DRUM Newsletter -Winter 2018 - Issue 27.2

TIBET HOUSE US 1 Winter 2018 - Issue 27.2

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT DEAR THUS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF TIBET, he gave me a beautiful, consecrated statue of the Dharma King Songzen Gampo (ca.597-649 CE) , who commenced the multi-century job of July 7, 2018 - H. H. Dalai Lama’s 83rd Birthday (84th in Tibetan custom) Greetings members and friends of Tibet House US. It is a great pleasure to write to you on the day after His Holiness’ birthday, as we remember last evening’s celebration at the THUS Cultural Center in New York City. The very kind Phari Rinpoche of Sera Jey monastery with five of his students presided at last night’s party and birthday cake offering, leading a chant including the All–Good Bodhisattva Prayer, a mandala offering, and prayer to all holy human and divine beings for the long life of His Holiness, repeating the following refrain: We pray to you with very strong devotion— That the life of Tenzin Gyatso, Savior of Tibet, May remain unended for at least a hundred aeons— Bless him to achieve his beloved goals with ease!

Such is the devotion of the people of Tibet, who are specially blessed on earth to live under the loving care of their savior, not waiting for a long departed spiritual leader and teacher to return to lift them up out of their sufferings. Avalokiteshvara, Chenrezik, the Loving (not “the dominating”) God, is the Universalist Buddhist image for the living compassion of all buddha beings. Such is Tibetan culture, that one of the ways imperfect human beings can still thrive, even through hardships, is when they feel their ultimate refuge and tireless supporter is living right along with them. The great multiplier of that feeling is their common-sense feeling of the continuum of lives, their own and their savior figure’s, who keeps on coming back to them, life after life, having transcended any terminal death.

Today on a subliminal level this sense has gone global, as most citizens informed by mass media have become aware of the presence of H. H. the Dalai Lama. They don’t really know why they are drawn to him, why his presence gives them comfort—when John Oliver’s show on the Dalai Lama interviewed random folks in the street, they each said they liked him, but none could say quite why, who he is or what he does. For some of us, after many years of knowing him and thinking more often about him and his deeds, this sense of comfort has become more conscious. We at THUS, and you, dear members and supporters, just feel honored to work for and support his cultural center in America and Tibet’s cultural embassy, a node in the worldwide Tibet House network. When I am present at THUS in New York or at Menla upstate, I just feel good, hopeful, energized and way less troubled than usual by everything chaotic going on around us these strange days.

I was very lucky already this year to meet His Holiness twice. I met him in March in Dharamsala where I attended the very wonderful Mind and Life conference and enjoyed His Holiness’ delight in hearing about all the wonderful innovations in schools in certain states in the US, in Canada, and in India. Teachers are inspired by neuroscientific discoveries about how ethical awareness and mindful meditation can benefit the brain, developing emotional intelligence and meditational self-regulation, and how children are encouraged to be kind to each other and feel better about themselves.

We had a wonderful meeting and he expressed his determination to help THUS develop and expand for the long term. I was deeply moved when

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creating the Buddhafied Tibetan peaceful enlightenment-oriented culture that gradually replaced its imperialist one. The next time I met him was in June in Riga, Latvia, where he traveled all the way from Dharamsala to give three days of morning teachings and blessings to over 4000 mainly Russians and Mongolians, while the brilliant Yangten Rinpoche, our board member Tenzin Priyadarshi, and yours truly gave some additional afternoon talks, with simultaneous translation into Russian and other languages. It is always a privilege to speak in the field of His Holiness’ presence, since everyone feels so uplifted already.

Let us approach the current tragedies and sufferings with a positive outlook. Resist we must with all our might, but we will be so much more effective if we can muster the energy from cheerful boldness rather than anger and fury. The injustice, violence, and stupidity that we daily confront all comes from the root of people feeling that everything is hopeless.

This justifies us deep in our minds for not really going all out to change things for the better, of course taking some actions but not really giving it our total commitment. What we need to do is see the larger picture with compassion, and so cultivate joy, even bliss, no matter what. This is the source of strength with which we encourage others to make their own positive differences.

Join us often this fall for classes and exhibitions, both at Menla and THUS in the city. Our fall Auction Gala is on December 11, and there will be great bargains and lots of fun. We will have the Great Prayer Festival Concert at Carnegie Hall on February 7, right after the Tibetan Lunar New Year of the Earth Pig! Pig Years are "obstacle years" for His Holiness, so each of us needs to do something special to clear problems for His Holiness and his beloved people and their precious culture!

Dear THUS friends, you are loving Tibet by giving and working with us to save its culture.You know that life on this earth without Tibet’s unique art of freedom, its beauty and joy—its teaching of both the blissful grace of every moment blessed by competent compassionate beings and also the inspiring 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 generous support, and all blessings for health and happiness during the autumn of thisYear of the Earth Dog! Faithfully yours,

Robert A.F. Thurman, President July 7, 2018 CE; Earth Dog Year; Tibetan Royal Year 2145 PS: Please remember your THUS mantra—LOVE TIBET! And Tibet's mantra—OM MANI PADME HUM! It expresses the healing faith that true love, the fruit of deep intelligence and vast compassion, fills heaven and earth and the subtlest core 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 TRICHEN 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 NENA V.S. THURMAN, Managing Director, MICHAEL G. BURBANK, director, NATHANIEL HUGHES, assistant director, NINA GRAMAGLIA, operations manager AMBER HALLINAN, Front of House Manager, KERSTEN “CHISTI” DRYDEN, Dewa Spa Manager, TIMOTHY ADAMS, 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, SAM ALDRIDGE, THOMAS K. JASPER JR., SONAM WANGCHUK Cover photo: Five Mountain Pure Land Mañjushri statue, Tibet House US Repatriation Collection

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Celebrating 83rd Birthday of H. H.

© Tsering Tashi 2018

Tibet House US celebrated the 83rd Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a fabulous evening gathering of members, supporters, friends and invited guests from various Tibetan communities. The festivities opened with a welcome from Tibet House US Executive Director Ganden Thurman and Long Life Prayers for His Holiness by the Monks from the Sera Jey Monastery. Tibet House US President Robert Thurman, MENLA Managing Director Nena Thurman, Executive Director Ganden Thurman. Pari Rinoche from Robert Thurman, President of Tibet House US making long life offering to Sera Jey Monastery made Long Life Offer- His Holiness the Dalai Lama. ings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama while the monks continued to conduct their prayers. A portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, sat upon beautiful brocaded fabric, surrounded by flower and food offerings, and the multimedia exhibition of Yasuko Ota and Gyatso Chuteng, “ESSENCE,” in the spacious Tibet House US Art Gallery.

Cafe Tibet from Brooklyn, NY catered the event circulating first with trays of “Dresil,” a delicious sweet rice dish blending aromatic jasmine rice with nuts and dried fruit, per- Robert Thurman with Pari Rinpoche and monks from Sera Je Monastery 4

the Dalai Lama fect for the auspicious occasion. Traditional Sweet Tea (Indian styled chai with cardamom) and Butter Tea (Tibetan butter salted tea) were served along with sweet and salty Khapse (Tibetan pastries). When the dinner buffet opened, the guests were treated to such delicacies as Shogo-Khatsa (spicy curried potatoes, seasoned with fresh ginger, garlic and garnished with scallions), trays of vegetarian Momos (shell shaped vegetarian dumplings filled with potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and green peas with a touch of sesame oil and black pepper) and beef momos. The dinner concluded with two festive birthday cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate, decorated with the endless knot, one of the Tibetan Eight Auspicious Symbols. The July 6 event was a lovely tribute by Tibet House US and its exceptionally talented and indefatigable staff to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Tibet House US welcomes new members and interested individuals should contact Ganden Thurman for information on how to join Tibet House US and its community of members and supporters seeking to preserve the culture of Tibet.

Ganden Thurman, Executive Director of Tibet House US making long life offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Pari Rinpoche and monks from Sera Je monasetry offering long life prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Congratulations to Tibet House US Vice President Philip Glass, Honoree of the Kennedy Center!

Tibet House US' Board Directors, Staff, and Members all join to celebrate the Kennedy Center’s recognition, in their 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors, of our vice-President, Philip Glass, for his lifetime of artistic innovation and excellence. Mr Glass receives this latest accolade alongside Cher, Reba McEntire, and Wayne Shorter as well as Hamilton co-creators, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler, and Alex Lacamoire. Glass’ ongoing and illustrious career in the arts is a matter of public record and so we would like to focus here on his special dedication to and support of Tibetans, Tibetan Buddhism, and Tibet House US’ mission to preserve and to share the Tibetans’ cultural offerings with the world and posterity.

Philip Glass has been a longtime student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, since at least the 1960s, studying with many profound and authentic Tibetan Lamas including, among others: the late Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the late Dromo Geshe Rinpoche, and the late Ngawang Gelek Rinpoche. In 1987, he joined Tenzin Tethong, Richard Gere, Robert Thurman, and others to found Tibet House US in New York City, at the special request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1988, he organized the first Tibet House Benefit Concert, an event that would become our signature annual celebration and benefit, continuing still today with our 32nd concert on Feb. 7, 2019. In 1987 he wrote the score for Martin Scorcese’s Kundun about the life of HH the 14th DL; which score went on to be nominated for an Academy Award. In consideration of his hard work and efforts on behalf of Tibet (Including but not at all limited to the highlights mentioned above) we awarded him the Tibet House Art of Freedom award, along with art historian Mari- lyn Rhie, in 2000. In 2002, Glass became the vice-president of THUS, a position he has upheld with distinc- tion for all the years since.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on a special occasion at the Waldorf organized by THUS to thank numerous generous donors of Tibet House US as well as of the Tibet Fund, Inc., gave a brief talk to them all, after graciously participating in the award presentations. In his concluding remarks, he said an exceptional thing, with his usual generosity of spirit, to the effect that: "Thank you all very much, on behalf of Tibet and the Tibetan people, for your kind generosity. And I want to add one little thing—if you want to help Tibet, also please help other people! There are so many people all over this world who need our help." I mention this typically generous and broad-minded statement of His Holiness, because it describes so well Philip Glass' extraordinary, positively bodhisattvaic, efforts for so many people and causes, far beyond his own main organizations. He has organized and participated in concerts for people afflicted by floods and hurricanes, as in New Orleans, or New Jersey, for artists of all kinds, for other Tibetan organizations, and for philanthropic efforts of every conceivable type. He is truly an artistic genius who has not only transported audiences with his performances and compositions, which he tirelessly continues to produce from his good heart's fountain of creativity, but he has also never lost sight of the afflicted and downtrodden, the suffering and the needy of this world. In our dear Philip, the creation of beauty and spreading of goodness have always gone together. We are all utterly delighted that he is being honored as the national treasure that he is!

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SAVE THE DATE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 Tibet House US Gala Dinner and Benefit Auction 13 one of a kind lots to be auctioned live by Christie’s Auctioneer, Jennifer Wright

For more information: visit tibethouse.us or call 212-807-0563

Chintamani Avalokitesvara, Tibet House US Repatriation Collection

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ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT

Philip Glass

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Sturgill Simpson

© Jay Blakesburg

Margo Price

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© Kenneth Chou Courtesy of the Glenn Gould Foundation

Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Carnegie Hall

Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Year of the Iron Pig We hope that you will join us to celebrate Tibet House US’ 32nd Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall!

Philip Glass will be joined by Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman, and Chris Robinson.

More artists will be joining us soon, so make sure to check tibethouse.us for the latest line-up.

Benefit tickets including prime seats at the concert and entrance to the dinner are on sale NOW and can be purchased by visiting tibethouse.us or calling (212) 807-0563. Concert-only tickets will be available approximately 3 months before the concert via www.carnegiehall.org. Carnegie Charge (212) 247-7800, or at the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Please note: concert-only tickets are not available through Tibet House US. FOR BENEFIT GALA TICKETS, VISIT TIBETHOUSE.US FOR CONCERT TICKETS, VISIT CARNEGIEHALL.ORG

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R E PAT R I AT I O N Akshobhyavajra of the Guhyasamaja Tantra གསང་འདུས་མི་བསྐྱོད་རྡོ་རྗེ་།

The Guhyasamaja Tantra (Eng. Esoteric Community; T. Sangwa-dupa) is specally favored by the Sakya and Geluk orders in Tibet, for the depth and breadth of its teachings In the 8th century, it was one of the first Sanskrit works translated into Tibetan (Snellgrove, 1987, p. 183). Tradition has it that Shakyamuni Buddha himself proclaimed the tantra, on the morning after his enlightenment (Lessing, 1942, p. 73). The Esoteric Community mandala is centered on the celestial buddha Akshobhyavajra, who personifies hate transmuted into ultimate reality perfection wisdom.

He is dark blue in colour. He has three faces: front face, blue and fierce, the right, white and peaceful, and the left, red and passionate; ad six arms, holding symbols of the five buddha clans. The Lord of the Esoteric Community mandala universe he sits in union with his consort, Sparshavajra, who also has three faces and six arms—the couple being two beings as one.

Each holds a vajra sceptre of compassion and bell of wisdom in the first right and left hands, a wheel and a shining jewel in the second pair; and a lotus and a sword in the third.

The depiction of the embodiment of the highest enlightenment as a divine couple in ecstatic communion is an artistic representation of the supreme teaching of the ultimate nature of reality as being bliss-void indivisible, a graphic illustration of the immanence of nirvana in the samsaric world of suffering.

In the full painting, Akshobhyavajra in the center is surrounded by other buddha-couples above and fierce Dharma protectors on the sides and below.

Rhie and Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, 1991 10

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COLLECTION

Guhyasamaja, 18th C., Tibet, Gouche on tangka, Tibet House US Repatriation Collection, Gift of Michael McCormick

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GALLERY EXHIBITION Tibet House US Gallery hours: Monday – Friday 11am - 6pm or by appointment.

Mantra in Motion:Art by Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, September 13, 6-8pm ON VIEW: September 13 - November 8, 2018 This exhibition presents a series of exquisite, recent works by master calligrapher Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar. The central theme of the collection is the Medicine Buddha (T. Sangyay Menla), and Jamyang explores various ways to elaborate the extraordinary and precious healing nature of the Blue Medicine Buddha, who comes from the eastern Pure Land, also called the Lapis Jewel Land. The Medicine Buddha is the supreme healer in Tibetan medicine's holistic healing tradition, a refuge in times of illness, and helps put an end to the three poisons: attachment, hatred, and ignorance. Traditionally, this Buddha is depicted with a radiant Lapis Lazuli body, while holding a bowl of healing nectars in his left hand, and a medicine plant (myrobalan) in his right. Today, around the world, reciting the Medicine Buddha mantra, and visualizing the image of this particular Buddha, is widely practiced, in order to receive good health and protection. The exhibition, exclusively depicting the healing Buddha as its central theme, was prepared for display in the Tibet House US Gallery, and it offers a timely reminder of the extent to which the ancient healing tradition of Tibet is regarded as sacred.

Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar works with the Conservancy of Tibetan Arts and Culture, an international NGO dedicated to the preservation of Tibet’s living cultural heritage, and holds the world record for creating the longest calligraphic scroll. Jamyang’s calligraphic artworks often serve as meditation tools, have been exhibited internationally, and are included in the private collections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari Rinpoche, Richard Gere, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and others.

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Artist Builds Larung Gar out of Incense as China Tears It Down Tibet’s Embattled Buddhist Academy Finds Resurrection at New York Exhibit

By Tenzin Dorjee, Tricycle, July 23, 2018 Larung Gar, the largest Buddhist academy in the world, has long been a reluctant theater for the unceasing struggle between Tibetan spirituality and Beijing’s brutality. This embattled mountain hermitage in eastern Tibet is the subject of a New York art show currently on view at Tibet House. Essence features Tibetan artist Gyatso Chuteng, whose paintings communicate the magnificence of the sprawling religious establishment founded by the late Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok in the 1980s.

Using several thousand fragments of incense sticks, Gyatso has painstakingly produced aerial views of the thousands of mud dwellings that populate Larung Gar—each work resembling an architectural mandala.

“Finding the right material is as critical for an artist as it is for an architect or a builder,” says Gyatso, who was trained as a civil engineer in India and later as an interior architect in Berkeley, California.

“The thick maroon colors and the vertical depth of the Larung Gar . . . challenged me to explore mediums that go beyond paint or pigment … to find something that mirrors the subject in an original way. So when I was hit by the idea of using incense sticks, I was ecstatic. It was the perfect answer to all my questions, and it added a fourth dimension to the art—that of fragrance.”

The subtle fragrance that still lingered in the exhibit hall

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Larung Gar – 02 by Gyatso Chuteng. Incense and acrylic on canvas

Larung Gar – 05 by Gyatso Chuteng. Acrylic on canvas

brought me back to the faith and devotion that animate the temples in my ancestral homeland of Tibet, where incense sticks and butter lamps smoke and flicker day and night. The medium effectively captures the faith and fragility that define this spiritual community living on the edge of survival and destruction.

Just as Gyatso began to commit to canvas the sublime beauty of Larung Gar, the establishment came under attack.

The Chinese government demolished 4,725 monastic dwellings at Larung Gar in June 2017 and expelled 4,828 monks and nuns who lived and studied there. The world saw footage of weeping monks and nuns being shoved into buses that would carry them back to their original hometowns, where they would be deprived of an opportunity to pursue religious studies.

“I had just started working on my pieces with great joy and excitement when China started destroying this peaceful community, reducing each of the humble cabins to rubble and forcing the residents to sign their expulsion documents,” Gyatso said.

Gyatso’s journey into contemporary art has been anything but straightforward. Born in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal and educated at an exile boarding school in India, he moved to California at the age of 27. For the next five years, he kept his nose to the grindstone, balancing full-time school and full-time work.

After graduating, he worked in a San Francisco firm for a few years, and then landed a job at an elite design firm in New York.

Gyatso rented an apartment in midtown Manhattan. But each day after work, he was drawn to the chaotic streets of Queens, where a small but tight-knit community of Tibetan contemporary artists lived under the elevated 7 subway line. They painted occasionally, partied consistently, and philosophized incessantly. As Gyatso fell in with this group of barefoot artists, he began to make his own artworks. He showed his works at group exhibits such as Imago Mundi (Venice 2013) and Art for Tibet (New York 2014) alongside established artists like Pema Rinzin, Gonkar Gyatso, and Tenzing Rigdol.

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Tibet House US Trip for 2019 Dharma Journey – Sri Lanka with Bob and Nena Thurman

January 18 - 30, 2019 Join Buddhist scholar, author and Tibet House US President Dr. Robert Thurman and his partner Nena on this body and spirit journey to Sri Lanka, the land of Serendipity - of happy surprises.

Sri Lanka is a natural paradise, a place of easy living and happiness for its original people. They therefore took easily and enthusiastically to the Buddhist movement that permeated India from more than 2,000 years ago, a revolutionary movement that not only proclaimed everyone’s right to full bliss in life and even beyond death, but also provided educational methods that millions found effective to varying degrees. By the fourth century C.E. the developed gentleness of the people led to a level of relative social harmony among them that suitably matched the natural beauty of their highly blessed natural environment.

No wonder Marco Polo declared the atoll “the finest island of its size in the world;” ‘Taprobane’ to the ancient Romans, ‘Serendib’ to Arab traders, ‘Ceilao’ as christened by the Portuguese, ‘Ceylan’ by the Dutch followed by ‘Ceylon’ by the British and finally Sri Lanka to the Sinhalese.

The teardrop shaped southernmost point of mainland Asia became an indispensable port of call to the earliest travelers awaiting favorable trade winds for onward journeys. This great emporium became a principal center of exchange and commerce between the Mediterranean trade of the Roman Empire and the wealth of imperial China. The Portuguese came with sword and cross, the Dutch with ledger and law book, and the British with roads and railways.

When monastic forms of Buddhism were spreading among the many nations of India, it soon took root in Sri Lanka,beginning in the 3rd century BCE. With the emergence throughout India of the Mahayana Universa Vehicle teachings around 100 BCE, they also spread to Sri Lanka, supporting the monastic tradition's expansion throughout the lay community, and into every corner of the community's social life. When Buddhism was wiped out by foreign incursions and occupations of mainland India, the Mahayana element withered in Sri Lanka, and only the root monastic tradition was able to survive, as it does to this day.

Our voyage there has as usual its “outer” and “inner” dimensions. On the outer level, we will enjoy the magnificent visions of the still thriving nature of the emerald isle and the wonderful monuments its enlightened people created over the centuries of their devotion to the meaningfulness of the blessed life of humanity. The inner level will be where our understanding of the human heart will deepen as we travel on the inner journeys of contemplation and realization that the devoted sri Lankan masters and mendicants recorded in their amazing spiritual and philosophical literature, a unique chronicle of the adventures of the soul that seeks the peace and happiness of enlightenment.

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 Professor Robert Thurman.

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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 September 19, October 3 and 10; Special event (October 19 & 20), December 19 (Also to be live-streamed for subscribers) Although Prof. Thurman is on sabbatical most of this semester, we will hold a few meetings to continue our course to exlore the sources and further the understanding of H. H. Dalai Lama’s contemporary world initiatives: from His Holiness’ patronized American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Library of Tibetan Classics translation programs; His elevation of the Buddhist Sciences through the Mind and Life science dialogues (also his Universe in a Single Atom book) and His creation of what we might call an "Abhidharma 2.0" through the “Science for Monks” programs; His “secular ethics” programs (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, and finally, His correcting of misunderstandings and 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 text” for this fall is all of the above. The topic of the three lecture section will be the AIBS Translation Team's translation of the section on how to interpret tantric texts of the Chandrakirti's Illuminating Lamp commentary on the Esoteric Community Tantra, along with some essays by the professor. The three lecture session in September October can be taken as a whole, or one by one. Menla retreats must be taken under separate registration with Menla.

Faculty: Robert Thurman (RAFT), with occasonal participation by Dr. Thomas Yarnall, Dr. Mark Epstein, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, Dr. Isa Gucciardi, and guest teachers, such as eminent Buddhist Lama, Lelung Tulku Rinpoche, the Reincarnation of a 14th-15th century Kadam-Nyingma master, Lhodrak Khenchen Namkha Gyaltsen, a teacher of Jey Tsong Khapa, perceived by the latter at the time as an emanation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani.

Class schedule: Part 1: September 19, October 3, 10; Part 2: Special Event (October 19 & 20); Part 3: Dec. 19.

September 19; 7-9PM – Introduction to Tantra - Focus on the Esoteric Community Tantra October 3; 7-9PM – Vajra Hermeneutics - the "Seven ornament" system of the Illuminating Lamp.

October 10; 7-9PM - The key issues in the Esoteric Community and other Unexcelled Yoga Tantras.

October 19; 7-9PM – Lelung Tulku Rinpoche and Prof. Thurman will discuss the Lama (guru) relationship in the setting of tantric practice, clarifing the confusions that arise on that score, especially during some of the recent tragedies Tibetan Buddhist groups have undergone, in the light of some of the great teacher-disciple relationships known from spiritual histories.

October 20; 10AM-5PM – Day long workshop, with Lelung Rinpoche giving Vajrapani initiation and teaching in the morning, and in the afternoon Rinpoche and the professor in dialogue about practice and life in the context of the activities of Vajrapani, considered the incarnation of the power of all buddhas, in partnership with Avalokiteshvara,incarnation of all-buddha universal compassion, and Mañjushri incarnating all-buddha transcendent wisdom. (See page 25 below).

(Optional Course Enhancements at THUS' Menla Retreat and Spa Resort:in Phoenicia, NY) Oct. 4-7: Weekend Retreat, Prof. Thurman with Dr. Isa Gucciardi: Shamans and Siddhas Retreat) Oct. 10-14: Tibetan Medicine and atiyoga retreat with Tibetan Sowa Rigpa Doctor and Master Ngag pa Nida Chenagtsang December 19, 6-8PM: Soul Dog book signing at THUS with Elena Mannes, Prof Thurman (see page 19 below).

REGISTRATION To attend in person: Evening lecture: General:$25/Members:$22.50 for single session; All-day workshop (Oct. 20):$80 SERIES (Sept. 19, Oct. 3, 10, 19; 7-9PM & Oct. 20; 10AM-5PM): General:$170/Members:$153.

To join via webcast: $7 for each evening session and $35 to attend all evening sessions. $42 for the Saturday, October 20 workshop.

There is no member discount for webcast.

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THUS PROGRAMS

PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH TIBET HOUSE US: 212.807.0563 OR www.tibethouse.us LOCATION FOR ALL EVENTS: TIBET HOUSE US: 22 WEST 15 STREET NYC

First day teaching September 5; 7-9PM • Calm abiding in general and nine ways of setting the mind in calm abiding meditation • The benefit of practicing calm abiding meditation and special insight meditation • Vairochana posture and five ways to benefit Second day teaching September 6; 7-9PM • Knowing the nature of mind • Making the connection with sentient being • Generate equanimity toward sentient beings • Cultivate kindness for sentient beings • Cultivate love for sentient beings • Cultivating compassion for sentient beings Third day teaching September 7; 7-9PM • Cultivate conventional and ultimate Bodhicitta within our mind.

• The conceptual and non-conceptual mind • Mind as the source of Nirvana and Samsaric life.

• Wisdom of understanding emptiness General$25/Members:$22.50 for single session SERIES (Sept. 5, 6 & 7): General:$70/Members:$63 Tibet Screening & Talk Co-host with US Tibet Committee Sundays, September 9, 16, 23 & 30 Film Screening - KUNDUN. Kundun is a 1997 epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by

Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

September 9, 2018 at 2PM | RSVP

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AT TIBET HOUSE US

Meditation Teachings Geshe Lharampa Sonam Dawa Please join us for this very special time with Buddhist monk, teacher, and writer Geshe Lharampa Sonam Dawa. Geshe Sonam will talk on why meditation is essential to our individual success in life - how we can use the simple meditation technique and positive thinking for achieving individual physical and mentle health of calm, happiness, and peace in this increasingly busy and tumultuous world?

Geshe Sonam will also be speaking about how a positive and negative mindset can actually affect our physical body and the environment where we live.

Documentary Screening - Cry of the Snow Lion. "Cry of the Snow Lion" paints a very grim picture of freedom lost and cultural genocide, harsh occupation devoid of justice. Still, it is about people that remain unbroken.

September 16, 2018 at 2PM | RSVP Talk/slide show by Robert Weinreb about early Tibetan community in New York, followed by a showing of the documentary "The Shadow Circus" directed by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin. The film is based on extensive primary research, a result of the fact that Sonam is the son of the late Lhamo Tsering, chief field officer for the CIA in Tibet and Mustang following the Chinese invasion of Tibet .

September 23, 2018 at 2PM |General:$10/Members:$9 Documentary Screening - Leaving Fear Behind ("Jigdrel," in Tibetan) is a documentary shot by Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme, two Tibetans from inside Tibet, who longed to bring Tibetan voices to the Beijing Olympic Games. This will be followed by a talk by Jamyang Norbu, novelist, historian, playwright and polemicist about his meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on May 28, 2018.

September 30, 2018 at 2PM | RSVP Compassion-Based Resilience Training: Learning to Thrive with Mindfulness, Compassion & Purpose Nalanda Institute Director Joe Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. Want to bounce back quickly from stress, illness, addiction, interpersonal conflict, and trauma? To keep coming back to the presence, engagement, vision and energy that empower us to thrive with others in our interdependent world? Developed and tested for two decades at Columbia and Cornell

by Nalanda Institute Director Dr. Joe Loizzo, this training will introduce you to a complete, evidence-based tool-chest for building resilience and well-being of mind, heart, and body through mindful self-compassion, mentoring imagery and yogic breath-work. The curriculum integrates timeless contemplative skills from India and Tibet with the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience, positive psychology, and integrative medicine. It includes a training manual and audio meditations for home study and practice. Requirements:

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This training is for anyone who wants a full tool-chest for building resilience, living mindfully and compassionately, cultivating well-being, and transforming stress while helping others. The only requirement is enrollment for all six evenings and Saturday.

Mondays, September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 15, 22; 7-9PM Saturday, October 27; 10AM-5PM General$230/Members$207 (there is no single session registration - has to enroll for all six evenings and Saturday).

Gradual Awakening: Book Launch, Ritual and Signing Dr. Miles Neale This event will be live-streamed to subscribers Please join us for the exciting launch of Dr. Miles Neale’s new book Gradual Awakening and its companion audio course The Gradual Path (Sounds True, 2018). Drawing on twenty years of studying Tibetan Buddhism, psychotherapy and neuroscience, Miles is delighted to share his insights on the path of becoming fully human. He will be joined by sound healer Philip Jacobs for a guided visualization and sound bath, and Ashtanga yoga pioneer Eddie Stern will perform a Ganesha puja to bless the book for its world tour and for your onward spiritual journey.

Lively discussion, book signing and vegan finger foods catered

by Chickpea & Olive to follow. A portion of the proceeds benefit the nuns of Kopan Nunnery in Nepal. To purchase book, go to: http://a.co/2ogc8Ar Wednesday, September 12; 7-9PM | RSVP Mindfulness for Families – Workshop 1-4 Ayman Mukerji Househam Saturdays, September 8, 15, 22 & 29; 10:30-11:30 Registration: Adult $50 (including one child). Additional child $10 to attend each workshop.

Tibet House US members will receive 10% discount Workshop 1: Beginner’s Mind Saturday, September 8; 10:30-11:30AM Theme: Changing parenting perspective In the first session of the “mindfulness for families” series, the audience learns the basics of mindfulness as it applies to parenting. Besides mindful parenting tips and techniques, this session combines traditional parenting therapy concepts with mindfulness techniques that offer an easy way to establish a trusting parent-child dynamic. In summary, this session builds the foundation for the following sessions.

Workshop 2: Reconnecting to the Parent Body Saturday, September 15; 10:30-11:30AM Theme: Responding vs. reacting to stress, using the body Workshop 3: Mindful Beyond the Mat Saturday, September 22; 10:30-11:30AM

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Theme: Patterns and Reconstructive Memory Name of the Lesson: Identifying and ending subconscious reactive patterns In the third session of the “mindfulness for families” series, the families will learn miscellaneous mindfulness strategies to use with children. In keeping with the theme of part 3 of the workshop series, this session will be a reminder for parents to lookout for and manage their subconscious patterns as they arise. Mindful walk and art exploration follows as the families expand their mindfulness practice beyond the mat. The workshop ends with the practice of mindful playtime, an evidencebased technique that promotes stronger parent-child relationship, leading to greater compliance, and behavior management.

Workshop 4: Mindful Discipline Saturday, September 29; 10:30-11:30AM Name of the Lesson: Compassion and Limits In the fourth session of the “mindfulness for families” series, the families will learn limit setting communications, using the “nonviolent communication” technique deveoped by Marshall Rosenberg. Families will use this technique later in the session during mindful playtime. For children, learning limits is about empathy. So there will be an empathy exercise during this workshop as well.

Saturdays, September 8, 15, 22 & 29; 10:30-11:11:30 Registration: Adult $50 (including one child). Additional child $10 to attend each workshop. Tibet House US members will receive 10% discount Bardo teachings and lessons on how to die well, based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead Michael Katz This slideshow and lecture will focus on the period when the outer and inner signs presage that the onset of death is near (Chikhai Bardo). It continues through the onset of Chonyi Bardo which commences after the final “inner breath.” These are the special moments when the luminosity of the true nature dawns for practitioners. The presentation will also focus on the Sidpai bardo of rebirth which endures until the inner-breath commences in the new transmigrating birth form determined by the “karmic seeds.”

Friday, September 28; 7-9PM General:$25/Members:$22.50 Transforming Your Body/Mind to Achieve Total Health and Spiritualization Paul Bloom Working with Your Main Organs and Their Corresponding Emotions to Cultivate a Harmonious Physical/Emotional/ Spiritual State

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, specific emotions physically dwell in particular organs. If the emotions are negative, they can harm the corresponding organ and eventually cause imbalance and illness. Certain Qigong practices are designed to embrace the negative emotions and transform them to positive virtuous qualities. And in the process also heal the organ. So "sadness and grief" in the lungs can become "kindness"; "stagnation" in the large intestine becomes "relief"; "irritability" in the stomach becomes "satisfaction"; "frenzy" in the heart becomes "joy"; and "uncertainty" in the small intestine becomes "clarity."

In each of the workshops, we will begin with an Intermediate Silk Brocades set to cultivate physical strength and mental toughness. In October, we will focus on the lungs and large intestine; in November on the stomach and spleen; and in December on the heart and small intestine. In the spiring, the remaining organs.

To ultimately become strong, vital, free of illness, emotionally balanced and intelligent, and spiritually awake. Becoming a human being that has transformed its Body/Mind to a virtuous state, capable of realizing its full potential in this life time.

All the practices are easy to do. Everyone is welcome!

Saturdays, 10AM-5PM October 20, November 17 & December 15 Single session: General:$120/Members:$108 Series: General:$330/Members:$300 Buddhist mantra kirtan and healing Tibetan mantra music Lee Mirabai Harrington Please join Lee Mirabai Harrington for an evening of Buddhist mantra kirtan and healing Tibetan mantra music. Through the call-and-response recitation of these powerful and purifying Tibetan Buddhist mantras, we can align ourselves with divine energies and achieve a state of unity, oneness, transformation, purification and inner peace for the benefit of all beings.

Friday, October 26; 7-9PM General:$25/Members:$22.50 Tour & Talk by Monks from Tashi Kyil Monastery, India Witness the step-by-step creation of a traditional Sand Mandala, an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Team of 6 monks from Tashi Kyil monastery in India will construct Peace Sand Mandala. Admission to witness Sand Mandala construction is free but donation is appreciated as the proceeds will go to benefit the education of monks of Tashi Kyil Monastery in India.

Sunday, October 28: 10:30AM-4:30PM: Consecrating the site of the sand mandala and construction of Sand Mandala. The monks will start by consecrating the site of the mandala Sand painting with chants and mantra recitation.

Monday, October 29 - Tuesday, October 30; 10:30AM-4:30PM: Construction of Sand Mandala continues.

Wednesday, October 31: • 10:30AM-2PM: Finishing the Mandala • 3-4:30PM: Closing - Dismantling of Sand Mandala. During the Closing Ceremony, the monks dismantle the mandala, sweeping up the colored sands to symbolize the impermanence of all that exists. Half of the sand may be distributed to the audience in small bags as blessings for personal health and healing.

• Wednesday, October 31; 7-9PM: Introduction to Tibetan Monastic Meditation by Ven. Lobsang Namgyal.

Free Admission to witness Sand Mandala Construction but you have to register to attend talk by Ven. Lobsang Namgyal on October 31; 7-9PM: General:$25/Members:$22.50 The Gradual Path to Freedom & Happiness: Awakening Your Wise Mind, Warm Heart and Inner Altruist Through Insight Meditation Dr. Pilar Jennings This third course in the Nalanda Institute Sustainable Happiness Program covers everything you need to know about contemplative living, one step at a time, gradually unpacking the insights of self-healing, social engagement, and heroic altruism together with the practices of mindfulness, compassion and role-modeling imagery that foster them. Taught by contemplative psychotherapist and celebrated author Dr. Pilar Jennings, the course surveys the lifelong journey of contemplative healing and transformation at the heart of the Nalanda tradition preserved in Tibet. This world-class system of learning, reflection and practice, designed to sustain contemplative life in the busy world, maps our journey from surviving to thriving in ways that empower us to make tangible progress through stepby-step insight and life-change. This class is open to all, whether or not you’ve taken a prior Sustainable Happiness course.

Mondays, October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26 & December 3; 7-9PM General:$135/Members:$121.50 7 Days of Gratitude* Elizabeth Pyjov November 11-18. *Please note that only two sessions, Nov. 11 & 18 sessons are in-person at Tibet House US or via live webcast but the remaining sessions (Nov. 12-17) are only via webcast.

It’s a 7-day Gratitude marathon leading up to Thanksgiving in which you’ll try every kind of Gratitude practice.

Gratitude is one of the most important ingredients for achieving happiness! Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships. Leading up to this Thanksgiving season, we will practice gratitude as one global

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community. Cultivating gratitude is an important step toward physical health, mental health, and healing. In all cultures and religions, gratitude was seen as the key to good fortune and a meaningful life. There are many powerful and enjoyable gratitude practices, and this program will introduce you to the many types and variations from different traditions.

What you’ll get • Two sessions of two hours each at Tibet House • 7 Meditations on Gratitude, which will logically build upon each other.

• Review of the basic of mindfulness, so if you’ve never meditated before, join anyway!

• Being part of a community interested in gratitude: access to what people are grateful for and who they are grateful to all over the world.

• Support in your meditation practice.

• You’ll feel ready for Thanksgiving in all the right ways!

• Ability to do this class with everyone who will be at your Thanksgiving table because it is shown live.

• Sunday, Nov. 11: Introduction session (in-person at Tibet House US or broadcast live) • Monday, Nov. 12: Gratitude for the Breath (only via webcast) • Tuesday, Nov. 13: Body Gratitude (only via webcast) • Wednesday, Nov. 14: Gratitude to ourselves (only via webcast) • Thursday, Nov. 15: Expressing gratitude (only via webcast) • Friday, Nov. 16: Gratitude for the challenges (only via webcast) • Saturday, Nov. 17: Gratitude for all beings, gratitude for all experiences (only via webcast) Sunday, Nov. 18: Finish our gratitude practice together (in person or broadcast live) General:$100/Members:$90 The Hero’s Journey of the Gradual Path: Transforming Your Mind, Heart, and Life a Day at a Time Through Insight Meditation Dr. Pilar Jennings This retreat reviews how reflection on the gradual path is put to use in guiding an ongoing shift in outlook, mindset and lifestyle that supports progressive gains in healing awareness, engagement and purpose. The focus will be on surveying the stepby-step logic of repeated reflection that empowers students to gradually assimilate the wisdom and healing arts of the three vehicles of transformation we need to complete our journey to sustainable happiness in mind, heart, and life. We'll review the step-by-step method of using mindfulness, compassion, vision and breath-work to enrich learning and reflection, build positive motivation, and foster deep contemplation and transformative action in the world. Wisdom and embodied cognition are woven into the themes of this retreat.

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This retreat is open to all, whether or not you’ve taken the preceding course.

Saturday, December 8; 10am-5pm General:$80/Members:$72 How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life Geshe Pema Dorjee Geshe Pema Dorjee, the well-known scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, will travel from Dharamsala to devote four evenings to helping us gain a better understanding of a very precious and special book written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The book is entitled How to Practice: the way to a meaningful life. The first evening will introduce the fundamentals and will include a discussion of what makes a life meaningful, what is true happiness, and the importance of kindness. The second evening will focus on how to practice and achieve a moral life. The third evening will cover the practice of focusing the mind (also known as single pointed, calm-abiding, or concentrated meditation). The final evening will be devoted to how to practice Wisdom by understanding and realizing Emptiness.

November 29, 30, December 4 & 5; 7-9PM Single session: General:$25/Members:$22.50 Series (Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 4 & 5): General:$40/Members:$36 Booksigning and Talk: Soul Dog: A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals Elena Mannes and Prof. Robert Thurman Looking for companionship after a near-fatal car crash, Elena Mannes, an award-winning television journalist and producer, decided to get her first dog. But what she found with her dog Brio shook the foundations of her physical and spiritual worlds, sending her on a quest to discover the nature of his spiritual origins and to contemplate and seek out the possibility of interspecies communication—even after death.

Mannes’s skeptical journalist background compelled her to investigate further. She delved into the world of animal communicators, psychics, and scientists studying animal intelligence, including Rupert Sheldrake, to find answers to her multiplying questions: Do animals have thoughts and feelings? Consciousness? Souls? Is interspecies communication possible? Can animals reincarnate?

Wednesday, December 5; 7-9PM RSVP 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: September 10: Scott Tusa, September 17: Susanna Nicholson, September 24: Nina Herzog October 1: Nina Herzog, October 15: Scott Tusa, October 22: Susanna Nicholson, October 29: Scott Tusa Tuesdays: Abby Eletz | 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.

September 4: Scott Tusa, September 11: Mary Reilly Nichols, September 18: Megan Mook, September 25: Mindy Newman, October 2: Maria Perez, October 9: Megan Mook, October 16: Mary Reilly Nichols, October 23 & 30: Scott Tusa

OVERVIEW OF THE ESSENTIAL LAM RIM TEACHINGS GESHE THUPTEN KUNKEN MONDAYS, 7-8:30PM | SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER, 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 Tsong-Kha-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 21

NEWS FROM MENLA

Menla is pleased to announce the launch of our new intensive Lifestyle Reset Program, led by fitness expert Sandra Garfinkel. The first in a series of week-long wellness immersions, this retreat offers participants a chance to strengthen and empower themselves through challenging mountain hikes, circuit training, wellness talks, guided meditations, yoga and of course plenty of late afternoon time taking advantage of healing treatments in our Dewa Spa. Our pilot Lifestyle Reset retreat took place at the end of August, and we plan to offer them several times a year in different seasons.

Also on the near horizon, we are developing nextgeneration mindfulness trainings with Shaun Nanavati, who has dedicated his life to fully unpacking the original mindfulness teachings from ancient Indian Buddhist texts. These trainings will dive deeply into the classical tradition while also being geared toward a modern western audience, with expanded methods for “measuring” mindfulness, allowing participants to delve much deeper into authentic mindfulness teachings than mainstream mindfulness programs currently available in our culture today.

Menla’s Dewa Spa, now in its sixth year of operation, not only offers a wide range of healing services to those on group retreats, but also has begun to attract a host of individual visitors from the New York area, from local residents, to AirBnB guests, to day visitors from NYC and beyond. Be sure to check out our new 22

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Signature Spa Packages, including a luxurious full-day spa offering for those who wish to have a complete immersive experience. Dewa’s new health and beauty product line, featuring seven products, is in its final stages of development and is expected to launch this fall or early winter.

We have also launched a brand new website--www. menla.us--which is designed for ease of use, features more and better imagery and creative branding, and now includes entirely new sections and information.

For example, you can now choose from several Menla Guest Experiences, which consist of a variety of options for those on Personal Getaways to book individual private classes, guided hikes and nature walks, wellness counseling, bonfires and more during their stay.

We invite you to visit our new site today and explore all that Menla has to offer!

Menla has grown substantially over the years, and especially over the past five years. As we look toward the future and work to develop our resort further to be able to offer more of our own in-depth programs and healing personal getaways, we have hired Lynn Schauwecker to join Michael Burbank in Co-Directing Menla. Lynn brings a wealth of experience to Menla, both from prior organizations and from nearly 20 years of service to Tibet House US and Menla.

At Tibet House, Lynn started in Development and has overseen the annual benefit auction since 1999. She has

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Menla’s Fall Cleanse Getaway Kersten Chisti Dryden, HHC October 1 – 8, 2018

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Fall Hiking in the Catskills Getaway Michael G. Burbank October 18 – 21, 2018 Menla also offers personal Create-Your-Own Getaways throughout the year, whenever we have vacancy, for individuals, couples, and small groups of friends to be able to design their own retreat experience. Create-Your-Own Getaways offer delicious locally sourced meals, a daily meditation and/or yoga class, traditional or Far Infrared sauna & steam room access, and deluxe accommodations with the option for you to be creative with your schedule. You can choose to simply enjoy our exquisite mountain valley with no activities or interruptions or book your favorite spa treatments and choose from our wonderful Nature Experiences, including guided hikes.

If a few days of blissful relaxation in our Dewa Spa is looking like the best option for you, please view our spa menu. Our Spa offerings include body work, private yoga, fitness classes, sound healing or meditation sessions with wonderful local teachers. All private sessions and spa appointments can be booked with our spa staff at spa@menla.org.

Crossroads of Shamanism and Tantra Isa Gucciardi & Robert Thurman October 4 – 7, 2018 (Columbus Day Weekend) Shamanic Journey Intensive Isa Gucciardi October 7 – 9, 2018 Tibetan Dream Yoga Retreat Dr. Nida Chenagtsang & Robert Thurman October 10 – 14, 2018 Sufi Dance of Oneness Retreat Banafsheh Sayyad November 15 – 18, 2018 Annual New Year’s Dharma & Yoga Retreat Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, Carolyn Christie, & Brooke Myers Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 1, 2019

TO REGISTER FOR RETREATS AND PERSONAL GETAWAYS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MENLA.ORG OR CALL 845-688-6897 ext.101 If you are interested in booking Menla Mountain Retreat for your upcoming rental event or program, please contact Nate Hughes at nhughes@menla.org or (845) 688-6897 ext. 105 hg

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organized major events at Menla, including the Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and the Longevity Conference in 2006 featuring HH the Dalai Lama.

Lynn, Michael, and the Thurmans are heading up a major initiative, under the expert guidance of Joseph DeNucci, Clodagh, architect Duke Beeson and others, to establish a Master Plan for at least the next 5-10 years, secure major investment, and expand Menla’s facilities and offerings significantly. To that end, we are

seeking any relevant assistance from our network of friends and supporters, both financially and in terms of any pertinent connections and skills that could be offered in support. If you or anyone you know is interested in helping our Master Plan initiative, please contact us at menla@menla.org. In the meantime, we look forward to welcoming many of you here for one of our autumn programs, when the fall foliage is exploding with color!.

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Dr. Miles Neale and his forthcoming book Gradual Awakening “They’ll find that there is an ancient contemplative science from Tibet that complements modern neuroscience. When these twin streams are integrated they can provide a richer, more meaningful life than perhaps either system alone. This combination results in what I call spirituality grounded in reason, and science in heart.”

Translation and presentation sit at the Designed for people of all skill levels, heart of how Buddhism integrates Dr. Neale presents the Lam Rim through MILES NEALE PsyD foreword by Geshe Tenzin Zopa with diverse fields and cultural mindthe lens of psychology and neuroscience sets. When it comes to Buddhism and to offer a more contemporary rendering Western psychology, finding common of key Buddhist concepts like karma, ground begins with dropping the dogcompassion and emptiness. These, along mas of each and using the strengths of with other insights and practices, are both, says Dr. Miles Neale, a Buddhist what he uses to create a training program psychotherapist and author of Gradual for the modern-day hero(ine), someone Awakening. Following in the footsteps who the Lam Rim says takes full advanof his mentors Dr. Joe Loizzo and Tibet tage of their human embodiment by House President Robert Thurman, Dr. awakening for the benefit of others.

Neale’s new book seeks to make Tibetan “This book is a roadmap for people Buddhist practices accessible without to continue their journey once they’ve T H E T I B E T A N B U D D H I S T P A T H O F B E C O M I N G F U L LY H U M A N distorting or diluting the tradition like so discovered meditation,” Dr. Neale said in many modern meditation fads. an interview with Tibet House US Executive Dr. Neale is a practicing psychotheraDirector Ganden Thurman. “They’ll find pist of 20 years, as well as a student and that there is an ancient contemplative teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. He began as a volunteer at Tibet science from Tibet that complements modern neuroscience.

House in 1999: “I folded chairs and put coats away so that I When these twin streams are integrated they can provide a could sit in the back of Tibet House and listen to Mark Epstein, richer, more meaningful life than perhaps either system alone.

Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman - what I came to affec- This combination results in what I call spirituality grounded in tionately call ‘the three-headed monster.’” reason, and science in heart.”

Since then, he has helped develop the Nalanda Institute On his own hero’s journey, Neale has visited Nepal and for Contemplative Science and has led students in its flagship the Kopan Monastery where he was guided by Lama Zopa four-year Sustainable Happiness Program developed by Joe Rinpoche and his protégé Geshe Tenzin Zopa. A portion of Loizzo. Dr. Neale described the program as a college-length the proceeds from Gradual Awakening will be donated to the odyssey of transformation for both his students and himself, nuns of Kopan Nunnery, exemplars of those traveling the true one that paved the way to writing Gradual Awakening as a spiritual path of “grace and grit,” as Dr. Neale puts it. means of codifying his experience as a teacher and making it The world tour of Gradual Awakening launches during what accessible to others.

Neale calls a “communal ritual” on September 12, 2018 at His approach resists what he calls “McMindfulness”: Tibet House US. decontextualized, simplified, quick-fix meditation tech- Dr. Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the curniques that take practitioners only so far and remain rent generation of Buddhist teachers and a forerunner in the underpinned by a materialist mindset responsible for our emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. He is a Budgeo-political, economic and ecological crisis. Instead, by dhist psychotherapist in private practice, and a faculty member expounding on the Lam Rim curriculum, the gradual stages of Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, Tibet House of the path to enlightenment, Gradual Awakening articulates US and Weill Cornell Medical College. a more rigorous, systematic and comprehensive program of self-mastery combining meditation, virtuous lifestyle and deep Sam Aldridge, July 10th, 2018. study into the nature of reality.

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Special program with Lelung Rinpoche and Robert Thurman October 19 & 20, 2018

Bodhisattva Vajrapani The Eleventh Lelung Jedrung Rinpoche, Tenzin Phuntsok Loden, was born in 1970, and recognized by the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama (b. 1935) in 1984. He was educated in Drepung Monastic University for thirteen years. He has done years of research in the effort to revive the Lelung Tulku lineage, finding and publishing in Tibetan many of the rare works of his predecessors. The Lelung Rinpoche are thought to have a special relationship with Vajrapani, the Bodhisattva incarnation of the powerful competence of all buddhas.

Here, he presents in English this lovely little book, richly detailing the lives of his past incarnations, showing their coordination with the Dalai Lamas and the Panchen Lamas, in the center of the mainstream Ganden Renaissance movement from around 1400 CE. In these days of great divisions, he holds up to our view an ancient lineage within the true New Kadam or Geluk order that exemplifies the beauty and power of the nonsectarian approach to the Buddha's Dharma as inherited, preserved, studied, practiced, realized, and performed in Tibet through the centuries until today.

In the evening talk and workshop on October 19 & 20, Lelung Tulku Rinpoche and Prof. Thurman will discuss the Lama (guru) relationship in the setting of tantric practice. In initiation for advanced practice, the guru should be seen as indivisible from the buddha, while in the street, all but the most highly advanced should maintain normal ethical considerations. This is confusing. "Crazy wisdom" has been overworked as an excuse for crazy behavior!

On the other hand, every rule has rare exceptions. This topic must be investigated carefully in the light of tragic events in too many Tibetan Buddhist groups, and in the light of some of the great teacher-disciple relationships known from spiritual histories.

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The Murals of Tibet book on display at Tibet House US for public viewing

The Murals of Tibet Hidden amidst soaring snowy mountains, deep valleys, and desolate deserts are some of the greatest treasures of Buddhist culture and Tibetan heritage. For more than a decade, photographer Thomas Laird traveled the length, breadth, and far-flung corners of Tibet’s plateau to capture the land’s spectacular Buddhist murals in all their sublime vastness, intricacy, and their spiritual, emotional, and psychological enrichment. Deploying new multi-image digital photography, Laird compiled the world’s first archive of these artworks, some walls as wide as 10 meters, in life-size resolution.

This breathtaking publication assembles Laird’s portfolio in extra-large format with six fold-outs, printed in five colors including gold. Featuring both complete murals and copious details, it immerses readers into these precious, extraordinary masterpieces.

In recognition of this World Heritage landmark and preservation of Tibetan culture, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has signed all copies of this Collector’s Edition. In the 528-page scholarly companion book, Buddhist writer and academic Robert Thurman takes us through this transcendent journey with detailed text on the murals' spiritual significance while captions from experts Heather Stoddard and Jakob Winkler shed light on the storylines and artistic context of each image.

SUMO-sized Collector’s Edition limited to 998 copies, each signed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, with a bookstand designed by Pritzker Prizewinning architect and humanitarian pioneer Shigeru Ban. Also available as two Art Editions limited to 40 copies each (No. 1–80), both with a print.

“Thomas Laird’s Murals of Tibet by TASCHEN is a unique treasure; a timeless gift from Tibet to the world–not only for this generation but for generations to come.”

- Richard Gere

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Soul Dog: A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals Booksigning and Talk with Elena Mannes and Prof. Robert Thurman Wednesday, December 19; 7-9PM at Tibet House US "My former colleague Elena Mannes has always been on a quest to discover more about the animals she loves. Soul Dog takes her beyond science into mystical paths-the yearning for consolation and possibility. She writes that animals teach us to listen. Elena is their friend here, ready to hear."

-DIANE SAWYER, American television journalist "What a wondrous journey of discovery and fulfillment does Elena Mannes tell us in this deeply moving tale of her rela­tionship with the brilliant, elegant, wise and loving poodle Brio, her "soul dog!"

-ROBERT A. F. THURMAN, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Buddhology, Columbia University Looking for companionship after a near-fatal car crash, Elena Mannes, an award-winning television journalist and producer, decided to get her first dog. But what she found with her dog Brio shook the foundations of her physical and spiritual worlds, sending her on a quest to discover the nature of his spiritual origins and to contemplate and seek out the possibility of interspecies communication—even after death.

Elena Mannes is an award-winning independent documentary director/writer/ producer whose honors include six Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, two Directors Guild of America Awards, and nine Cine Golden Eagles. She has written, directed, and produced series and documentaries for CBS, PBS, ABC, and the Discovery Channel, including The Amazing Animal Mind and the PBS primetime special The Music Instinct, which led to the writing of her book, The Power of Music. She lives in New York City.

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A few years ago, Gyatso decided to take a leap of faith and pursue painting as a full-time career. But it was his background in architecture that originally drew him to Larung Gar’s epic scale and proportions, and the mesmerizing color and composition of this city in the sky.

“I was blown away when I first saw photos of Larung Gar. Thousands of tiny houses, densely packed, all clad in maroon and almost identical to each other … it made for a striking architectural landscape,” says Gyatso. “I at once felt the urge to capture such beauty and complexity through art and share it with the world.”

For Gyatso, the destruction of the religious establishment felt like a personal violation. While China’s routine abuse of human rights never failed to outrage him, the demolitions at Larung Gar devastated him.

Beijing’s hostility to Buddhism is no secret. But until recently Larung Gar had remained one of the extremely few monasteries in Tibet where rigorous study of the Buddhist canon was tolerated by the authorities. In the rest of Tibet, traditional academies of Buddhist learning have been systematically dismantled through decades of assault by the Chinese state. In recent years, police stations and surveillance cameras have been set up in the monasteries, where instead of classes in Buddhist philosophy and ethics, monks and nuns are forced to undergo “patriotic reeducation” programs. Monks educated in India are banned from giving religious teachings, while possessing the Dalai Lama’s photo is an imprisonable offense. In the Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese authorities have barred schoolchildren from taking part in devotional practices during the holy month of Saga Dawa. In this sense, Larung Gar had been the exception that has come to prove the rule.

Gyatso has vowed to keep this sacred place alive in the public imagination. Over the last year, as Chinese authorities bulldozed the monastic buildings and flattened the maroon dwellings, Gyatso toiled away in his Queens apartment, meticulously rebuilding Larung Gar—if only out of incense sticks.

The completed Larung Gar series is now on view at Tibet House through July 26. Essence also features the works of Japanese artist Yasuko Ota alongside those of Gyatso Chuteng.

Tenzin Dorjee is a Tibetan writer, activist and musician. He is the author of The Tibetan Nonviolent Struggle: A Strategic and Historical Analysis published in 2015 by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

Thirteen Deity Vajrabhairava Mandala, 2014. Yasuko Ota.

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Upcoming Schedule of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India - September 4 - 7, 2018 His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Buddhapalita's Commentary on the Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (drel-pa Buddhapalita) in the mornings at the request of a group from Asia including Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam at the Main Tibetan Temple.

Public Talk in Rotterdam, The Netherlands - September 16, 2018 His Holiness will give a public talk on Why Compassion is Essential in our Troubled World in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam. For more information please see www.dalailama2018.nl Teaching in Rotterdam, The Netherlands - September 17, 2018 His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Mind Training (lojong tsik gyema) in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam. For more information please see www.dalailama2018.nl​ Conference in Darmstadt, Germany - September 19, 2018 His Holiness will participate in a conference on Non-Violence and Peace in the morning organized by Tibet Initiative Deutschland and Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama at Congress Center Darmstadtium. For more information please see www. dalailama-darmstadt.de Conference in Heidelberg, Germany - September 20, 2018 His Holiness will participate in a dialogue on Happiness and Responsibility with scientists from Heidelberg in the morning organized by the German-American Institute (DAI) Heidelberg at Stadthalle Heidelberg. www. dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/dalai-lama-17774/ Celebration in Rikon, Switzerland - September 21, 2018 His Holiness will participate in a religious ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Tibet Institute Rikon. Due to limited space, public will be accommodated outside. For further information please see www.tir50.ch Celebration in Winterthur, Switzerland - September 22, 2018 His Holiness will participate in an official function to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Eulachhalle Winterthur. For more information please see www.tir50.ch Teaching in Zurich, Switzerland - September 23, 2018 His Holiness will give a teaching on Nagarjuna’s The Precious Garland of the Middle Way (uma rinchen trengwa), Kamalshila’s The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (laklen sodunma) in the morning organized by the Tibet Institute Rikon and the Tibetan Community of Switzerland & Liechtenstein at Zurich Hallenstadion. For more information please see www.tir50.ch Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India- October 3 - 6, 2018 His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way (uma jukpa) at the request of Taiwanese.

Teaching in Manali, HP, India - October 12 - 14, 2018 On October 12 and 13 mornings, His Holiness will give teachings on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel), Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) & Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind. On October 14 morning, His Holiness will confer a long life empowerment (tsewang). The teachings are organized by Von Ngari Monastery, Manali at Himvalley Amusement & Cultural Park, Bahang (Manali).

Teaching in Yokohama, Japan - November 14 - 16, 2018 On November 14 and 15 mornings, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will teach on Je Tsongkhapa's Praise to the Buddha for His Teachings on Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) & Kamalashila's The Middle Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa). On November 16 morning, His Holiness will confer an Avalokiteshvera Permission Initiation (chenresig jenang). These teachings are being organized at the request of the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (NPO Tibet House Japan) and being held at the Pacifico Yokohama (National Convention Hall of Yokohama). For more information please see www.tibethouse.jp/event/2018/teaching181114_en.html Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India - February 19, 2019 His Holiness will give a short teaching from the Jataka Tales in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.

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