGY HITCHCOCK, LEO J. HINDERY, JR., NAVIN KUMAR, ADAM LINDEMANN, TENZIN NAMGYAL TETHONG, FORTUNA VALENTINO tibetan ex-officio board VEN. GESHE DORJI DAMDUL, director, tibet house new delhi, india KELSANG & KIM YESHI, directors, norbulingka institute, dharamsala, india visiting spiritual advisers GYALWA KARMAPA XVII, OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE, NECHUNG KUTEN RINPOCHE, LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE, KYABJEY LINGTSANG RINPOCHE, SAKYA TRIZIN RINPOCHE, LAMA PEMA WANGDAK, LELUNG RINPOCHE, CHOGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU, LAMA TENZIN WANGYAL tibet house staff GANDEN THURMAN, executive director, KYRA BORRÉ, director of programs & special events, SONAM CHOEZOM, membership coordinator, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, office manager, ZOLA NYAMBUU, exhibitions director, TENZIN SONAM, information technology manager, TASHI TSERING, programs/events coordination, THOMAS F. YARNALL, publications director menla staff MICHAEL G. BURBANK, director, NINA GRAMAGLIA, operations manager NATHANIEL HUGHES, assistant director, LYNN SCHAUWECKER, development director CHISTI DRYDEN, spa manager, CHARLES GOODALL, executive chef, DAVID GIANGRECO, facilities manager tibet house drum ROBERT A. F. THURMAN, editor-in-chief, KYRA BORRÉ, MICHAEL BURBANK, SONAM CHOEZOM, ZOLA NYAMBUU, GANDEN THURMAN, TASHI TSERING, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, editors; WILLIAM MEYERS, TENZIN SONAM, production & design; COOL GRAY SEVEN, art direction, MILTON GLASER, original logo art volunteers ALEXANDRA ABBEY, TENZIN DICKYI, ETHAN, JEANNE HUBER-HAPPY, J.D., THOMAS K. JASPER JR., TENZIN NYIMA, SONAM WANGCHUK

Cover photo: Vajravaraha statue, Tibet House US Repatriation Collection

BENEFIT AUCTION On the beautiful super moon evening of Monday, December 4th, Tibet House US celebrated the last event of our 30 year anniversary at our headquarters on 22 West 15st Street with our annual Benefit Auction and Gala Dinner. More than 115 guests arrived to enjoy an intimate evening of dining, honoring, and bidding to support Tibet House US. Cocktails and Tibetan momos were served during the silent auction. Later, guests were seated in the gallery for the live auction and dinner, surrounded by selections from Tibet House US Repatriation Collection. Ganden Thurman, Tibet House Executive Director, welcomed both long time supporters and many new faces to Tibet House US, and introduced a short film created to commemorate Tibet House US 30 years of work. After dinner was served by Cleaver and Co., Robert Thurman, President of Tibet House US, honored Trudie Styler with the Art of Freedom Award. Ms. Styler gave an inspired acceptance speech, bringing guests to a standing ovation. Dr. Thurman also honored Jacqueline Dunnington, the other recipient of the award, who was unable to join us for the evening. As the live auction began, Christie’s auctioneer Ruth Mauldin presented 11 spectacular items which included a private Bhutan Journey with GeoEx that went for $18K, Annie Leibovitz's photograph of Bruce Springsteen went for $6K and a backstage meet and greet with Sting at his New Year’s show in the Bahamas, which went for $22k. Overall the auction and dinner raised $158K — not including Tibet House US’ online charitybuzz auction, which ends on December 11th. That past two year’s gala dinners at Tibet House US have been very special for anyone who has been able to attend them, and many have remarked on the wonderful opportunity to enjoy Tibet House US in the intimate surrounding of our gallery and in the company of supporters and donors. Beata Tikos and Kyra Borre worked out a special exhibition highlighting certain key objects in the Tibet House US Repatriation Collection, which created an inspiring sense of being in a Tibetan space. We would like to give our most heartfelt appreciation to all of the people who supported this event, from the honorary committee and auction donors, to all of those who attended. We could not put on this spectacular event without you.

Dr. Robert Thurman, President of Tibet House US

Silent Auction

Ruth Mauldin during live auction

L to R: Tenzin Nyima, Tashi Tsering, Nena Thurman, Tenzin Sonam, and Anna Varshavskaya Photos © Robert Braunfeld (bladerunner@nyc.rr.com)

Live auction

Art of Freedom Award Trudie Styler's acceptance speech Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for having me here tonight, and for honouring me so generously with this Art of Freedom Award. One of the unifying threads of my career, in filmmaking as well as in my work for the environment and human rights, has been my desire to speak up for people whose voices have been silenced or ignored. The situation in Tibet has to be one of the most devastating examples of silencing an entire nation. A country of immense natural resources, Tibet’s landscape and its people are being exploited and abused, their history erased, their population depleted. Tibet is the source of 5 of Asia’s great rivers. These 5 rivers flow into 11 countries, countries which together count for an incredible 47% of the entire world’s population. Its forests cover 25.2 million hectares, and the country is rich in untapped mineral resources, including the largest high-grade uranium deposit in the world. However, China is devastating the ancient forests of Tibet, its wildlife and its minerals, and using the Tibetan plateau as a nuclear dumpsite. Chinese settlers are now in the majority, and there is a very real danger that Tibetan culture and way of life may become extinct. As we look to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for guidance and leadership in these terrible circumstances, he teaches an important lesson—Compassion. The Tibetan people are oppressed, yet he sees them not as victims, but how they might be able to help their oppressors. How they might be able to reawaken spirituality in their eastern neighbours. How they may play a role in the future of humanity itself. And so, until such enlightened times come, we must hold a space in the world for Tibet. Treasure its culture, Buddhism, its history. Keep these things alive and present in the world, to inspire everyone who comes into contact with them. Back in 1999, I was asked if I’d like to raise money for a Tibetan Peace Garden to be built in London, in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum of all places – a site which His Holiness had approved. The location might have raised a few eyebrows among other denominations, and it could certainly have seemed incongruous – with two immense 100ton naval guns mounted in front of the building. Anyway, I set about raising the requisite £250,000 – by producing and directing two shows, one at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and a second at the Royal Opera House, and was supported by an eclectic group of actors and musicians including Sir Paul Schofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Statham, Ethan Hawke, Miranda Richardson, Sting, James Taylor, Simon Callow, a group of Tibetan monks and 30 can-can dancers from Paris’s Moulin Rouge. Well, I said it was an eclectic group! So in due course the garden was built, including a Kalachakra mandala which the Dalai Lama allowed to be cast in bronze as a permanent symbol of peace. When the day came for the garden to be opened, I was very excited, and very nervous. As a reward for my fundraising efforts, I’d been promised a very precise 6-minute audience with His Holiness, and had spent the night before thinking of meaningful questions to ask him – after all, I didn’t want to waste this chance to gain some wisdom from arguably the most spiritual man on the planet. We met in St George’s Cathedral, which is next to the Imperial War Museum, and after a short service and sermon I was invited into the vestry, for my six minutes in private with the Dalai Lama. But despite my preparation, and because of my terrible nervousness, when it came to it, my mind went completely blank. As we sat in deafening silence I felt myself getting hotter and more flustered and more embarrassed. It was a disaster! Then he suddenly spoke. “Do you know what I’d really love to do?” he said. I was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He went on: “I’d love to go and examine those two huge cannons outside the Imperial War Museum. But I suppose I can’t – I don’t think anyone would approve.” And he started to giggle, perhaps at the thought of the incongruous photo opportunity. I couldn’t help joining in with his infectious giggling, and we sat there, chuckling, unable to be serious any more. Everything suddenly came online and in balance. And I realised, I don’t have any questions. Being in his company was enough. Because life is about human connections. We underestimate the strength of the connection we have with others. But sitting in each other’s true company is what human beings are meant to do. So despite my urge to get something from the Dalai Lama that day, something I felt would enrich my life and give me wisdom, it was more than enough to sit giggling like a child with him, to share that moment of him and me together, in the highest and truest of company, in satsang. I will never forget the joyfulness of that experience. He inspires compassion and laughter and humanity. He brings joy into a

world that has been cast in shadow. He does not judge, despite his exile. You feel like in fact he is at home wherever he is. His Holiness personifies ‘The Art of Freedom’, and that is a very important lesson we can all learn. At the Peace Garden in 1999 he said to us: “Conflicts and mistrust have plagued the past century, which has brought immeasurable human suffering and environmental destruction. It is in the interests of all of us on this planet that we make a joint effort to turn the next century into an era of peace and harmony.” Now we are living in that new century, and we are facing challenges I don’t think any of us could have imaginedjust 17 years ago. And so, we must take his words even more closely into our hearts: “Human survival depends on living in harmony and always choosing the path of non-violence.” Thank you so much Bob and Nena, and the whole board of Tibet House, for all your care in protecting and supporting Tibet. You are an example to us all. And I am so deeply touched that you would think to honour me tonight. Thank you. Trudie Styler an actress, director, film producer, wine producer, organic farmer, environmentalist, human rights activist, and UNICEF Ambassador. Styler has produced many award-winning documentaries and feature films since the mid-1990s. MOVING THE MOUNTAIN, directed by Michael Apted, told the story of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement through the eyes of one of the student leaders, Li Lu, and garnered the International Documentary Association Award in 1994. Styler’s award-winning feature productions include LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS written and directed by Guy Ritchie; MOON directed by Duncan Jones; STILL ALICE starring Julianne Moore; and AMERICAN HONEY written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Her production company, Maven Pictures, has completed ten films in the last seven years, including her own directorial debut, FREAK SHOW which is set for release in January 2018 and stars Alex Lawther, Bette Midler, Larry Pine, Celia Weston and Laverne Cox. As an Ambassador for UNICEF, Trudie has been responsible for raising $5million for their projects all over the world, such as building schools for children who live and work on the dumpsites of Ecuador, providing them with education, regular meals and support for their families. She also initiated a clean water project in Ecuador, partnering the Rainforest Fund with UNICEF Ecuador and the Amazon Defense Fund to build water filtration tanks for rainforest communities whose environment has been catastrophically poisoned by irresponsible oil production methods in the region over a period of forty years. In 1989, along with her husband Sting, Trudie co-founded the Rainforest Foundation (now Rainforest Fund). Initially created to protect the rainforest and its indigenous people in Brazil, the RF now works in 18 countries on 3 continents. Since 1989 Trudie has produced annual and lately biennial concerts at Carnegie Hall, raising $35 million for this increasingly vital cause. Trudie has also supported the Tibet House US Benefit Auction since it’s first one in 1999 at Sotheby’s, when we fondly remember her purchasing a Tibetan tent for one of her children. She has continued to serve as honorary chair over the years. She and her husband Sting have been ongoing donors and supporters of the auction.

Jacqueline Orsini Dunnington Jacqueline Orsini Dunnington, 88, is an author, an art historian, a philanthropist, and a famous Marian scholar, the author of three books and countless articles on Our Lady of Guadalupe. She also authored Tibet House’s first publication, a philosophical and art historical work on the famous Buddhist Wheel of Life painting. She ws also the first donor to the Tibet House US Repatriation Collection of Tibetan Art, giving superb examples of her world’s biggest collection of fine Tibetan Gaus, portable shrine boxes in which Tibetans carried holy relics, small Buddha statues, and other venerated objects. She has donated the entire collection to the Repatriation Collection. Dunnington attributes her devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe to her grandmother. “When I was a little girl, my grandmother gave me a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe that was placed over my bed. She had obtained the painting in 1910; it had come from Mexico on four different ships. That painting has traveled all over the world with me,” she says. She has traveled to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East and across Asia, South and Central America, and — most importantly — throughout Mexico in her quest for information. In 1992 and again in 1997, the Vatican gave Dunnington two Apostolic Blessings for her work on Our Lady of Guadalupe. In addition to her three books on the holy Virgin and her book on the Tibetan Wheelof Life, she wrote a learned guidebook to Santa Fe and the Taos Pueblo. Dunnington attended the Sorbonne in Paris, where she studied religious and Gothic art. She has degrees from Smith College, Columbia and New York University, where she taught comparative religion. She speaks several languages, including French, Italian, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Pali. Along the way , she became a scholar of Tibetan, and engaged in the Tibetan cause, a strong supporter of Tibet House US since its inception. Dunnington moved to Santa Fe in 1981 because, she says, “I wanted to live in a place that has an open landscape.”

Tibet House US Annual Benefit Concert

The Women’s Resistance Chorus

Philip Glass

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Tenzin Choegyal

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Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Carnegie Hall

We hope you will join us to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, the Year of the Fire Dog. Tibet House US will hold its Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2018. PHILIP GLASS will be joined by Tenzin Choegyal and The Women’s Resistance Chorus and other artists. Please check the Tibet House US website regularly for updates. Concert tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling Carnegie Charge at 212.247.7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue). Please note: concert only tickets are not available through Tibet House US. A fundraising reception with the events Honorary Chairpersons and artists will be held following the performance. Tickets for the reception include prime seats at the concert. For more information or to purchase tickets for the concert and reception visit tibethouse.us or call 212.807.0563. Carnegie Hall is located at 881 Seventh Avenue (at 57th Street).

R E PAT R I AT I O N Mandala

Mandalas are among the best known Buddhist icons in the world today, and their popularity is underscored by the use of the word mandala as a synonym for sacred space in Western scholarship and by its presence in English-language dictionaries and encyclopedias. Both broadly define mandalas as a geometric design intended to symbolize the universe, and reference is made to their use in Buddhist and Hindu practices. The Sanskrit noun mandala means any circle or discoid object such as the sun or moon. In etymological studies, it is sometimes divided into manda - cream, best part, highest point - and la - signpost or completion. The combination is explained as a place or point which contains an essence. In the Vedic Brahmanas, some of the India's earliest and most influential pre-Buddhist philosophical texts, mandala already signifies a sacred enclosure and is, at times, understood to mean a place created for the performance of a certain ritual or practice, or for the use of a great teacher or mystic. Although mandalas have long been made in many materials - including sand, thread, and butter - the brightly colored and complex painting of Tibet (and to a lesser extent Nepal) are most familiar to contemporary viewers.... Mandalas are often described as cosmoplans in both the external sense, as diagrams of a cosmos, and in the internal sense, as guides to the psycho-physical practices of an adherent. Fundamentally however, mandalas represent manifestations of a specific divinity in the cosmos and as the cosmos. As such they are seen as sacred places which, by their very presence in the world, remind a viewer of the immanence of sanctity in the universe and its potential in himself. They thereby assist his progress toward enlightenment......The complicated imagery of Tibetan mandalas is detailed in texts such as the Sadhanamala or Nispannayogavali, which contain chapters devoted to the arrangement of different types of mandalas and their symbolism. They also describe the spiritual and mundane benefits obtained by creating, looking at, praying to, or meditating on these icons.

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Hevajara Mandala, 15th c., Tibet House US Repatriation Collection

These include the use of a sacred space for a spiritual process; the existence of innumerable buddhas, some of whom are not bound by time and space; the ability of these deities to create and maintain their own worlds; and the importance of mandalas as symbols of those worlds and the processes that occur within them. An understanding of the ways in which palace-architecture mandalas exemplify these ideas provides a paradigm for the development of Buddhist imagery in Asia and explicates the centrality of artistic representations of mandalas to broader religious traditions. Excerpt from: Mandala The Architecture of Enlightenment, Denise Patry Leidy

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Texts such as these were brought to Tibet from the Pala kingdom (about eighth to twelfth c.ce) of eastern India during the second major transmission of Buddhism in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Palacearchitecture mandalas, terrifying deitiesand other iconographic types associated with these texts became prominent in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflecting the spread of Unexcelled Yoga tantra during this period. Despite historic records of the transmission of these texts from India to Tibet, however, little visual evidence exists of palace-type mandalas prior to their first appearance in the Himalayas, making it difficult to trace their evolution in the art of Asia. Nonetheless, mandalas of this type can be understood as a visual synthesis of several core concepts that underlie many forms of Buddhist imagery.

GALLERY

Tibet House US Gallery hours: Monday

Lives of the Dalai Lama

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January 11, 2018, 6-8pm ON VIEW: January 11-March 1, 2018 The Lives of the Dalai Lama exhibit features a unique series of print works depicting the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. According to Tibetan Buddhism, each Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of his predecessors who are the manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, the patron saint of Tibet and Bodhisattva of Compassion. Starting with Pema Dorje (1391–1474), also known as Gendun Drup: the disciple of Tsongkhapa and founder of the Gelugpa school, the institution of the Dalai Lamas has played an important role in the development and evolution of Tibet. The title 'Dalai Lama' was created by Altan Khan (Mongolian king and Khublai Khan’s descendant) in 1578. Dalai is a Mongolic word meaning "ocean" translated as Gyatso (in Tibetan), and the Tibetan word (bla-ma) བླ་མ་ meaning master, or guru. The name was not conferred until the The Great 5th Dalai Lama incarnation in the form of Sonam Gyatso in 1578. The works on display depict the central figure of each Dalai Lama surrounded by the events in his life. Three of the works illustrate the life of His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Temba Chophel of the Norbulingka Institute presented the idea for creating this series to His Holiness in 2002. Each work was carefully researched for content, and Temba Chophel then consulted with notable lamas and scholars including Chato Rinpoche and also the Abbot of Namgyal Monastery to ensure the accuracy and details of each thangka. Temba Chophel passed away in 2007. His main disciple, Tenzin Norbu and his team, completed the series of paintings that these prints are replicas of. Only 400 of these limited edition prints were created by the Italian firm Progetto Leonardo, which has also produced limited reproductions of artworks exhibited in the Vatican Museums.

EXHIBITIONS

108 White Tara

Divine Feminine: New Masterpieces from Nepal OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 6-8pm ON VIEW: March 15-May 11, 2018 This exhibition presents new work from the Dharmapala Thangka Center in Nepal. It celebrates the significant and specific roles of female icons in the liberation and enlightenment of sentient beings. In Tibetan Buddhism, a female Buddha is considered to be the mother of all Buddhas and sentient beings. In Tantrism, female buddhas are important aspects of the enlightenment practice known as Ati yoga (maha yoga). In Tibetan art, these female icons and figures are depicted as buddhas, bodhisattvas, historical figures such as lineage founders, and also yidams and dharma protectors in peaceful, semi-wrathful or wrathful forms. This is the second showing of works from the Dharmapala Center at the Tibet House US Gallery. Master artist Karsang Lama from the Dharmapala Center is a national treasure in Nepal and a world renowned painter of traditional tangkas. His work appears in monasteries and museums in Asia, Europe and the United States. The Dharmapala Thangka Center promotes the Himalayan Buddhist art and tradition, and is affiliated with a monastic tradition of the northern Buddhist artisans of Tibet and Nepal. The Center has trained hundreds of Tangka artists over three decades. 11

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H. H. Dalai Lama’s “Force for Good” Continuation Buddhist Scientific, Ethical, and Psychological Education Prof. Robert Thurman and THUS Faculty and guests February 14, 21, 28, and April 4, 11, 18, 25 (Also to be live-streamed for subscribers) This spring we will continue our course to further H. H. the Dalai Lama’s contemporary world initiatives, from His Holiness’ American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Mind and Life science dialogues (Universe in a Single Atom) and His creation of Abhidharma 2.0 through the “Science for Monks” programs, his “secular ethics” (Ethics for the New Millennium and Beyond Religion), His nonviolent approach to conflict resolution, including His Nobel Peace Laureate activities to seek dialogue and a win-win reconciliation with China in the face of the ongoing ethnicidal policies in Tibet (Freedom in Exile and Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story), along with his emphasis on positive activism (A New Reality: Charter of Universal Responsibility), and finally, His opening up the study of the esoteric Tantras through his 34 Kalachakra Grand Initiations (The Kalachakra Initiation, Tantra in Tibet, and other such works). The “root texts” for this spring, for Part 1, will be the Noble Teaching of Vimalakirti Sutra, and for Part 2, Nagarjuna's Jewel Garland, along with selections from various other works in English translation, as well as passages from works of His Holiness. Some readings will be available for purchase, others provided online to enrollees. The course can be taken as a whole, in two separate units of three or four, or one by one. Menla retreats must be taken under separate registration with Menla. Faculty: Robert Thurman (RAFT), with participation by Dr. Thomas Yarnall, Dr. Mark Epstein, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, Dr. Isa Gucciardi, Lelung Tulku Rinpoche, and occasional guest teachers, such as Thubten Chodron (founder of Sravasti Nunnery and co-author with His Holiness of Approach to the Buddhist Path, and Buddhism: One Teacher Many Traditions) Class schedule: Part 1: February 14, 21, 28, March 7; Part 2: April 4, 11, 18, 25. Part 1: This Magical World of Shakyamuni Buddha as Revealed by Vimalakirti February 14 – Intro, How to Build a Buddhaverse and Buddhist Nondual Physics February 21 – Consolation of the Invalid - Selflesnes, Emptiness, Relativity, and Nonduality February 28 – The Inconceivable Liberation, and the Feminine Wisdom (Optional Course Enhancements: Any of the Nalanda Institute Programs) Part 2: Buddhist Ethics and the World Crisis: Counsel for Kings (Ratnavali) April 4 – The Ethics of Restraint and The Evolutionary Basis April 11 – The Ethics of Evolutionary Skill in Goodness April 18 – The Ethics of Transformation and Power April 25 – The Ethics of Cool Revolution May 2 and May 9, possible course on Mind-Transformation (Lojong) and Healing Exorcism, with Lelung Tulku Rinpoche - see website for eventual detailed course description. REGISTRATION To attend in person: General:$25/Members:$22.50 for each sesson SERIES (Part 1 & 2): General:$180/Members:$160; PART 1 or PART 2: General: $90/Members: $80. JOIN VIA WEBCAST: $7 for each session and $50 for whole series. There is no member discount for webcast. 12

Tibet House US Trips for 2018 Bhutan and Mongolia with Prof. Robert Thurman Pilgrimage to the big sky nomadic grassland of Mongolia with Prof. Robert Thurman, in THUS and GeoEx extraordinary inner-outer pilgrimage. Dates to be announced. A journey to the great sky and vast plains of Genghiz Khan, where the brave Mongolian warriors eventually turned from outer conquest of most of Eurasia to the much higher and more satisfying inner conquest in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition of mastering the inner self and attaining the bliss of unexcelled enlightenment. The pilgrimage will visit key holy sites within and without, in and near Ulan Batur as well as taste the nomadic life while staying in traditional Mongolian "gers" or yurts, where they love to encourage the theme of wide open spaces, the sky as a metaphor for the mind, mental spaciousness, horses, the horse as metaphor for the mind and energy, the wind horse, hiimur, as it is a uniquely Mongolian idea, how nomadic life and especially horse and its metaphors influenced Buddhist yoga. The horse combined with the yoga and meditation in deep wilderness surrounded by nomadic culture makes for incredibly rich internal experience. We will ride the gentle Mongolian ponies in the vast land-and-sky-scape, while witnessing a local Naadam competition and dance festival.

Return Pilgrimage to Bhutan, in-country Nov. 7-20. After a few years visiting other Buddhist lands in Asia as inner-outer pilgrims, we will return to Bhutan on this THUS and GeoEx trip. Our trips are individual retreats, where we inwardly travel contemplatively into the holy places within our human mind and spirit, while we travel into the sacred temples and nature of Bhutan, one of the two places where the living spiritual atmosphere of ancient Buddhist Tibet can still be experienced. We will visit Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Bumthang and Phobjikha - home to the famous Gangtey Gompa (monastery) and the winter home of the black necked cranes, which should be arriving while we are in the valley. During our stay, we will experience traditional Bhutanese guesthouses, some of the new luxury hotels and also a couple nights of deluxe camping in the Punakha Valley. Return pilgrims and new pilgrims are more than welcome to travel with Robert Thurman and Brent Olson on this pilgrimage to the sacred “Land of the Thunder Dragon!” For more information, call GeoEx at 1-800-777-8183 and ask for Errin or Edwin to make a deposit for either or both trips, or for more information on the Tibet House US Pilgrimages with Prof. Robert Thurman. 13

2-Part Program with Sharon Salzberg, Mark Epstein and Robert Thurman May 11-12, 2018 (Live-streamed for subscribers) Facing the Ego Sharon Salzberg, Mark Epstein, and Robert Thurman Friday, May 11; 7-9PM Both Buddhist and Western psychologies have found that the ego, the primary mechanism of defense against the unpredictability of the world, is not always to be trusted. Anxiety, depression and addiction have their roots in the ego’s misguided attempts to control our experience. Based in a belief in its own separateness, the ego all too often acts in a frightened, clumsy and inefficient manner, whispering to us in our inner thoughts and driving a wedge between self and others. While the ego is a necessary construction, it can be treacherous. It is a mistake to give it too much power. Today’s workshop, with further talk, discussion and meditation practice, will focus on bringing the ego out of its hiding places. Unless we face the ego head on, we can never find the relief and love we yearn for. General:$25/Members:$22.50

From Anxiety, Addiction and Depression to Love, Relief and Understanding: A Buddhist Approach Sharon Salzberg, Mark Epstein, and Robert Thurman Saturday, May 12; 10AM-5PM Trauma happens to everyone. The potential for it is part and parcel of the precariousness of human existence. Some traumas–loss, death, accidents, disease or abuse—are sudden and explicit; others—like lack of attunement between children and their parents—are more ongoing and subtle. But it is hard to imagine the scope of an individual life without envisioning some kind of trauma: big or little. Everyone has to deal with it some time or other and anxiety, addiction, and depression are natural reactions. Despite this fact, many people are reluctant to acknowledge their inner struggles. They shy away from facing them, in the hope that this will make them more normal. Carrying on as if their underlying feelings of disease are shameful, they stay more on the surface of themselves than need be. The Buddha, one of the world’s first great psychologists, saw this tendency toward disavowal as a problem. Always a realist, he made acknowledgement of suffering the centerpiece of his First Noble Truth. The great promise of the Buddha’s teachings is that suffering is only his First Truth. Truths Three and Four (the End of Suffering and the Eightfold Path to its relief) offers something that therapy has long aspired to but found difficult to achieve. Acknowledging the traumas in our lives is important; learning how to relate to them is crucial. This evening’s workshop will explore the Buddhist approach through talk, discussion and meditation. Saturday, May 12; 10AM-5PM | General: $80/Members:$72

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Booksigning – Advice Not Given Mark Epstein Our ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better, smarter, and more in control, is one affliction we all share. And, while our ego claims to have our best interests at heart, in its never-ending pursuit of attention and power, it sabotages the very goals it sets to achieve. In Advice Not Given, Dr. Mark Epstein reveals how Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, two traditions that developed in entirely different times and places and, until recently, had nothing to do with each other, both identify the ego as the limiting factor in our well-being, and both come

to the same conclusion: When we give the ego free reign, we suffer; but when it learns to let go, we are free. With great insight, and in a deeply personal style, Epstein offers readers a how-to guide that refuses a quick fix, grounded in two traditions devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better life. Using the Eightfold Path, eight areas of self-reflection that Buddhists believe necessary for enlightenment, as his scaffolding, Epstein looks back productively on his own experience and that of his patients. While the ideas of the Eightfold Path are as old as Buddhism itself, when informed by the sensibility of Western psychotherapy, they become something more: a road map for spiritual and psychological growth, a way of dealing with the intractable problem of the ego. Breaking down the wall between East and West, Epstein brings a Buddhist sensibility to therapy and a therapist’s practicality to Buddhism. Speaking clearly and directly, he offers a rethinking of mindfulness that encourages people to be more watchful of their ego, an idea with a strong foothold in Buddhism but now for the first time applied in the context of psychotherapy. Our ego is at once our biggest obstacle and our greatest hope. We can be at its mercy or we can learn to mold it. Completely unique and practical, Epstein’s advice can be used by all–each in his or her own way–and will provide wise counsel in a confusing world. After all, as he says, “Our egos can use all the help they can get.” —Wade Davis, author of The Serpent and the Rainbow “Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book is a tonic for the ailments of our time.” —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth “Mark Epstein’s Advice Not Given is a truly wonderful book—it held me in its intelligent, kind, and lucid grip all the way through, and gave me back to the world at the end a refreshingly bit more over myself. A true treasure of a guide to being real.” —Robert A. F. Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Buddhism at Columbia University, and author of Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet Friday, February 2, 2018 RSVP

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Happiness through Meditation Venerable Tenzin Jhyampa Ghale “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama Venerable Tenzin Jhyampa Ghale will give talk on how to achieve happiness through Meditation. As we all know, when we face various problems in our daily life, we tend to look outside for solutions rather than trying to analyze and search for these solutions within. We become frustrated when we are not able to see the bigger picture, or, from a wider perspective, to correctly analyze the problem and find a realistic solution, to bring peace of mind. Instead of facing a problem, some try to avoid it by relying on unhealthy substances. However if we study carefully, we will realize that the real helper is meditation. Meditation can be used to analyze and see a problem from many perspectives, provide us with better understanding of the problem, and thereby help us achive both temporary and permanent solutions. When we consider all negative that is happening to us is someone else's fault, or from something outside of ourselves, then we will never find happiness. Instead if we start to realize that everything relevant to our negative experiences and their solutions springs only from ourselves, we will learn both peace and joy. With practice one will in this way be able to completely free oneself from destructive or negative emotions. Friday, January 19; 7-9PM General:$25/Members:$22.50

The Ancient Tibetan profound words of Tonpa Shenrab Latri Khenpo Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche Yungdrung Bön is Tibet’s oldest spiritual tradition. It has rich traditions and a sophisticated set of philosophies and teachings. These teachings and practices help to cultivate the heart-mind of compassion, healing, forgiveness, and clarity, bring peace into your life, and ultimately lead to enlightenment. Yungdrung Bön, generally known as the Nine Ways of Bön, can be categorized into three main sets of teachings. These three sets are known as the Outer, Inner, and Secret teachings (Sanskrit Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen.) Each of these sets of teachings is a complete system of spiritual development, that can lead the practitioner to attain enlightenment. Yungdrung Bön practitioners may choose to practice one, or more, of these sets of teachings, based on their capacity of understanding and the suitability of the practice. Latri Khenpo Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche will talk of the history of Bön, its traditions, it’s practice and its healing benefits to all sentient beings. This talk is the preliminary talk to this weekend’s teaching of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab’s Profound Words of Wisdoms. We welcome you to participate to this wonderful talk on Yungdrung Bön and to continue your weekend with the teaching of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab’s Four Profound Words of Wisdoms. Friday, Feburary 9; 7-9PM General:$25/Members:$22.50 Buddha Tonpa Shenrab’s Profound Words Of Wisdoms Latri Khenpo Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche Tonpa Shenrab, the Completely Enlightened One, the founder of the Yungdrung Bön religion, was born 18,000 years ago in the land of Olmo Lung Ring. Before he attained enlightenment (Buddhahood), he went through the six realms of cyclic existence in countless births. He entered the door of enlightenment through the practices of accumulating merit and purifying himself, resulting in the attainment of the transcendental qualities of loving kindness and compassion. He is superior among all the exalted enlightened beings and is dedicated to the liberation of all sentient beings. In order to rescue them, he turned the Dharma Wheel of Bön three times, as an antidote to all suffering.Today, through an unbroken lineage, the teachings of Tonpa Shenrab are the fundamental essence of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. Tonpa Shenrab instructed his fellow disciples to be true practitioners by implementing the teachings of Bön in everyday life, to heal both the physical and mental blockage we hold within us. In this teaching, Latri Khenpo Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche will share Tonpa Shenrab’s Four Profound Words,

guiding us through their meaning and how we can apply this wisdom in our daily lives to improve our wellbeing. The teaching will progress from an understanding of the Dzogchen view of Bön, to the right manner of conduct, to unconditional compassion. This teaching gives us the essence of Sutra, Tantra and Dozgchen, and how to realize them in our daily lives. Rinpoche will also give us a deeper understanding of the Ten Perfections. He will teach us to apply this practice in our daily lives, beginning at a simple level and growing gradually with mindfulness and consistency. February 10-11, 2018 | 10am – 5pm General:$225/Members:$202.50 Learning the Revolutionary Practice of Effortless Mindfulness Loch Kelly Tibetan Buddhist teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, said: “There are two types of mindfulness: deliberate and effortless.” Deliberate mindfulness includes one-pointed focus, lovingkindness and nonjudgmentally observing the changing contents of our mind and body. This experiential workshop will teach you the second approach, called effortless mindfulness, not because no initial effort is made, but because you can discover an awareness that is already awake, compassionately connected and able to focus effortlessly. This workshop is for beginners, for those that have had a struggle with concentration or long sitting practices and for long time meditators who are ready to go the the next stage of mindfulness to support living an awakened life. In this day of retreat you will learn through small glimpses, or shifts, of awareness rather than long sittings. These glimpses can be done during your daily life with eyes open.The method we will learn is how to unhook awareness from our thoughtbased separate sense of self and have it turn around to be aware from our already awake nature of mind. Rather than concentrating to calm and focus your mind, we will learn to intentionally shift into awake awareness, which is already calm, intelligent and natural compassionate. We will experientially shift through a map of the five levels of mind to glimpse our open-hearted embodied awake nature. "Personally, I’m thankful to Loch for offering this gift to humanity at this crucial time when so many people are looking for living spirituality free from outdated paradigms.” Anam Thubten, Author of No Self, No Problem. Saturday, February 24; 10AM-4PM General:$80/Members:$72

Tibet House US/Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science Co-sponsored Program Becoming Your Own Therapist: Contemplative Psychology for Everyday Life Miles Neale Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science offers the Sustainable Happiness Program tailored to help you build a contemplative life in our high-stress age. Each course integrates three core disciplines of contemplative learning: knowledge, meditation, and action, and involves weekly two-hour classes, homework practice based on assigned texts and meditations, as well as a final, take-home essay exam. Courses culminate with a daylong retreat, reinforcing the insights, skills, and life strategies taught in the preceding classes. Mind is the single most crucial variable in determining the quality of our experience, either happiness or suffering, and yet our modern institutions have largely failed to prepare us for how to live a contented life. The second course of Nalanda Institute’s four-year Sustainable Happiness Program – our “College for Contemplative Living” - empowers you to become your own therapist with insights and skills drawn from both ancient Buddhist psychology as well as current developments in interpersonal neurobiology. We will explore how the mind, brain and nervous system function to create states of distress and ease, the relationship between karma and trauma, the nature of perception and self-construction and how to cultivate insight, emotional balance and neural integration. As for practice, the course places mindfulness meditation back into its traditional Buddhist context and guides you through the gradual, five-step methodology outlined in the ancient Nalanda tradition: positive motivation, analytic reflection, focused contemplation, discursive learning, and practical application. When mindfulness is combined with self-analysis, ethics, deep-breathing and loving-kindness, you’ll have a comprehensive tool-kit designed for self-healing, liberating insight and life-change.All levels welcome, even if you have not taken the first course. This course culminates with a Saturday retreat. March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9 Single session: General:$25/Members:$22.50 Series (6 sessions): General:$135/Members:$121.50 Tibet House US/Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science Co-sponsored Program Retreat: Mastering Your Inner Therapist: Contemplative Practice for Everyday Life Miles Neale Yoga and meditation have exploded in our culture, but remain largely secular versions of stripped down techniques removed

from their original Indian and Tibetan contemplative psychologies. In this day-long, experiential workshop we’ll review and practice the major skills that comprise our foundational tool-kit for self-mastery within its classic context. The morning session features an artfully curated sequence of silent, led yoga postures, breath-work, chanting, mindfulness, self-analysis, and lovingkindness. The afternoon session features a discussion of the Indo-Tibetan psychology underpinning our tool-kit and how, together, the map and skills can empower you to master your own mind and body for self-healing, liberating insight and life-change. All levels welcome, even if you did not take the associated series. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat if you have one. Saturday, April 14; 10AM-5PM General:$80/Members:$72 Compassion Cultivation Training Elizabeth Pyjov Compassion is the most talked about and rapidly developing topic in psychology and neuroscience. You can discover it for yourself in this enormously popular eight-week course. Using the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, meditation, lectures, readings, exercises, and class discussion, students learn to have a composed and compassionate attitude to the challenges of everyday life. This one of a kind class was created by Stanford neuroscientists, psychologists, and contemplative scholars under the direction of Thupten Jinpa at the Stanford Medical School Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, created in part by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The class takes a secular, scientific approach to compassion and includes both an academic component and learning by doing and trying it out yourself. After becoming one of the most popular classes at Stanford University, it is now taught to students at Columbia University and to the general public at Tibet House in New York City. It is also one of Tibet House’s most sought after courses. Research conducted on this course shows that it increases happiness and overall positive emotions, reduces stress and anxiety, enhances feelings of connection, decreases worry, and leads to a more caring, compassionate attitude toward oneself and others. Included in Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training are a new recorded meditation for each week in mp3 format, a weekly supplementary reading or lecture on the science of compassion by a renowned psychology or neuroscience researcher, support in starting and maintaining regular meditation practice, and access to a monthly drop-in class after the course is over.

You are allowed to miss any two class sessions. There are no walks-ins for individuals classes – you can only register for the full course. Please register online in advance, as this class sells out quickly and there are no registrations at the door. Space is limited, and once the class fills up, registration will close. What Former Tibet House Students Say about the Course: “Taking the course allowed me to be more aware of my objectives, understand what really makes me feel well, and learn to better deal with suffering. More than that, the course taught me to perceive my every day experiences in a new way. I am now more objective in judging life events and less anxious and distressed in receiving them. Learning and applying the material of the course has also led to more rewarding interpersonal relationships and a deeper sense of connecting with any person I meet.” —Andrew Zampieri, Ph.D. Student, Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences “Terrific class and teaching. I’ve studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jack Kornfield, the Insight teachers and others – but the wayElizabeth teaches helps access the information as if by osmosis.” —Nan Lee, Architectural Designer Free Talk: Wednesday, May 30; 7-9PM - RSVP Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30PM June 6, 13, 21, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1 General:$325/Members:$295.50 Cultivating Communities and Hearts That Change the World Brooke D. Lavelle, PhD and Scott Tusa We live in trying times, yet we at Courage of Care firmly believe that we have the capacity to wisely, fiercely and creatively respond to the challenges before us from a radical stance of love and compassion that helps us work for and on behalf of all. Many of find ourselves these days called to alleviate pain, suffering and injustice. Some of us are already doing this work through teaching, parenting, social service work, social activism or other myriad ways of helping in the world. Yet many of us find ourselves burning out, partly because we are overworked and under-supported, but also because of a deep sense of isolation and a hopeless feeling that there is little we can ultimately do to transform the systems in which we live and work. Our work at Courage aims to address these sources of burnout by helping us learn practices for being at home with ourselves in more caring and sustaining ways; by helping us sense we are not alone in this work; and by inspiring us to consider ways of building more courageous, compassionate communities of care. In this day-long workshop, we will: • review the basic science of compassion, empathy and burnout

• learn sustainable compassionate practices for receiving care, deep self care and extending care • explore obstacles to compassion and methods for overcoming those obstacles • envision more caring, sustainable systems and learn basic tools for creating more compassionate, just communities. This retreat is ideal and appropriate for all. No prior experience necessary. Please join us! Saturday, May 5th, 2018; 10am-3pm Genera:$80/Members:$72 A Light on the Path to Inner Wisdom Scott Tusa Starting in April, Scott Tusa will be in residence to guide and help launch a twelve week practicum focused on developing a personal relationship to the Buddhist path. Through a combination of experiential learning and meditation, the series will explore the intersections of core Buddhist principles and our everyday lives, where integrative practices meet our own inner potential. Along with weekly teachings and discussions, each four week module will include readings and practice recommendations to support participants in both their understanding and personal paths. We hope you can join us for this exciting new series, and please stay tuned for more information! Scott Tusa is a Buddhist teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. He teaches meditation and Buddhist psychology nationally and supports Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Pundarika Sangha as a practice advisor. He trained in Buddhist philosophy and meditation with some of the greatest living masters since his early twenties, including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and Tulku Sangag Rinpoche. Ordained by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, he spent nine years as a Buddhist monk, with much of that time engaged in solitary meditation retreat and study in the United States, India, and Nepal. For more information please visit his website: scotttusa.com. April 30, May 7, 14, 21, June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6 Single session: General:$25/Members:$22.50 Series (12 sessions): General:$300/Members:$270 For more information, visit: tibethouse.us

WEEKLY MEDITATION CLASSES

Offered on donation (dana) basis — Suggested donation: $10 (Cash Only)

LUNCH-TIME MEDITATION MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 1:00–1:45PM Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and reestablish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world. Join Nalanda Institute faculty as they lead Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime meditation sessions at Tibet House US. Mondays: Susanna Nicholson (Jan. 8, 22), Scott Tusa (Jan. 29, Feb. 5), Scott Tusa (Feb. 12, 26) Tuesdays: Mindy Newman | Wednesdays: Kristen McKee | Thursdays: Mary Reilly Nichols

INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION | TUESDAYS, 7:00–9:00PM Tibet House US introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars). Tibet House US shrine & gallery will be open for silent individual meditation at 6PM, instruction begins at 7PM. Each session is intended to stand alone, attendence at previous sessions is not required. Room is set up with both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary. Jan. 2: Maria Perez, Jan. 9: Mindy Newman, Jan. 16: Megan Mook, Jan.23 & 30: Sharon Salzberg

OVERVIEW OF THE ESSENTIAL LAM RIM TEACHINGS GESHE THUPTEN KUNKEN MONDAYS, 7-9PM | JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 2018 (no class on Federal Holidays) Ven. Geshe Kunkhen will present an overview of the essential Lam Rim teachings of Lama Tsong Khapa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment during this ongoing three-year course, which will cover the small, medium, and large scope of these profound teachings. Classes will consist of lecture and discussion on the overall text, meditation, as well as time for Q&A. Geshe Kunkhen will share his understanding of these teachings and the course will explore topics such as an exploration of meditation, precious human life with liberty and opportunity, contemplating leisure, among other topics. Suggested reading: The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Volume 1); hardcover, by TsongKha-Pa (Author); translation edited by Joshua W. C. Cutler “Upon reading Je Tsong Khapa’s treatise, the reader may experience a paradigm shift from a self-centered individual concerned with his own happiness to a bodhisattva for whom the happiness of others has become the ultimate concern.” — Robert Thurman 19

NEWS FROM MENLA

2017 marked Menla’s 15th retreat season, and it proved to be by far our busiest year to date. 2017 was also the first year that Menla was fully open to the public, apart from group retreats, for day spa visits and basic overnight stays with meals. Locals and those with vacation homes in the Catskills are now welcome to book individual spa appointments, splurge on spa packages, or even luxuriate with half- and full-day spa mini-retreats, while also enjoying access to our outdoor pool, fitness room, and private hiking trails. Day spa visitors are also welcome to purchase individual meals in our dining rooms at Lhasa Inn. Additionally, individuals, couples, and small groups of friends now have the freedom to create their own custom Personal Getaways, allowing them to book a room at Menla and enjoy our healthy delicious cuisine without committing to a full retreat or group getaway schedule. Those who opt to create their own Getaway can also choose from a variety of individual activities and services, including guided hikes, yoga instruction, meditation, bonfires, and more, and of course treat themselves to our full menu of spa services and therapy packages, including our signature Tibetan healing therapies. Visit our website (www.menla. org) and treat yourself and a loved one to a Personal Getaway, and enjoy the many benefits Menla has to offer apart from our group retreats. Menla recently renamed our one-of-a-kind Tibetan destination spa, which had initially been called the Mahasukha (Sanskrit for “Great Bliss”) Spa, and it is now the Dewa Spa. “Dewa”, the Tibetan word for happiness, simply evokes the Tibetan essence of our spa, as well as being shorter and easier to pronounce! The Dewa Spa is very happy to announce that we are partnering with ila (www.ila-spa.com), a premier English health and beauty product company, in the creation of seven new products under the Dewa brand. These products are currently being developed and should be available starting in 2018. In other news, Menla is adding Buddhist Recovery retreats to its annual curriculum. Like many communities throughout America, the Catskills has seen a dramatic increase in recent years in the number of opioid-related deaths and overdoses, and nationally there has been rising recognition of the perva-

ME sive problem of addiction, in all its various forms. In the spirit of the Buddha, who recognized that all suffering actually stems from addictions of various kinds and that the only lasting solution is spiritual self-transformation, Menla is interested in helping to provide solutions to this epidemic by fostering addiction recovery learning opportunities to supplement the existing 12-step community and local rehabs and to offer those already on the path to recovery a place to deepen their inner work. We are delighted to welcome Dr Valerie Mason-John—co-author and co-founder of the award winning book and program Eight Step Recovery Using The Buddha's Teachings to Overcome Addiction—to our annual faculty. Valerie will co-teach with different Dharma practitioners leading in the field of Buddhism and addiction recovery, including Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at Time and A Burning Desire in 2018, as well as both Noah Levine of Dharma Punx/Refuge Recovery and Loch Kelly, author of Shift into Freedom in 2019. Menla’s facilities continue to undergo important upgrades and renovations. We are pleased to announce that in 2017 we expanded our wifi network to include all guest meeting spaces and all guest housing and many outdoor areas. We have partnered with a local watershed protection agency to continue removing Japanese barberry and other invasive species threatening our forest ecology and replace them with native plant species, thanks to grant money available from New York State. Menla is also adding a new meeting space in the spring of 2018— a 30 foot yurt which will provide a private intimate meeting space for guests attending Spa Getaways and Cleanses. We are also in the beginning stages of renovating our Vintage Barn, a beloved guest meeting space and, at almost 200 years old, Menla’s oldest building. The Barn is in need of new windows, insulation, siding, a new bathroom, a new heating system, and we intend to convert the unused storage/utility room into a small new kitchen, to allow us to cater specially to our growing clientele of people on cleanses or other Spa Getaways. If you or anyone you know is interested in making tax-deductible donations for the needed renovations, please contact Michael Burbank at mburbank@menla.org.

Real Love: Buddhist & Bhakti Practices of the Heart Krishna Das & Sharon Salzberg November 15 – 18, 2018

TIBET HOUSE US RETREATS AT MENLA

Annual New Year’s Dharma & Yoga Retreat Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, Carolyn Christie, & Brooke Myers Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 1, 2019

Kalachakra Tantra: Study & Practice Intensive Robert Thurman & Friends February 19-25 (Module 1) February 25-28 (Module 2)

PERSONAL GETAWAYS

Friends of Fungi: A Hiking, Foraging, & Mushroom Cultivation Retreat John Michelotti May 11 – 13, 2018

Fresh Start 2018 Winter Juice Cleanse Kersten Chisti Dryden, HHC January 12 – 15, 2018 (MLK Day Weekend)

Volunteer Hiking Trail Restoration Weekend 1 Menla Staff & Friends May 17 – 20, 2018

Divine Mirrors: Deepening Conscious Connection in Relationships (Valentine’s Couples’ Getaway) Rebecca Wong, Kersten Chisti Dryden, & Michael G. Burbank February 14 – 19, 2018 (Valentine’s through Presidents’ Day)

Volunteer Hiking Trail Restoration Weekend 2 Menla Staff & Friends May 31 – June 3, 2018

Menla’s Spring Cleanse Getaway Kersten Chisti Dryden, HHC May 14 – 20, 2018

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Tibetan Dream Yoga Dr. Nida Chenagtsang & Robert Thurman October 10 – 14, 2018

Born to the atomic age, the young Dalai Lama is only ten years old when the World War is suddenly ended by two nuclear explosions over Japan. Heinrich Harrer is one of two Austrian mountaineers who have escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp in India and fled into the vast Himalayan expanses of Tibet. They are received in Lhasa with hospitality and honored as explorers and educators.

H. H. the Dalai Lama on nuclear weapons / nuclear war “By far the greatest single danger facing humankind—in fact, all living beings on our planet—is the threat of nuclear destruction. I need not elaborate on this danger, but I would like to appeal to all the leaders of the nuclear powers who literally hold the future of the world in their hands, to the scientists and technicians who continue to create these awesome weapons of destruction, and to all the people at large who are in a position to influence their leaders: I appeal to them to exercise their sanity and begin to work at dismantling and destroying all nuclear weapons. “We know that in the event of a nuclear war there will be no victors, because there will be no survivors! Is it not frightening just to contemplate such inhuman and heartless destruction? And is it not logical that we should remove the cause for our own destruction when we know the causes and have both the time and the means to do so?” “We know that to wage a nuclear war today . . . would be a form of suicide; or that to pollute the air or the oceans in order to achieve some short-term benefit would be to destroy the very basis for our survival.” “I was saddened by the U.S. leaving the Paris climate accord. . . . America, the most industrialized nation and the leading nation of the free world, should take more active responsibility regarding ecology.” is land occupied and his Tibetan people oppressed, their religion banned and their culture demeaned and under attack, the Dalai Lama today embodies their hope for the future. He descends from the ultimately victorious tradition of peace and nonviolence honored by the lives of Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mahatma Gandhi, ultimately deriving from Christ, Buddha, and all great spiritual teachers. In a world ravaged by political, environmental, and ideological upheaval, the Dalai Lama serves as an ethical anchor and an uplifting exemplar of self-transcendence. Man of Peace presents the illustrated story of his amazing life and vision—a moving work of political and historical nonfiction brought to life in the graphic novel form—here for all to see and understand.

You can find your copy of Man of Peace, already in its second printing, in your favorite on-line or material-reality bookstore. An e-book version is also available.

“We can all learn a great deal from reading about the Dalai Lama’s life. Read this beautiful book and be inspired by the extraordinary way that he has transcended even the most heartbreaking suffering,

“Unthinkable to use nuclear weapons—unthinkable. Now we must seriously make efforts, step by step, for a nuclear-free world.”

Coming of age during the postwar period of Communist expansion, the Dalai Lama leads the Tibetan people in nonviolent resistance to Chinese military occupation, even as the Communist blocs of Russia and China (the USSR and PRC) develop and test their own increasingly powerful atomic weapons. Aware of the potential for catastrophe to humanity and global ecology contained in the stockpiling of ever more powerfully lethal weapons, he adheres tenaciously to the principles of nonviolence espoused by Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King while seeking justice and speaking the truth. He exercises this freedom in the service of world disarmament and demilitarization, which he views as essential to the establishment of a world dialogue among equals. Only twenty-seven years after the first use of an atomic weapon, in 1971, growing conflicts and sectarian strife in southeast Asia, including genocidal massacres, lead to confrontations between nuclear powers. The likelihood of a military clash has never been greater. The Dalai Lama keeps the two potential perpetrators of nuclear annihilation in his fervent prayers. (See overleaf.) Today, many years after that historic event, he has begun to speak out again, in terms more urgent than ever, against the stockpiling of armaments that are a lasting risk to all life. —William Meyers

“I pray that there will be concerted and vigorous efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.”

DIRECTORY TIBET HOUSES Tibet House- New Delhi Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Rd. New Delhi 110003 INDIA Phone: + (91) 11-24611515 office@tibethouse.in The House of Tibet-Sweden Vivstavarvsvägen 200, 122 43 Enskede SWEDEN Phone: + (46) 8-643 49 47 info@tibet-school.org www.tibet-school.org Casa Del Tibet Barcelona Fundació Casa del Tíbet Carrer Rossello 181 08036 Barcelona SPAIN Phone: +(34) 93-207-5966 info@casadeltibetbcn.org www.casadeltibetbcn.org TibetHaus Deutschland Kaufunger Str. 4 60486 Frankfurt am Main Germany +49-(0)69 7191 3595 info@tibethaus.com Tibet Haus Berlin Zossener Str. 19 10961 Berlin Germany + 41 306 94 8948 www.tibethaus-berlin.de Tibet House Brazil Alameda Lorena, 349 Jardins São Paulo - SP 01404-000, Brazil Phone: +55 (113) 052-1586 www.tibethouse.org.br Tibet House Holland Pakhuisplein 41 1531 MZ Wormer THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +(31) 0-6-43119269 www.tibethouse.nl Tibet House California 2620 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95816 Phone: 916-572-3276 www.thcal.us Casa Tibet Mexico Anexo Cultural Center in Mexico Tuxpan 2, Roma Sur 06760 Cindad de Mexico CDMX Mexico Phone: +52 (555) 264-4163 Tibet House Foundation Varosmajor u. 23 Budapest XII 1122 HUNGARY Phone: + (36-1) 355-1808

Tibet Culture House - Italy Via P. Gobetti 3 20093 Cologno Monzese Milano, ITALY Phone: + (02) 2532-287 www.tibetculturehouseitaly.org

The Tibet Fund 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 213-5011 info@tibetfund.org www.tibetfund.org

Tibet House Moscow Rozhdestvensky blvrd, 19 107045, Moscow RUSSIA Phone: + (7) 495-621-61-85 moscow@tibethouse.ru www.tibethouse.ru

Tibet Justice Center 440 Grand Avenue, Suite 425 Oakland, CA 94610 Phone: (510) 486-0588 tjc@tibetjustice.org www.tibetjustice.org

Tibet House Switzerland Foundation Via Maggio 1 6900 Lugano SWITZERLAND Phone: + (41) 76 571 7273

Tibetan Community of New York & New Jersey 32-01 57th Street Woodside, NY 11377 www.tcnynj.org info@tcnynj.org

Tibet Open House Ven. Yeshi Gawa Phone: +420 (222) 954-490 Email: yeshi@tibetopenhouse.cz www.tibetopenhouse.cz

United States Tibet Committee (USTC) 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 481-3569 ustc@igc.org www.ustibetcommittee.org

TIBET ORGANIZATIONS Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) 1825 Eye St. NW St. 400 Washington, DC 20006 info@tibetanculture.org www.tibetanculture.org Dokham Chushi Gangdruk Contact: Gytatso New York, USA Phone: (917) 361-8566 Email: contact@chushigangdruk.org International Campaign for Tibet 1825 Jefferson Place,NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 785-1515 info@savetibet.org www.savetibet.org International Tibet Independent Movement P.O. Box 592 Fishers, IN 46038-0592 Phone: (317) 579-9015 rangzen@aol.com www.rangzen.com Office of Tibet 1228 17th Street NW Washington, DC, 20036 Phone: (212) 213-5010 Fax: (703) 349-7444 otdc@tibet.net www.tibetoffice.org Students for a Free Tibet 602 East 14 Street, 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10009 Phone: (212) 358-0071 info@studentsforafreetibet.org www.studentsforafreetibet.org

Voices of Tibet Tibetan Oral History Project 595 Main Street, Suite 203 NewYork, NY 10044 Contact: Tashi Chodron Phone: (212) 355-1527 tashi@voicesoftibet.org www.voicesoftibet.org FRIENDS OF TIBET ORGANIZATIONS Bay Area Friends of Tibet 1310 Fillmore Street, Ste. 401 San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415) 409-6353 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org www.friends-of-tibet.org Los -Angeles Friends of Tibet Facebook page: https://facebook. com/Los-Angeles-Friends-of-Tibet-132968430570/ Project Tibet Inc. 403 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 982-3002 info@projecttibet.org San Diego Friends of Tibet lesli.bandy@gmail.com Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet Contact: Kevin Young Phone: (805) 564-3400 Tibetan Bridge 325 West 37th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10018 Fax: (212) 290-0214 samten@tibetanbridge.org www.tibetanbridge.org

Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center 3655 S Snoddy Rd Bloomington, IN 47401 Phone: (812) 336-6807 www.tmbcc.org tmbcc.kcl@gmail.com Tibetan Youth Congress 32-01 57th Street Woodside, NY 11377 www.tibetanyouthcongress.us RESTAURANTS *Cafe Tibet Brooklyn* 1510 Cortelyou Road Brooklyn, NY 11226 Phone: (718) 941-2725 *Friends Corner Cafe 74-17 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-6777 Tibetan Dumpling Cafe 49-08 Queens Blvd. Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 507-1555 Gakyizompe 47-11 47th Avneue Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (917) 832-6919 Gangjong Kitchen 72-24 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Height, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 848-0349 *Himalayan Yak Restaurant* 72-20 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 1372 Phone: (718) 779-1119 Momo Ramen 78 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 622 4813 Punda 39-35 47th Avenue Sunnyside, NY 11104 Phone: (718) 806-1845 *Phayul* 37-65 74 Street, Fl. 2 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 424-1869 Shangrila 129 2nd Ave. New York, NY 10003 *Wasabi Point* 76-18 Woodside Avenue Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 205-1056 Ramen Thukpa 70 7th Avenue New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 929-2188

*Spicy Tibet* 75-04 Roosevelt Ave Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-7500 STORES *Beautiful Tibet Inc.* 322 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 414-2773 info@beautifultibetstore.com www.beautifultibetstore.com Dharmaware Inc. 54 Tinker Street #E Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: US: (888) 679-4900 Intl: (845) 679-4900 www.dharmaware.com Distinctly Himalayan Imports Wholesale 6565 Spring Brook Avenue, Ste.5 Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Phone: (845) 876-6331 sales@distinctlyhimalayan.com www.distinctlyhimalayan.com *Do Kham* 51 Prince Street New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 966-2404 www.dokham.com *Dolma Inc.* 417 Lafayette Street, Fl. 2 New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5525 dolmarugs@gmail.com www.dolmarugs.com dZi - Tibet Collection Phone: 800-318-5857 info@tibetcollection.com www.dzi.com East Village Cheese 80 E 7th St New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 477-2601 *Eastern Knots, Inc.* Handmade Tibetan Rugs Phone: (646) 894-5476 info@easternknots.com Gateway to Tibet- Zagyal Studio elizabeth@gatewayoftibet.com www.gatewaytotibet.com Himalayan Arts Gift Shop 10 Main Street Water St.Market #408 New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 256-1940

Himalayan Eyebrow Threading Salon 75 West 47th St. 2 Fl. New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 840-0084 37- 65A 74th Street 2 Fl. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 478-4004 *Himalayan Crafts* 2007 Broadway New York, NY 10023 Phone: (212) 787-8500 Fax: (212) 787-8548 himacraft@aol.com www.himalayancraft.com *Himalayan Vision* 127 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 254-1952 Jewels of Buddha 28-42 Steinway Street Astoria, NY 11103 dobelgasi@hotmail.com jphuntsok@yahoo.com Phone: (646) 784-7875 *Kathmandu Artifacts* 4625 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 Phone: (412) 742-4461 *Land of Buddha* 128 MacDougal Street New York NY 10012 Phone: (646) 602-6588 sales@lobny.com www.lobny.com *Mandala Tibet Saint Marks Place* 17 Saint Mark’s Place New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 260-1550 mandalatibet@aol.com www.mandalatibet.com *Mandala Tibet - Park Slope* 59 7th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 789-0071 mandalatibet@aol.com www.mandalatibet.com *Mandala Tibet - Bedford* 132 North 5 Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (718) 302-0005 mandalatibet@aol.com www.mandalatibet.com *Modern Tibet* 103 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 Phone: (646) 613-0600 www.moderntibet.com

Pema New York 225 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (718) 388-8814 www.pemany.com Pemcho Design Designer Pema Chodon Phone: (718) 205-7820 pemcho4@hotmail.com Potala Tibetan Store 46-07 90th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 255 5833 www.potala.com RALO Authentic Tibetan Rugs 50 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 Phone: (212) 966-7661 Email: tsering@ralocarpets.com www.ralotibetanrugs.com Real Things Handcrafted yoga mats and meditation cushions Phone: (416) 788-3755 connect@realthings.ca *Sega Carpet New York Inc * 117 Greewich Ave. New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 727-8084 tenzin917@hotmail.com *SEMBA* 316 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 727-8030 semba4u@aol.com *Shangri-La Day Spa* 247 West 72 Street New York, NY 10023 Phone: (212) 579-0615 www.shangri-ladayspa.com Tea Tibet Phone: (503) 224-7331 www.teatibet.org *Tibet Jewels* 197 Bleecker Street NewYork, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 260-5880 jyambala279@gmail.com *Tibet Carpet Inc.* 29 Howard Street New York, NY 10013 Phone:(212) 966-7661 www.tibetcarpet.com *Tibet Gallery* 1916 13th Street Boulder, CO 80302 Contact: Tenzin Pasang Phone: (303) 402-0140 www.tibetgallery.net

Tibet Supply Himalayan Buddhist supplies Phone: (347) 409-2931 www.tibetsupply.com *Tibetan Art & Crafts* 7 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: (845) 679-2097 www.tibetanartsncrafts.com *Vision of Tibet I* 4225A Main Street Philadelphia, PA 19127 Phone: (215) 930-0388 Windhorse Trading Inc. 3920 35th Avenue Ste. 2nd Fl. Astoria, NY 11106 Phone: (718) 604 9565 *Wisdom of Tibet* 34 Carmine Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 255-2077 wisdomoftibet@yahoo.com *Yak Mountain Looms* 36789 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94536 Phone: (510) 708-1896 www.ymlooms.com TIBETAN NANNY HOUSEKEEPING Good Heart Employment Agency 41-15 75st (Office -2) Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 458-4588 (516) 444-9915 Tibet Agency 85-17 60th Drive Middle Village, NY 11379 Phone: (646) 641-6048 Email: tsech64@yahoo.com Tibetan Care, LLC 349 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Phone (917) 628-5390 Email: pema@tibetancarenyc.com website: tibetancarenyc.com Tibetan Nannies 68-01 Central Avenue Flushing, NY 11385 Phone: (646) 266-9694 Tibetan Nanny/Housekeeping 37-05 74th Street, 3rd Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Contact: Pasang Tsering Phone: (718) 775-3881 (516) 444-99915 Tibetan Nanny 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone: (212) 335-0017