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FALL 2006 Volume 15 Issue 2 New York City
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President’s Letter
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16th Annual Benefit Concert
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Editorial by Richard Gere
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Gallery Exhibitions
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Tibetan Flag Flies in Afghanistan
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Shakyamuni Tangka Created for the September 2006 Teaching with H.H. the Dalai Lama XIV
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Tibet House Programs
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Menla Mountain Retreat
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Letter from the President Greetings on His Holiness’ 71st birthday! We are midway through the Fire Dog year, Tercentenary of the Disappearance of the VIth Dalai Lama, Tsang Yang Gyatso! His current reincarnation recently got a bit overextended with traveling all over South America and Europe, and had to cancel his summer teaching in France and Spain, but I have been informed that now he is resting prior to his upcoming visit to Canada and the U.S. in September. I am very concerned about the Tibet situation just now. All this talk of negotiations with the Chinese and nothing to come of it. They even deny they’re talking about anything. But by pretending to dialogue, they effectively stalled the momentum of the whole movement. The other day I saw an Australian investigative show on the wonderful WorldLinkTV, and among other interesting people, they interviewed the Chi-
matter, but we also genocided the Indians whose country it is. We still regret it, and now it is centuries too late in history to get away with something like that. Or isn’t it! I was not too happy about the interview and noted the Chinese line seems to be triumphally marching ahead with no opposition except the brave young Tibetans who don’t take orders from the Chinese and insist on pressing their case for independence. I was happy to read His Holiness’ statement to them made in Delhi last spring that their determined approach of protesting was just as patriotic as his Middle Way approach. Indeed, without them the “Middle” way wouldn’t be in the middle, as there would be no hard-line, though still nonviolent, Tibetan approach. The appeasement approach is having the bad effect of discouraging supporters of Tibet. Too many people I know who are sympathetic to Tibet are beginning to act more than usual as if it’s all over. continued on page 6 ...
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Editor-in-Chief Robert A.F. Thurman
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Patron His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Tibetan Members Ex Officio
Editors Kyra Borré, Angie Kwak, Joe Orlando, Ganden Thurman, Mipam Thurman, Nena v.S. Thurman, Annette Uhlfelder Graphic Designers Carol E. Wolf, Shanti Durkee Cover Illustration Paul Osborne Tibet House welcomes articles on Tibetan culture for upcoming issues of the Tibet House Drum. Please send materials via e-mail or mail including a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tibet House may or may not use the submitted material. Your contribution will be returned to you.
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nese ambassador to Delhi. He was a nice looking man, somewhat smarmy and smug, good command of English. But the way he talked about His Holiness was a mixture of enraging and sad – how yes, His Holiness is trying to accommodate to their wishes but they don’t believe he is sincere about being part of China, and so they don’t want to change their negative approach to him. Very smooth, very patronizing, changing the subject and wanting to talk about the railroad! CNN had me on briefly the other day about the railroad, and the Indian gentleman out of their Hong Kong or Beijing studio interviewing me was totally spieling out Chinese propaganda about Tibet as a former feudal horrible place, and how generous were the Chinese to “develop” it, just like conquering the American West with the railroad! He was upset when I wouldn’t agree, and said, “developing Tibet for whom? Not for the Tibetans surely? Sure we Euro-Americans “developed” the West, and the East, for that
On the cover: line drawing by Robert Beer.
Honorary Chair Tashi Wangdi H. H. the Dalai Lama’s Representative to the Americas
Executive Officers Robert A. F. Thurman, President Philip Glass, Vice President Ludwig Kuttner, Secretary Beata Tikos, Treasurer
Members Alan B. Abramson Alex von Bidder Anne G. Gleacher Kazuko T. Hillyer Peggy Hitchcock Susan Kessler Navin Kumar Adam M. Lindemann
Leila Hadley Luce Michael McCormick Laurence H. Silverman Kenneth I. Starr Nena v. S. Thurman Uma K. Thurman Fortuna Valentino
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche Special Envoy of H. H. the Dalai Lama Chair, International Campaign for Tibet Venerable Doboom Tulku Rinpoche Director, Tibet House New Delhi Tenzin Namgyal Thethong President, Dalai Lama Foundation Kalsang and Kim Yeshi Principals, Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala
TIBET HOUSE STAFF
Executive Director Ganden Thurman Administration/ Programs Shanti Durkee Angie Kwak Justin Stone-Diaz Mipam Thurman Tashi Tsering
Special Events Kyra Borré Exhibitions Annette Uhlfelder Development Beata Tikos
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Tibet House Benefit Concert 2006
Philip Glass, Nawang Khechog, Laurie Anderson, Sufjan Stevens
Another year has passed and the annual Tibet House Concert at Carnegie Hall was both tremendously fun and extremely successful. The show was launched with uplifting speeches from Philip Glass and Robert Thurman. The Drepung Gomang Monks performed a ritual chant that set the stage for another amazingly unique collection of performers. Laurie Anderson brought her usual harmonic and humorous excellence to the stage in a piece called Big Science, which also featured the stunningly pristine voice of Antony. Laurie then did another duet with Nawang Khechog and his distinctive flute skills in a piece entitled Huge Hole. The next performer Sufjan Stevens, a newcomer to the Tibet House show, brought his tranquilizing voice to bear in the two songs: The Lord God Bird and Kasmir Pulaski Day. By this point in the concert the crowd showed its pleasure in thun-
Nawang Khechog, Daniel Roumain
derous applause and awestruck gaping, moments which could only be followed by the stunningly melodious piano skills of Philip Glass and his song Etude #10. Philip then played a duet with violinist Daniel Roumain in the wonderful song called Metamorphosis 2. Daniel Roumain went on to play two songs called Hip Hop Study Etude #10 in C# minor and Filter which blended classical style with modern musical methods. Nawang Khechog came back to the stage to accompany Daniel Roumain on a dream-like song called Native. Nawang continued to play his poignant flute in a beautiful piece called Hall of Compassion. Then Nawang picked up a didgeridoo and he was joined by drummer Jay Dee Daugherty in a wildly energized song called Dig & Drums. The next performer to return to the stage, and a favorite of many people, was the angel-like singer Antony in his sympathetic song You Are My Sister. Damien Rice followed up this performance with two songs from his
Allen Toussaint (top), Antony
new hit album, The Blower’s Daughter Part 2 and Cold Water. Damien’s fans were particularly appreciative and one could hear shouts of encouragement far and wide. As if all of this was not amazing enough, the last solo performer of the evening, Louisiananative Allen Toussaint, came on the stage and wowed the audience with his famously witty and bluesy performance. A rare treat for any stage, Allen gripped the already overworked feelings of happiness in the crowd and sent them on one final rollercoaster of enjoyment. His songs were Whipped Cream, Tippytina & Me and Big Chief. The concert concluded with a raucous and splendid version of Yes We Can Can by the entire cast of the evening. A portion of the concert proceeds were donated to New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness and a portion of the party proceeds were donated to The Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey.
SAVE THE DATE! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 Tibet House U.S. 17th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall 3 Damien Rice
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Tibet House News Tibet House U.S. would like to thank all of our supporters who contributed to our very successful membership drive.
Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon Tibet House U.S. gratefully acknowledges the contributions With Dr. Robert Thurman & Brent Olson above basic membership received November 6-19, 2006 between December 1st, 2005 and June 30th, 2006: A Special Departure Created by Geographic Expeditions For Tibet House U.S. Andrew Ammerman * Kevin Anthony * Melissa Lande Appel * Stephen Arrendell * Gillian Arthur * Dee Ashington * Ardythe Ashley * Marti Minter Bailey * Joslyn Barnes * Antonette Barni * Steven and Melanie Baumrin * Jane Bay * Suzanne Bazin and Curtis Williams * John Beaman * Dounia Benjelloun * Mary Berman * Jessica Bier * Sophie Black * Jean Blanchard * Sheldon Blitstein * Jay Blumenkopf * Gary S. Boardman * Karin Borgh * Alan Boss * Lane Bowes * Meta R. & William B. Boyd * Eileen Boynton * Susan Brandwayn * Kylie Brauer * Sonja & Jason Breemen * Helene Ruby Brezinsky * Marie Louise Broch * Marilyn Brooks * Carter Burden * Pamela Zwehl Burke * Margaret Trika Burke-Smith * Steven Burton * Jon Cartwright * Sonia Carty * Rosanne Cash * Robert & Janice Chilton * Thomas Clark * Henry Coffey * Eric and Andrea Colombel * Sally Connolly * French Conway * Katherine Cook * Paula Crevoshay * Joshua & Diana Cutler * Danielle Cuvillier * Paul & Stephen Cole Daniels * Ariane Dewey * Dannasch * Julianne Davidow * Meredith Davis * Tenki Tenduf-La Davis * Jacqueline de la Chaume * Ann & Joseph Debaldo * Sam Dewitt * Barbara P. Dills * Marcella Dodd * Marya Doery * Vincent Doogan * Tad Drouet * Tracey * Duffy * Virginia Dwan * Diana & Fred Elghanayan * Julia Emerson * Gerald M. Emmet MD * Sylvie Erb * Sigo Falk * Thomas Farb * Lee Farber * Christian Fiech * Kathleen Flud * Iris Fodor * Deborah Foord * Mary Ford * Patricia A. Francis * David Mark Gaston * Bob Gerber & Veronica Rynn * Charles Giledman * Denise Gogarty * Drew Goldberg * Mary Cirillo Goldberg * Trudy Goldman * Dan and Tara Goleman * Jaqueline Gotthold * Jamie Grant * Robert Gunn * Wendy Hagen * Jeffrey Haloff and Chelsea Colby * James Halper * John & Jane Hanbury * Bonita Barnak Harter * Diane M. Hatz * K. R. Haugin * Richard Hayes * Nancy Haynes * Marirene Heisler * Carolyn Hengst * Alison Hildreth * Charlotte Himsl * Frank & Lisina Hoch * Carl Horn * Joan A. Hurley * Ivy Hwang * Nancy Isenberg * Thomas Isenberg * William and Lynn Jackson * Thomas Jasper * Lawrence R. Johnson * Heidi Kasevich * Jodie Katz * Honey Black (Max & Bella Black) Kay * Marcia Kelly * Jane Kerr * Robert Kirschbaum * Christine Kovich * Jeffrey Kunken * Michele Kunken * Melissa Lande * Robert Langan * Donald LaSala * Mary F. Leonard * Fredric Leslie * Aniik Libby * John Light * Alice Linz * George Loening * Noreen Lombardo * Erika Gritman Long * John Loomis * Maria Margenot * Leslie Tree Marr * David Marshall * Natalie Maxwell-Hauptman * Peter Mayer * James McConnell * Ellen Menegio * George A. Meyer * Patrice T. Michaels * Terin Tashi Miller * Anne Milliken * Philip & Cheryl Milstein * Ellen M. Miret * Meri Mitsuyoshi * John Montgomery * Jean-Carol Moore-Schwarzkopf * John, John Jr, Jonnie Moorhead * Hank Morni and Leslie Morris * Morni & Morris * Jo Anne Morris * Micah Morrison * Mary Morse * Mitchell Muroff * Anil Nanda * Walter Nathan * Juliet Niehaus & Richard White * Anne Noonan * George Northrup * Braham & Therese Norwick * Marguerite Noschese * Suzi Oppenheimer * Gale Organist * Wendi Oringer * Sara Overton * Richard Page * Wendy Palmer * Andrew Paul * Chuck continued on page 22 ...
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This fall’s Bhutan trip is already sold out with a wait-list. Nevertheless, if you are interested in such a Tibet House trip, you can join the wait-list anyway and then be first in line for next year’s trips. There will be a few more of them, since Dr. Thurman is on sabbatical in 2007-08. Dates are not yet fixed in stone, but there are likely trips: to Kailash in Tibet in May-June, 2007; to Mongolia in late summer; to Bhutan again in autumn; and to the Buddha’s holy places in India (and possibly beyond) in JanuaryFebruary 2008. Please email or call Geoex to apply for any of these. The trip is co-led by Brent Olson, former Director of Bhutan Programs at Geographic Expeditions. Brent has traveled to Bhutan over 35 times in the last 20 years. Additional Questions? Please call (800) 777-8183 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time info@geoex.com | www.geoex.com Geographic Expeditions 1008 General Kennedy Avenue | PO Box 29902 San Francisco, California 94129-0902 Telephone: (415) 922-0448 | Fax: (415) 346-5535
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His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama September 23-25, 2006 New York City
A Word About the Sharp Weapon Blade Wheel It is a great honor to host His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, for his bestowing of the radical “mind-transformation” (lojong) teaching called “The Sharp Weapon Blade Wheel” (tsonchay korlo), written by Dharmarakshita (10-11th century C. E.). This text was used as a root for the live heart teachings of many of Tibet’s greatest spiritual masters, not only from the Kadampa and Gelukpa orders, but also from the Sakya, Nyingma, and Kagyu orders. For that matter, the “mind-transformation” teachings are the most fundamental teachings of all forms of Buddhism: all Buddhist teachings have the unvarying aim of isolating the individual’s egocentric, self-preoccupation habit. They bring it up into the realistic light of the wisdom awareness that sees through the illusion of its having a solid basis. This makes it possible to see how such delusion results in suffering for oneself and others. Then, one naturally moves to gradually exchange it for the altruistic, other-preoccupation of love and compassion. The immediate result of this transformation is an amazing happiness and the long-term result is the complete freedom of nirvana. Dharmarakshita was a refugee from the Turkic invasions of North India, which had destroyed his monastery and commmunity. He fled to Tibet where he lived as a cowherd, unrecognized as the great teacher that he was, since he knew no Tibetan. By practicing the Dharma, he turned his sense of outrage and blame inward upon himself, making an advantage out of a catastrophe, and evolving to a very high state of enlightenment, immune to even the fear of death. His greatest student was the great Bengali master, Atisha (ca. 982-1054), who fortunately was recognized by the Tibetans, and spent the last 12 years of his life on the high plateau. He transmitted the mindtransformation heart insight to his disciples, most notably Drom Tonpa Gyalway Jungnay (“Source of Buddhas”), who founded the mainstream Kadampa order, and, centuries later, began reincarnating as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet.
Today we live also in very disturbed times, and even have no such place as peaceful Tibet to which we can flee. This Weapon Wheel teaching can help us not merely to burn with impotent outrage at the stupidity and barbarity we see all around us, but instead burn powerfully within to develop an inner peacefulness, a sound health glowing with inner victory, and a patience that enables us to remain happy and positive even in the midst of the most oppressive and provocative circumstances. Once we wear the shining armor of patience, soar with the energy of altruistic compassion, and penetrate the problems before us with the mindful intelligence of enlightened realism, we will become a living part of the proverbial solution and never more part of the problems. 5
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We had the good fortune in June to attend on His Holiness in two places: in San Francisco where he launched an initiative, on invitation of the Imam of Northern California, of serious interreligious dialogue with Muslims; and in Petra, Jordan, at Elie Wiesel and King Abdullah’s Nobelist Conference, “A World in Danger.” His Holiness was a bit tired from his strenuous South American tour, but he gave a nice talk and focused his mind on the ever more precarious Middle East situation. There were some moments of hope kindled in the dialogues, especially when Mahmud Abbas met with us, then Ehud Olmert, and then the two of them had a friendly personal encounter at a breakfast. It’s almost as if the extremists on both sides didn’t like the “peace” noises coming out of there, so after it was over, as all saw, the whole situation took a big turn for the worse. His Holiness proclaimed in San Francisco that he might have to become a “defender of Islam,” since it seems the other Abrahamic monotheists unfairly stereotype Muslims as especially violent. “There is no such thing as a religion of hate,” he said, though all religions have their misinterpretations and extremisms. A true Buddhist Muslim dialogue is something truly historic in this 21st common era century (it’s the Jewish year 5762, the Buddhist year 2500 something, the Tibetan national year 2133, and the Muslim year 1427). In other news, we had a great charity auction last fall, with everyone’s generosity enabling us to keep on going and also to help substantially the Tibetan Association’s community cultural center development in Queens. 6
We have an exciting line-up of programs at Tibet House US and Menla this fall (see pages 12-16). We continue to develop our next big traveling exhibition for 2009. We have had very successful in-house exhibitions, and more planned for the coming season. Our Repatriation Collection of Tibetan Art and Cultural Objects continue to receive generous donations from our loyal donors. Our publishing program continues with a novel about the Sixth Dalai Lama, and an art book on the Tibetan Shrine, published in collaboration with our friends at the Overlook Press; four translations from the Tanjur, in the series we sponsor jointly with the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia’s Center for Buddhist Studies and the Columbia University Press; and we will be releasing various lectures and films through our upgraded website. We are even launching a “podcasting” series, with the help of our young “New Media” friends, Josh and Emily Davidow, Jeff Kunken, Mipam Thurman, and others. We are all working hard at the moment to prepare to host His Holiness for another big event in New York, a teaching on Mind-Transformation already all sold out at the Beacon Theatre, September 23-25. Those who are missing out on it will be able to receive the teaching electronically later, as we will publish the film and recording. We have some wonderful new Board Members who are putting their shoulders to the wheel, and more and more friends as time goes by. 2007 will be our 20th year of existence, and so we plan something special for the New Year of the Fire Pig, beginning with
– 2007 – Tibet House U.S. 20th Anniversary our New Year’s Benefit Concert on February 26, 2007. We treasure every one of you loyal old friends who maintain your membership and support this humble little home for Tibetan culture. We have improved our member communications through our website, and have been growing and growing in membership drives, thanks to all of your kind efforts. We need your support more vitally than ever. Your gifts to Tibet House US really matter, as through us you reach out worldwide to all Tibetans in their culturally endangered situations. As His Holiness said at our founding 19 years ago: He has worked for nearly fifty years in exile to preserve Tibetan culture in exile, and all the Tibetan organizations in India and around the world have been doing a great job. “However, around 15 or 20 years from now, we will be getting perhaps a bit tired, and at that time we will need a powerful cultural organization in America to be there to sustain our cultural efforts.” With all best wishes,
Robert A.F. Thurman, President
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Editorial by Richard Gere
This op-ed appeared in the New York Times on July 15, 2006. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Railroad to Perdition The opening this month of the final segment of the world’s highest railway, from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet, is a staggering engineering achievement and a testimony to the developing greatness of China. But it is also the most serious threat by the Chinese yet to the survival of Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity. In the words of a well-known Tibetan religious teacher who died after many years in a Chinese prison, the railway heralds “a time of emergency and darkness” for Tibet. This railway across the roof of the world will result in an expanded Chinese military presence in Tibet, accelerate the already devastating exploitation of its natural resources and increase the number of Chinese migrants, marginalizing the Tibetan people still further. In the capital, Lhasa, Tibetans are already a minority. In the years after China’s invasion of Tibet in 1950, thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and convents were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Tibetans perished. Today the suppression of religion is more subtle and less visible to outsiders. Many of the monasteries have been partly rebuilt, but often they are simply showplaces for tourists. Obtaining a complete religious education in Tibet is usually impossible. Even having a photograph of the Dalai Lama is a criminal offense. Many Tibetans lost their land to make way for the railway, and Tibetan nomads are being forced to settle in cities. Without land and religion, cultures disappear. This is particularly true in Tibet, where the land itself is regarded as sacred. And even as their culture is undermined by the railway, most Tibetans are unlikely to enjoy any economic benefits from it. With a price tag of more than $4 billion, the Tibet railway is the most ambitious and costly element of China’s current drive to develop its western regions, known as the Great Leap West. But its construction was based upon the Communist Party’s old strategic and political objectives, and its main beneficiaries will be the Chinese military units stationed there, Chinese companies and Chinese settlers. Most Tibetans don’t have access to education that would allow them to compete in the economic environment created by China’s policies, nor are they welcome to share the fruits of its success. Railroad to Perdition continued on page 17 ...
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Gallery Exhibitions TIBET HOUSE GALLERY HOURS ARE MONDAY-FRIDAY FROM
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Samten Dakpa’s Spectacular Tibetan Tangka Exhibit
An exhibit of some 30 spectacular tangka paintings by virtuoso Tibetan artist, sculpto architect and teacher Samten Dakpa will be on display at Tibet House U.S. starting August 17. There will be an opening reception with the artist on- Septem ber 14.
Samten Dakpa s artwork is one of the most impressive bodies of work I have ever seen of traditional Tibetan art forms such as tangka painting, – Robert Thurman, Tibet House U.S. president. Samten uses traditional techniques and imparts great precision and delicacy of line and color to his paintings. With touches of humor, he depicts his visions of the magical world of the Tibetan deities and seeks to convey the peacefulness and balance that are the core of the tangka tradition. As Samten explains, tangkas are painted on canvas with tempura, a medium in which pigments are mixed with casein or egg instead of oil. The water soluble mineral and organic pigments are tempered with an herb and glue solution. In addition to painting, Samten also creates stone sculptures and complete architectural designs of buildings. A notable example is his comprehensive design of the Nalanda International Institute in Karnataka, India, which included the building’s sculpture and paintings. Working with his team of students, they completed the two-year project in 2003. The 31-year-old artist began painting Tibetan tangkas when he was eight years old and taught art in the Longshod monastery in Rabshi, Padmasambhava (detail)
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Kham (eastern Tibet) at age 16. He then won admission to the master school conducted by Kun Sung, the most renowned tangka painter in Tibet, and studied under him for four years. Upon completion of his studies, Samten took a crucial exam with other outstanding artists in Tibet and China for certification as a top artist by the Chinese authorities.
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Although the youngest student, he came in second among the 300 artists in the competition. Samten was then picked to join a team of painters commissioned by the Chinese government to paint a scroll tangka two meters wide and 600 meters long. The world’s longest tangka, it took Samten and his associates more than nine months to complete.
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Tibetan Flag Flies in Afghanistan Soldier flies Tibetan flag from firebase in Afghanistan along with American flags to honor the victims of
“It's not that far away" said one of my fellow soldiers who raised the Tibetan flag over our firebase in Afghanistan in early 2003. Referring to the land of Tibet, he could have been punished for this unofficial act of defiance. The flag came down quickly, but for a brief shining moment, it flew in the land where just two years before the Taliban Regime had blown up the famous Buddhist statues in Bamiyan that were considered a treasure by the international community; even Saudi Arabia asked the Taliban to cease this repressive act towards Buddhism. In 2003 my deployment in Afghanistan was winding down and it became apparent that soon the United States would be in Iraq. The soldier gave me the Tibetan flag and asked me to fly it when I was deployed to Iraq. By the next year I was there and flew the flag from our firebase in Iraq along with a few American flags in honor of the victims of September 11, 2001. The question occurred to me afterwards, when everyday I saw the American flag flying next to the Iraqi flag in trying to win freedom for their people, when would the world rally around other peoples who need help in gaining their freedom? My interest in Indo-Tibetan Culture came from what the soldier in Afghanistan had asked me to do. I read of its rich history and became immediately convinced that Tibetan
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culture was something the world could not afford to lose. Because of this, the flag remained special and was kept in storage. I remained unaware of a better repository until a priest suggested donating it to the founder of Tibet House, Professor Robert A. F. Thurman. Once the suggestion was made, immediately my heart told me this was the place for the flag…at least temporarily. As the generation selected to be born for such a time as now, we have the obligation to see that the Tibetan people will have the same freedom to fly their flag over their nation as Americans, Afghans, Iraqis, or even Chinese do. The struggle for Tibet is not consigned only to Buddhists. Tibet's virtues are universal and are not bound by any one race, culture, or religion. An Episcopal priest was the man who suggested donating it to Tibet House. The soldier who originally flew it was a Christian with no ties to Tibet except in his soul. As the international community rallied around symbols of Buddhism in early 2001 and are now rebuilding the statues of Bamiyan, so we must come together in the same manner to assist the brave people of the Tibetan land to gain their freedom and preserve their culture . – Lawrence A. Provost
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Photo by Tashi Tsering
Tibetan Artists at Work Tibetan Artists Create Tangka of Shakyamuni for His Holiness the
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Photo by Annette Uhlfelder
The artists started sketching the 9-by-13-1/2-foot tangka in late May and will complete it in September. It was their first U.S. collaboration since teaming up in India from 1993 to 1995. Ngawang recently designed and decorated the stand for the prayer wheels in the Tibet House U.S. entrance while Tenzin painted the Shrine Room with former Nechung Monastery monk and artist Tinley Chojor at Tibet House nine years ago.
Photo by Tashi Tsering
Photo by Tashi Tsering
Two Tibetan artists, Ngawang Chophel and Tenzin Dhodak, painted a large and intricate tangka of Shakyamuni, with figures from the four schools of Buddhism, as the backdrop for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings in September at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
Before coming to the U.S. a year and a half ago, Ngawang had a distinguished career in
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Tenzin Dhodak
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Module I: The Stages of the Path: Lam Rim for Americans Robert Thurman In this series of classes, Robert Thurman will discuss in detail the three stages of the Lam Rim. The first stage, renunciation, occurs upon recognition that the nature of all unenlightened life is suffering, from which one can generate a strong transcendence based on the determination to be free from suffering. The second stage is based upon the contemplation that suffering is universal and common to all beings, whereby one develops the bodhi-mind, the altruistic spirit of enlightenment. In the third stage, one develops the realistic view, the understanding of the wisdom of emptiness. In the final session, Professor Thurman will discuss how one can use these stages in contemporary life, with an emphasis on meditation including one-pointed, analytical and visualization practices. Robert A.F. Thurman, Ph.D. is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness (Riverhead); Anger (Oxford University Press.) His most recent book is titled The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism (Free Press.) Full Module (4 sessions): Wednesdays, October 11, 18, 25 and November 1, 7-9 pm Registration Number: 06FSB27T | Members $80 /Nonmembers $90 Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House: $25(cash or check) at door only, as space permits.
Healing Chรถd: Clearing Obstacles to Our Own Innate Primordial Awareness Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche The Healing Chรถd is a ritual from Kunzang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche's Mind Treasure, founded on the basic practice of Chod established by the Tibetan female saint Macig Labdro a thousand years ago. Rinpoche recently passed away amidst many miraculous signs including earthquakes, rainbows, thunder and lightening (see www.zangdokpalri.org for photos!) As per his final wishes, Dungse (spiritual son) Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche will be leading 5 other monks and nuns all of whom are the most developed healing cho practitioners of the Zangdokpalri monastic community in this three-day healing. In this ritual, participants lie down on the floor while Rinpoche and the monks and nuns perform a ceremony. This unique healing practice has been nurtured in Tibet for a millennium. The ceremony employs a healing song and music conducted by the Lama. The rhythm and symphonic sequences initiate the favorable conditions necessary to pacify the causes of physical, emotional and spiritual discord. There are no books to study, no lectures to listen to, just lie down and relax to receive this famous healing. An explanatory lecture will be given between sessions for those who want to learn more about the process... This Healing Chรถd has benefited or healed thousands of people in the USA, from those chronically ill to those suffering simple sadness. Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche, son and spiritual heir of Kunzang Dechen Lingpa. Rinpoche is 41 years old and like one vessel filled from another has been receiving all of KDL Rinpoche's precious revealed teachings since childhood, including many years of solitary retreat, especially practicing chod. Actually in India it is Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche not KDL who performed healing cho for the local community and his practice is renowned as especially efficacious. Note: This program is meant to be taken as a whole, and pre-registration is encouraged. You cannot take individual evenings. Limited enrollment. A three-evening ceremony Wednesday, November 15, 7-10 pm Thursday, November 16, 7-9 pm Friday, November 17, 7-9 pm Registration Number: 06FSB32S $195 (no member discount)
To register call 212.219.2527 x 200! All classes and workshops take place at Tibet House U.S. located at 22 W. 15th Street unless otherwise noted.
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Module III: Buddhism and Psychotherapy Mondays: November 6, 13, 20, and Thursdays: November 30 & December 14 | 7-9 pm (5 sessions) | Registration Number: 06FSB33T Members $100 / Nonmembers $115. Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House $25 (cash or check) at door, as space permits.
How Buddhism & Psychotherapy Help Us Realize & Embody Our Full Humanity
Meditation & Psychotherapy: From Trauma to Integration
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Approach to Psychotherapy
Joseph Bobrow
Thursdays, November 30 & December 14, 7-9 pm
Mondays, November 13, 20, 7-9 pm
In the West, or at least in what we think of as the psychologically minded West, one of the most prevalent models of psychological health is of someone who is willing to go deeply into their own problems. This model even influences the way many Westerners approach meditation, imagining, as they do, that they should explore the dark sides of their personalities; their fears, anxieties, depressions, and conflicts; while on their meditation cushions. Hidden within this view of mental health is a kind of secret agenda—one that has to do with establishing a sense of certainty about the self, as if it could be known, or exposed, completely; as if we could dig down, as Freud wished, through the archaeological layers of the self to its roots.
Partners in Liberation
In the West’s historic encounter with Buddhist psychology, our meeting with the Tibetan mind sciences promises to be the most fruitful yet. Time-capsule for the most complete Buddhist systems of contemplative healing, self-transcendence and mind/brain integration, the “inner science” tradition of Tibet preserves one of humanity’s greatest treasuries of liberating wisdom and healing art. The crown jewel in this treasury is Tibet’s unique system of public health education, aimed at offering people in all walks of life a gradual path to personal freedom and shared happiness. Anticipating current research in stress-protection, mind/body healing, neural plasticity and optimal learning, this system has been increasingly sparking advances in modern cognitive and dynamic therapies. Yet unlike our fragmented psychotherapy schools, this integrative tradition prepares therapists to meet people whatever their level of psychospiritual crisis or development, and to empower them with the insights and skills they need to find their way to fulfillment and integration. Dr. Loizzo shares his 30 year experience assimilating and applying this tradition in his own life, in clinical research and with people suffering from addictions and compulsions, traumatic memories and emotions, conflicted relationships, and blocks to intimacy and creativity.
Buddhism & Psychotherapy Series Mark Epstein Monday, November 6, 7-9 pm
Yet in Buddhism—and even in some more recent psychoanalytic schools—there has emerged a different model, one that is less about digging and more about opening. In this model, there is no sense of ever coming to a complete understanding of the self; the hope is to become more comfortable with uncertainty or vulnerability or emotional experience. This evening’s presentation will teach and explore what the influential British psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott called unintegration, a state of mind cultivated in both meditation and psychotherapy and the source, in Winnicott’s view, of creative expression. The relevance of this state for Buddhist psychotherapy will be emphasized. Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Going on Being and his recently published Open to Desire, which explores desire as a subject of meditative awareness. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.
Buddhist principles and practices complement those of modern psychotherapy as contemporary psychological views of how human beings grow, develop and interact help clarify Buddhist teachings. Yet these two traditions also challenge the other’s tenets in ways that, with genuine dialogue, can become mutually enriching. In a spirit of respect for both traditions, we will examine Buddhist and psychotherapeutic uses of attention, and their underlying perspectives on the nature of reality, the mind, the self, and the experience of awakening and liberation from suffering. Of particular interest will be the relational field, where Buddhist practitioners can be brought up short and where contemporary ideas and research, including unconscious emotional communication, can shine a light. If Buddhist practice provides a path to realize our essential nature, psychotherapy can help us personalize and embody the teachings in ways that benefit all beings, including ourselves. If psychotherapy helps us become aware of and integrate diverse elements of our emotional experience, Buddhist practice invites us to experience, appreciate and convey the vastness of our true nature, here and now: a bigger container in which emotions are held, transformed and communicated in mutually beneficial ways. Join us for this two-part seminar which includes meditation practice, experiential exercises, and Q&A. Joseph Bobrow is a psychologist-psychoanalyst and a Zen master in the Diamond Sangha lineage. His writings explore Buddhism, psychoanalysis, and their interplay in relieving suffering and helping us realize and embody our true nature. He is the founder of Deep Streams Zen Institute, which offers Zen practice; provides continuing education for mental health practitioners, drawing on Buddhism (including Vipassana and Tibetan traditions), the creative arts, and leading edge science; and serves the community through innovative peace-building programs. www.deepstreams.org.
Joseph Loizzo
Joseph Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over thirty years' experience studying the beneficial effects of meditation on healing and learning. His work at Harvard, UC Davis, Columbia and Cornell alerted him to the need for one place where people can get both the nutrients they need to heal and change: intellectual stimulation and personal care. He founded Nalanda Institute to create an enriched learning environment impossible within conventional universities that divorce mind from body, intellect from emotion, knowledge from action. Its curriculum and programs, developed and tested over decades, are based on an ancient tradition integrating critical thinking with personal guidance and meditative experience.
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Tibetan Studies Workshops An Introduction to Skillful Means Arnaud Maitland When the Buddha was asked: “What can we ultimately become?” the answer was “That depends on your mind.” In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition there are many ways to discover and develop mind; one such approach is Skillful Means. Characteristic of this way of learning is to discover the power of mind in your daily activities, primarily at work. This approach was first introduced by the Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku in the early 1970s. Arnaud Maitland has studied and worked with Tarthang Tulku and directed a highly successful commercial business based on these Tibetan Buddhist principles. In this introduction you will receive insights and practices on the mind at work and on the power of time. Through Skillful Means you discover that you already have the power to be successful at work, at home and in your environment. Arnaud Maitland is an international lecturer, retreat leader, meditation instructor and long-time student of the Nyingma Tibetan Lama, Tarthang Tulku, is the Managing Director of Dharma Publishing International and the author of Living Without Regret: Growing Old in Light of Tibetan Buddhism and Mastering Work/Mastering Time. An evening workshop Friday, October 13, 7-10pm Registration Number: 06FSB16M Members $35/Nonmembers $40
Buddhism and Psychotherapy: Working with Emotional Life Mark Epstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Robert Thurman Emotional Life: A Buddhist Perspective Meditation offers a unique opportunity to investigate subjective experience. Mental activity, physical sensations and emotional responses all become grist for the mill of mindful awareness. This evening’s discussion will focus on how a Buddhist perspective can help make emotional life a vehicle for awakening. While Western psychotherapy has evolved many helpful strategies for coping with difficult emotions, Buddhism seeks to use emotional experience of all kinds to foster the development of wisdom and compassion. The different Buddhist traditions stress different methods of achieving this goal. We will explore Theravadan, Mahayana, and Tantric methods of working with both ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ emotions with special attention to the difficulties faced by Westerners as they struggle to integrate a Buddhist approach with their conventional ways of relating to emotional life. Sharon Salzberg has been teaching meditation retreats worldwide for almost 30 years. She is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Sharon is the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications. Mark Epstein and Robert Thurman Bios on page 12.
Living Without Regret: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective Arnaud Maitland Whatever our stage of life, change and transition are the one constant truth. Learning to embrace change and accept the inevitability of loss allows us to live a full and courageous life. In this workshop, which will include lecture, dynamic inquiry, discussion and meditations, we will learn to explore our feelings and needs without being overwhelmed. In Tibetan Buddhism we can find ways to heal the past so that the future is open and not tainted by past experiences and layers of conditioning. The topic of the Bardo will help us to prepare for the future and be dynamically engaged in the present. Come discover highly effective, time-tested techniques drawn from ancient Tibetan Buddhist wisdom that can help us find security in insecurity and real joy in life. Co-sponsored with Tibet House U.S Location: New York Open Center A one-day workshop Saturday, October 14, 10:15 am-5:45 pm Registration Number: 06FSB49S Members $120/Nonmembers $130
To register call 212.219.2527 x 200! All classes and workshops take place at Tibet House U.S. located at 22 W. 15th Street unless otherwise noted.
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An evening lecture Friday, October 20, 7-9 pm Registration Number: 06FSB46 Members $18/Nonmembers $20
Buddhism and Psychotherapy: Working with Emotional Life Mark Epstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Robert Thurman Emotional Life: Strategies of Transformation Today’s workshop is designed to give participants a direct experience of the potential their minds to relate differently to habitual patterns of emotional reactivity. Periods of meditation will alternate with discussion of issues on the interface of Buddhist thought and Western psychotherapy. How much psychic change can we expect from meditation? Is it possible to talk about Buddhist psychotherapy? What might such a therapy look or feel like? Did Buddhism ever evolve anything resembling psychotherapy, or is that a uniquely Western contribution to the attempt to alleviate psychic pain? Throughout the day, we will continue to explore the vast panoply of creative approaches taught by Buddhist teachers to make emotional life a vehicle for awakening. Suitable for those with little or no meditative or therapeutic experience, or for those with a great deal, we will attempt to work through many of the misunderstandings that keep people in a state of confusion with regard to their emotional lives. A one-day workshop Saturday, October 21, 10 am-5 pm Registration Number: 06FSB47S Members $120/Nonmembers $130
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Tibet House Educational Programs Ch'i Kung Workshops
Weekly Meditation: Tuesdays, 7-9 pm Sharon Salzberg October 3, 10, 17 and 24 November 14, 21, 28 December 5, 12, and 19 Visit our website www.tibethouse.org or call Tibet House at 212.807.0563 for further information.
Finding Forgiveness Dr. Eileen R. Borris Have you ever felt betrayed, hurt or wronged? Are you struggling to get over a nasty divorce, the death of a loved one or broken family ties? Finding Forgiveness will take you through a step by step program which will help you deal with conflicted emotions and find it in your heart to forgive. Included in this book are stories of incredible individuals from the person who could be your next door neighbor to one of the holiest men in the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Each of the story tellers shares their struggles and eventual triumphs in being able to forgive. This book offers a remarkably sensitive yet powerful approach to healing your heart, lifting your spirits and finding the power to love, grow and forgive.
Paul Bloom Ch'i kung is a form of Chinese medicine, a philosophy and a way of life. By practicing ch'i kung regularly, we can overcome chronic health problems, calm the mind and prevent illness. These four monthly Saturday workshops (from September to December) will build upon one another to create a solid foundation for the practice of ch'i kung. We will use authentic exercises drawn directly from the classical Taoist canon. We will start with the Eight Brocades of Silk to learn how to relax, circulate energy and prevent illness. We will then move to the Brain and Lung Tao Yin forms to detoxify, stimulate and strengthen these organs. Next, we will practice the Crane, Tiger and Monkey animal forms to learn how to move with strength and grace. The Crane focuses on purifying and strengthening the lungs. The Tiger emphasizes the joints, particularly the wrists and fingers. The Monkey strengthens the arms and legs and increases intelligence by stimulating the brain. In each animal form, we will learn how that animal moves gracefully. Finally, we will practice both the Standing Meditation in Seven Positions to build strength in stillness and the classical Taoist Meditation to calm the mind. No experience is necessary. Saturdays, 10am-4pm September 30, October 28, November 18, and December 9 Individual Workshops are Members $85/Nonmembers $95 Series Price: Members $300/Nonmembers $340
An Evening of Meditation and Loving-kindness Songs Mabel Aranha Ed.d.
Eileen R. Borris-Dunchunstang, Ed.D. is an internationally renown-ed speaker and trainer in forgiveness, reconciliation, conflict resolution and trauma recovery. Dr. Borris-Dunchunstang is the Director of Training at the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Washington, DC, has worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and has spoken at the DPI/NGO conference at the United Nations on the nature of forgiveness.
There will be a guided reflection and meditation on Loving-kindness made easy to remember, followed by singing meditation and a rendering of songs for meditation and reflection. Mabel Aranha has an Ed.d from Columbia University and is a graduate from the European Peace University. She has written two books on Peace Education for Schools and has recently published; Guidelines for the Practice of Loving-kindness, to be distributed free to schools in India. The first part of the book contain a method to teach, experience and internalise Loving-kindess in children. It contains the songs and poems which will be presented and taught. Lecture and Meditation Monday, October 23, 7-9 pm, Free
Booksigning, Thursday, September 7, 7-9 pm Free; RSVP requested
Top-Down Yoga Lawrence Kiely
Scattered Joy Alexandra Puertas Seegers Through dignifying, colorful and joyful images that distill the essence of our humanity, “Scattered Joy� captures moments of the daily lives of women (and children) in some of the world's most remote places. What emerges is a realization that whatever religion or language, tribe or tradition, the women of the world are simply women: feminine, powerful and mysterious. Ms. Seegers will be illustrating her talk with slides and will conclude with q&a as well as signing copies of the book. Alexandra Puertas Seegers was born in Madrid, Spain to a Dutch mother and a Spanish father. After studying Design and Photography at Chelsea college of Art &Design (London) and Parsons School of Design (Los Angeles-New York), she began working as a freelance designer / art director in the advertising world. In between projects she traveled extensively through Asia for over five years. There she integrated, dressed, ate and lived with many tribes and traditional people. This way she got closer to them and as a result captured the spontaneity of her subjects resulting on beautiful, uplifting and powerful photos. Her pictures continue to focus on celebrating women's empowerment. Slide Lecture and Booksigning, Thursday, October 12, 7-9pm Free; RSVP requested
In this thoroughly experiential and participatory presentation you will explore an embodiment practice which unifies the cerebrospinal and autonomic nervous systems. This simple method, transforms dis-ease into healing elixir and bliss. You will receive written instructions of the methods that are shared. Top-Down Yoga is a simple and effective tool to put people in their "highest mind" in the course of daily living. It involves subtle and powerful exercises "from the neck up" which activate certain neurological pathways or what is called the "Social Engagement System." Identified as the most advanced human brain organization, the Social Engagement System makes people intelligible to each other and helps regulate the autonomic nervous system away from excessive reliance on mechanisms of arousal and fear. Not only does this system allow us to read facial expressions and other subtle cues in human communication but it acts as a gateway to the kinds of deep meditation and abilities that have long been the province of yogis and other spiritual adepts. Anyone can learn to do it and anyone can benefit. Top-Down Yoga is a fulfillment of 30 years of yogic practice and contemplation, coupled with thorough trans-disciplinary study, research, and insights gained in recovery from a near death experience. Mr. Kiely embodies a rare understanding of the processes of mind, awareness, physiology and energy. Evening Lecture Thursday, November 9, 7-9pm Members $18 /Nonmembers $20
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Tibet House Retreats at Menla Moun Peace Sharon Salzberg & Robert
Yoga, Meditation & Thurman Dialogue on Yogic & Buddhist Philosophy
October 4-9, 2006 (Columbus Day Weekend) Tuition : $390
"There is no higher happiness than peace," the Buddha said. In this program, we will explore inner peace and its relationship to ethics, love, and a conviction about interdependence, and work with how these guide us to what right action might look like in a world so clearly not at peace. There will be periods of discourse, discussion, and questions and answers, as well as guided sitting and walking meditation sessions. We will incorporate periods of silence at the beginning of the event to bring attention to the practice of mindfulness. This program is suitable for both beginning and more advanced meditation students. Sharon Salzberg has been teaching meditation retreats worldwide for almost 30 years. She is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and The Forest Refuge, a new center for long-term meditation practice. She is the author of several books, including Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books. Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness (Riverhead); Anger (Oxford University Press). His most recent book is titled The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism published by Free Press. WEEKEND ONLY OPTION: For those participants who are unable to commit to the full program we are offering this as a weekend program as well. The Special Weekend Rate for Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon is $225 for tuition.
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
October 20-22, 2006, Tuition: $225 Awaken to the source of real happiness through the ancient techniques of Kundalini yoga, meditation, sadhana, and chanting with Gurumukh and Gurushabd, renowned yogis and co-founders of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles. This is an opportunity to let go of your workaday world and experience of your higher self through practice, in the peace of the secluded Pantherkill Valley. Each morning we will rise for early meditation, and follow with Kundalini yoga, sadhana, and chanting throughout the day. One evening will be dedicated to a dialogue on Yogic and Buddhist philosophy between Gurmukh and Gurushabd and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman. Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, is the co-founder (with Gurushabd) and director of Golden Bridge, the premier center for the study and practice of Kundalini yoga and meditation in Los Angeles. Gurmukh has dedicated her life to fulfilling her Sikh spiritual name meaning “one who helps people across the world ocean.� She is a founding member of Khalsa Way, an organization created not only to offer Kundalini yoga, but also to help people deliver and rear healthy children, as well as find success in their careers and relationships. She is the author of two books, The Eight Human Talents: The Yogic Way to Restoring the Natural Balance of Serenity Within You, and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, She also has three videos available, The Method: Pre and Post Natal Yoga, as well as Kundalini Yoga with Gurmukh. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa has been a long time teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan. His classes are musical, challenging and provocative. He encourages students to move beyond old comfort zones. Married for 23 years to Gurmukh, they have a 22-year
Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center, in the midst of a state forest, is comprised of 17 buildings on a 320 acre estate that is nourished by artesian springs. The legendary Catskill Mountains are renowned for their hiking and trekking trails with stunning views. Several trails, including a 900-foot ascent to Lookout Cliff, begin directly from our magic valley. Tennis courts, a yoga studio, a swimming pool and massage by request are available for our guests. Our spacious conference center is designed to meet the highest standards. Our gourmet chef specializes in a wide variety of organic vegetarian and international cuisine. Enjoy organic linens, down comforters, high speed internet access, direct dial telephone with voice mail. Please visit www.menla.org for additional information about programs and group events.
NEW Offer!
Call us about R&R weekends at Menla. Everyone needs a little time away from the stress of daily life. You may sign up for a private retreat during any of the Menla events listed here. Take the time to cultivate inner awareness and enjoy the natural beauty of the Catskills. Call Tibet House at Please call 212.807.0563 to register and for accommoda 212.807.0563 or visit our website tion rates. for additional information and Please Note: Visit the Menla Programs page on our website at www.tibethouse.org for information. Registration ends one full week prior availability.
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to the start date. Tibet House US reserves the right to cancel any program due to low registration. Participant Cancellation Policy: 2 weeks prior to the retreat 100% refund minus a $35 processing fee will be given. 24 hours to 2 weeks prior to the retreat you will receive course credit for a program of equal value within a year. Less than 24 hours prior to the retreat no refund will be given.
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Tibetan Artists & Railroad to Perdition ... Tibetan Artists, continued from page 11
Asia. He graduated in 1992 at the top of his class at the Tangka Painting School at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, where he studied for six years under the renowned Gyen. Sangye Yeshi. After graduation, he painted tangkas and tsaklis (images of deities, mandalas and auspicious objects on small square papers) for the private office of His Holiness. Later, he and a friend painted His Holiness’ throne. His other works were for the Sherabling Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, the Nechung Monastery in Dharamsala and other Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India. In 2002, while at the Sujata Academy, he painted murals of Twelve Deeds of Buddha, 35 Confession Buddhas, Buddha with his Two Principal Disciples, and the Four Guardian Kings at the Korean Buddhist Temple at Bodh Gaya, India. Tenzin, who has been in the US for 11 years, was a Tibetan Buddhist monk from 1980 to 1993 at the Nechung Monastery in Dharamsala. He studied Tibetan tangka painting from 1991 to 1995 at the Tangka Painting School at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, also under Gyen. Sangye Yeshi. ... Railroad to Perdition, continued from page 7
The opening of the railway to Tibet could not have a greater symbolic importance to the Communist elite — it is the achievement of a goal set by Mao more than 40 years ago as part of a strategy to complete Tibet’s integration into China. And sadly, the opening of the railway takes place in an environment of intensified political repression. The new Communist Party chief in Tibet, Zhang Qingli, has said that the party is engaged in a “fight to the death struggle” against the Dalai Lama and his supporters.
Mr. Hu’s role in the oppression of their people. President Hu was also personally involved in drafting the fast-track development policies that have been such a disaster for most Tibetans. They are based upon an urban Chinese model and do not take into account Tibetans’ needs, views or the way of life that has sustained them on the high plateau for centuries. The Dalai Lama has spoken frequently about the urgent need to involve Tibetans in the development of their land.
China’s president, Hu Jintao, formally opened the railway on July 1. In the late 1980’s, when he was party chief of the region, he presided over the torture and imprisonment of thousands of Tibetans through the imposition of martial law in Lhasa. The Tibetans have not forgotten
A true “great leap” would make room for a Tibetan role in economic development, protect Tibetan religious culture and identity, and welcome the involvement of the Dalai Lama in decisionmaking on Tibet’s future. Since 2002, there have been several rounds of dia-
logue between Beijing and the Dalai Lama’s representatives, following a decade-long diplomatic stalemate, but at present China’s commitment to the process is uncertain. Tibet’s precious culture and religion, with its principles of wisdom and compassion and its message of interdependence and nonviolence, are rooted in the Tibetan landscape and Tibetan hearts. The survival of Tibetan Buddhist knowledge in its own land is vital for the world, as well as the Tibetan people. China’s journey toward greatness must not include the further destruction of this heritage. Richard Gere, an actor, is the chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet. 17
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directory Tibet House Tibet House — New Delhi Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, INDIA Tel: 91.11.4611515 Fax: 91.11.4625536 thouse@nde.vsnl.net.in www.tibet.net/tibethouse/eng
The Office of Tibet — London Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF Tel: 0044-20-7722 5378 Fax: 0044-20-7722 0362 info@tibet.com www.tibet.com
Liaison Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama for Japan & East-Asia Hayama Building, No. 5 (5F), 5-11-30 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160 (JAPAN) Tel: +81-3-33534094 Fax: +81-3-32258013 E-mail: lohhdl@tibethouse.jp Website: www.tibethouse.jp
Tibet House Mexico/ Casa Tíbet México Orizaba # 93, Colonia Roma, C.P. 06700, México, D.F., México www.tibet.iteso.mx
Tibet House Foundation Varosmajor u. 23 1122 Budapest XII HUNGARY Tel: (36-1) 355-1808 Fax: (36-1) 213-5001
Tibet House Germany Friesengasse 13 D-60487 Frankfurt Tel: 0049 (0)69-7191 3595 Fax: 0049(0)69-7191 3596 tibethaus@choedzong.de www.tibethaus.com
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Tibet House Italy/ La Casa del Tibet 42026 Votigno di Canossa tel/fax 0522 877177 www.casadeltibet.it
Tibet House Switzerland Foundation
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U.S. Tibet Organizations
Tibet Org. India
Department of Education
Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC)
Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) Part of Tibet Fund Tibetan Children's Village Dharamsala Cantt. 176 216 India
Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
P.O. Box 6598 McLean, VA 22106 Tel: (703) 755-1533 Fax: (703) 847-8805 info@tibetanculture.org www.tibetanculture.org
International Campaign for Tibet John Ackerly, President 1825 K Street NW, #520 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 785-1515 Fax: (202) 785-4343 info@savetibet.org www.savetibet.org
Office of Tibet 241 East 32nd Street New York, N.Y. 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5010 Fax: (212) 779-9245 otny@igc.org www.dalailama.com
Students for a Free Tibet 602 East 14th Street - 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10009 Tel: (212) 358-0071 Fax: (212) 358-1771 sft@igc.org www.tibet.org/sft
Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thekchen Choeling P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India
Tibetan Museum Demton Khang DIIR, Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala Kangra District H.P. India 176215
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Friends of Drepung
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Gomang Monastery 22500 Monte Vista Drive Topanga, CA 90290 Tel: 917-853 7748 Fax: 310-455 7851 Andreas Kurz, Founder and President www.gomang.org www.gomang-usa.org
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts
Georgia Tibet Committee
Norbulingka Institute
P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharmasala 176 219 India
Library of Tibetan Works & Achieves Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
The Office of Tibet Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 10 Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024 India
Friends of Tibet Organizations Alaska Tibet Committee
1 Institutional House New Delhi 11000 India
65330 Knob Hill Road Anchor Point, AK 99556 Tel: (907) 235-4277 dpaljor@homernet.net
c/o Office of Tibet Tenzing Bhuti, President 241 East 32nd St. New York, NY 10016 Tel: (718) 739-6021
Tibetan Women's Association (TWA)
Arizona Friends of Tibet
The Tibet Fund
Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC)
Tibetan Women’s Association
241 East 32nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5011 Fax: (212) 213-1219 tibetfund@tibetfund.org www.tibetfund.org
Tibet Justice Center (formerly International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet) 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 312 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: (510) 486-0588 Fax: (510) 548-3785 minnie@tibetjustice.org www.tibetjustice.org
United States Tibet Committee (USTC) 241 East 32nd Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 481-3569 Fax: (212) 779-9245 www.ustibet.org
P.O. Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India
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Indiana Cultural Center P.O. Box 2581 Bloomington, IN 47402 Tel: (812) 334-7046 www.tibetancc.com
Kansas City Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 32843 Kansas City, MI 64171
Kauai Friends of Tibet 6820 Kawaihau Road Kapaa, HI 96746 Tel: (808) 822-1018
Los Angeles Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 641066 8333 Airport Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045 Tel: (310) 289-4654 Fax: (310) 306-5037 friends@latibet.org website: www.latibet.org
Maine Friends of Tibet c/o Jacque Lane Windham, ME 04062
Maryland Friends of Tibet 101 South Washington Street Baltimore, MD 21231
Bay Area Friends of Tibet
New York Tibetan Alliance
Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
2288 Fulton Street, Suite #312 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: (510) 548-1271 Fax: (510) 548-3785 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org www.friends-of-tibet.org
17 Battery Place, Suite #633N New York, NY 10004 Tel: (212) 898-4134 Fax: (212) 425-7240
Department of Religion and Culture
Chesapeake Bay Area Friends of Tibet
Central Tibetan Secretariat Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 India
4 Robin Hood Road Havre de Grace, MD 21078-1918 Tel: (410) 273-7146 davida@vrgory.com
1002 Washington Drive Ramsey, New Jersey 07446 Tel: (201) 818-1204 WPoole, President and Founder wpoole@njfot.com Web: www.njfot.com
Colorado Friends of Tibet
Pasadena Friends of Tibet
3095 Lafayette Drive Boulder, CO 80303 Tel: 303.455.1532
1949 Huntington Dr. Pasadena, CA 91030 Tel: (626) 799-7879 tarahc@earthlink.com
Department of Information & International Relations
Institute of Buddhist Dialectics P.O. McLeod Ganj Dharamsala 176 219 India Tel: 00-91-1892-221215
Tibetan Medical & Astro. Institute Khara Danda Road Dharamsala 176 215 India
Deerpark Buddhist Center Deer Park Corporation 4548 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-5572 www.deerparkcenter.org
New Jersey Friends of Tibet
Pittsburgh Friends of Tibet P.O. Box 8369 Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Tel: (724) 898-1199 draperd+@pitt.edu
Sangha Tibet Resource Center Somerville, MA 617-629-4674 sangha-tibet@rcn.com
San Diego Friends of Tibet 3551 Front Street San Diego, CA 92103 Tel: (619) 682-7188 Fax: (619) 282-8105 dberger558@aol.com www.sdtibet.org
Stanford Friends of Tibet c/o ASSU Tressider Union Stanford, CA 94305 anakin@leland.stanford.edu www.stanford.edu/group/tibet
Tibetan Alliance of Chicago Sherab Gyatso, President 4750 N. Sheridan Road, Suite #469 Chicago, IL 60640 Tel: (773) 275-7454 Fax: (773) 275-9171 tsering@mindspring.com www.tibetan-alliance.org
Tibetan Association of Washington P.O. Box 77222 Seattle, WA 98177 Tel: (206) 526-5296 Tenzin Laude
Tibetan Friendship Group Australia P.O. Box 39, Gordon, NSW Australia, 2072 Tel/Fax: (02) 9953-9980
Tibetan Youth Congress Office of Tibet Contact Thupten Thokmey 221 East 32nd St., #12A New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 213-5010
U. S. Tibet Committee (Philadelphia Chapter) 3921 Patrician Drive Philadelphia, PA 19154 Tel: (215) 824-2928
World Artists for Tibet 142-20 84th Drive #7H Briarwood, NY 11435 Tel: (718) 658-0906 art4tibet@aol.com
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directory Tibetan Buddhist Study Centers Asian Classics Institute
Office of Jewel Heart New York:
New York Insight Meditation Center
33 Katonah Ave. Katonah, NY 10536 Tel: (914) 767-0024 Fax: (914) 232-1398
118 West 22nd St. P.O. Box 1790 Murray Hill Station New York, NY 10156 (917) 441-0915 nyinsight@earthlink.net www.nyimc.org
P.O. Box 144 New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 475-7752 (mssg) aci@world-view.org www.world-view.org Geshe Michael Roach
Kagyu Dsamling Kunchab
The Bodhi Line
Kagyu Thubten Choling
Buddhist Information Line info@bodhiline.org www.bodhiline.org
Brooklyn Buddhist Association Sogen International Zen Dojo of Brooklyn Kai, 211 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: (718) 488-9511 Fax: (718) 797-1073 aikido@mindspring.com www.directmind.com
Center for Buddhist Studies 623 Kent Hall, Columbia University New York, NY 10027 Tel: (212) 851-4149 Religion Department Tel: (212) 851-4122 www.columbia.edu/cu/religion/cbs.html
Center for Dzogchen Studies Lama Tsondu Sangpo Lama Padma Karma 17 Tour Avenue New Haven, CT 06515 Tel: (203) 387-9992 for.dzogchen@snet.net www.dzogchenstudies.com
Chuang Yen Monastery 2020 Route 301 Carmel, NY 10512 Tel: (845) 225-1819 Fax: (845) 228-4283 info@baus.org www.baus.org
Friends of Drepung Gomang Monastery 564 Alda Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: 917-853 7748 Fax: 914-381 9186 Andreas Kurz www.gomangtour.org
Gaden Chophel Ling 186 West 6th Street Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 367-3940 Ven. Yonten Gyatso
Jewel Heart New York Meeting Space 260 West Broadway, 1G New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212) 966-2807 Gelek Rinpoche newyork@jewelheart.org www.jewelheart.org
35 West 19th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 989-5989 245 Sheafe Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Tel: (845) 297-2500 Fax: (845) 297-5761 office@kagyu.com www.kagyu.com Lama Norlha
Karma Thegsum Choling 412 West End Avenue #5N Intercom #19 New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 580-9282 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche nyc@kagyu.org www.kjagyu.org/centerusa/u sa-nyc.html
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery 335 Meads Mountain Rd. Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-5906 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche www.kjagyu.org
Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library 132 Perry St. Suite 24 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 367.8490 Fax: (212) 367.8479 info@latse.org www.latse.org
Labsum Shedrub Ling Buddhist Learning Center 93 Angen Road Washington, NJ 07882 Tel: (908) 689-6080 Contact: Mr. Joshua Cutler Ven. Geshe Thupten www.kbi.org
Namgyal Monastery
NY Shambhala Center & Dharmadhatu of NY 118 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 675-6544 Fax: (212) 633-8486 nysc@compuserve.com www.ny.shambhala.org
Orgyen Cho Dzong Nyingma Tersar Retreat Center 5345 Route 81 Greenville, NY 12083 Tel: (518) 966 4077 Fax: (518) 966 8971 OCDSangha@aol.com www.tersar.org
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center
P.O. Box 513 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 595-3573 Sogyal Rinpoche
Sakya Phunstok Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies & Meditation 354 Prelude Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 Tel: (301) 589-3115 sakya@erols.com
Siddhartha School Project Gesh Lobzang Tsetan 9 Frost Brook Lane Freeport, ME 04032-6601 Tel: (207) 865-0744 Tel: (212) 740-2505 tsetan@earthlink.net www.siddharthaschool.org
Tashi Lhunpo Temple 12 Kalmuk Broadway Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 363-6012 Ven. Tenzin Dakpa
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
151 Lexington Ave., #8A New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 683-4958 www.padmasambhava.org Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
P.O. Bylakuppe- 571104 Distt. Mysore Karnataka State, INDIA Tel: 91 821 694282 tashilhunpo@eth.net dolma@tashilhunpo.org www.tashilhunpo.org
Palden Sakya Center
28 E. 35th Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 779-1841 Fax: (212) 779-3426 info@thetibetcenter.org www.thetibetcenter.org
4-10 West 101st Street, #63 New York, NY 10025 Tel: (212) 866-4339 289 Brookside Avenue Cresskill, NJ 07626 www.vikramasila.org
Palyul Retreat Center 359 German Hollow Rd McDonough, NY 13801 Tel: (607) 656-4645 www.retreat.palyul.org
Palyul Changchub Dargelying NYC 101 W. 23rd St, Box 2336 New York, NY 10011 Email: tsenor@palyul.org www.palyul.org
The Tibet Center
Khyongla Rato Rinpoche Tibetan Monastery 711 Amsterdam Ave. #5B New York, NY 10025 341 Lafayette Street, #755 New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-717-0832 Email: lngodup@nyana.org Lama Lobsang Ngodup
Tsechen Kunchab Ling
541 Pacific Street Brooklyn, NY 11217-1902 Tel: (718) 797-9569 www.pematsal.com
Temple of All-Encompassing Great Compassion 12 Edmunds Lane Walden, NY 12586 Tel: (301) 592-9286 info@sakyatemple.org www.sakyatemple.org Seat of H.H. Sakya Trizin, U.S.
PSC of Woodstock
Yeshe Nyingpo
15 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-4024 Fax: (845) 679-4093 www.aschwartz@aschwartz.com Lama Pema Wangdak
19 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 691-8523 cell: (917) 407-8376 nyingpo@aol.com www.tersar.org
Institute of Buddhist Studies 412 N. Aurora St. Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: (607) 273-0739 Fax: (607) 256-5132 namgyal@lightlink.com www.namgyal.org
Pema Tsal Meditation Center
Nechung Foundation 110 First Avenue, # 5 New York, NY 10009 Tel: (212) 388-9784 Lama Pema Dorjee www.nechungnyc.org
Rigpa New York
Rashi Gempil Ling
Online Database of Buddhist Study Centers and Events Buddhactivity.com Ken Wallace Sealevel Communications 233 Old Halifax Road Glen Haven, Nova Scotia B3Z 2X3 Canada Tel: +1 902 820-2233 design@sealevel.ns.ca www.buddhactivity.com
Zangdokpalri Foundation 130 7th Ave. New York, NY 10011 212.615.6816 info@totalgoodness.org www.totalgoodness.org Kyapgon Kunzang Dechen Lingpa
Artists MUSIC Dadon P.O. Box 1304 Middletown, CT 06457 Tel: (860) 344-9776
Yungchen Lhamo c/o Annie Ohayon Media Relations 250 West 57th Street, Suite 716 New York, NY 10107 Tel: (212) 262-4492 Fax: (212) 262-5306 www.yungchamo.com
Nawang Khechog P.O. Box 1584 Boulder, CO 80306 www.nawangkechog.com
Tenzin Norbu Classical & Spiritual Songs of Tibet Tel: 917.374.9937 jeweltibet@yahoo.com
New Earth Records 7 Avenida Vista Grande B7-305 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Phone: 888-245-4482 Fax: 505-466-2477 andrea@newearthrecords.com www.newearthrecords.com
PAINTING Ven. Gyaltsen Chopel (Tangka/Decorative Painter) Nechung Foundation 110 First Ave., 5th Floor New York, NY 10009 (212) 388-9784 www.nechungnyc.org
Samten Dakpa 87-11 Elmhurst Ave, 3rd Floor Elmhurst, N Y 11373 Ph: (212) 729.4757 samdak12@yahoo.com
Tinley Chojor (Tangka/Decorative Painter) Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 352 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Tel: (845) 679-5906 www.kagyu.org
Phuntsok Dorje (Tangka Painting/Art Restoration) 1455 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10128 Tel: (212) 860-7303
Kelsang Lodoe Oshoe (Master Tangka Painter/Sculpture) 412 N. Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: (607) 273-0739 namgyalmonastery@namgyal.org
Gendun Sakyal 4444 Calle Durquesa Santa Fe, NM 87505 Tel: (505) 438-2402
Tsering Phuntsok 236 Paterson Avenue East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Tel: (201) 935.6762
Mechak Gallery Contemporary Tibetan Art. An internet gallery showing the work of contemporary Tibetan artists. (303) 570-2774 www.mechakgallery.com
PERFORMING ARTS Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) Gary McLeod Dharamsala-176219 HP India Tel: (91) 22478-23033 Fax: (91) 1892-23033
Chaksam-Pa Tibetan Dance & Opera Co. P.O. Box 581 Sonoma, CA 95476 Tel: (707) 935-8172 sapano@vom.com
Cholsum c/o Tibetan Association of NY/NJ 241 East 32nd Street New York, NY 10016
Potala Tibetan Performing Arts 8 Melbourne St. W Lindsay, ONT Canada K9V2S6
PHOTOGRAPHY Sonam Zoksang 167 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 995-9276 zoksang@hotmail.com
First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple 47 East 5th Street Howell, NJ 07731 Tel: (732) 364-1824 Geshe Lobsang Tharchin
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directory SAND MANDALA Namgyal Monastery Institute of Tibetan Buddhist Study and Practice 412 N. Aurora Street P.O. Box 127 Ithaca, NY 14851 Tel: (607) 273-0739 Fax: (607) 256-5132 mail@namgyal.org
Lama Lobsang Samden Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia 3635 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: (215) 222-1641 E-mail:pages.cthome.net
SCULPTURE Tseten Lhagyal (Nyarong) 48-16 46th St. #C2 Woodside, NY 11377 Tel: (718) 427-0292
STONE MASON Sonam Lama MA Tibetan Association P.O. Box 822 Greenfield, MA 01302 Tel: (413) 773-5751
TIBETAN ART APPRAISALS Lobsang N. Aye Certified Appraiser for donations and insurance 61 Grove Street, #4A New York, NY 10014 Tel/fax: 212-989-1829 Werner-ayeaaa@verizon.com
THANGKA RESTORATION Ann Shaftel MSc, MA Conservator of Thangkas Tel: (902) 222-1467 tsondru@ns.sympatico.ca www.tsondru.com
Susan St.Clair Bennett Tangka Painting & Conservation (845) 676-4337 suzette@stormingheaven.com
WEAVING Phurbu Kyipa 38 A Washington St. #2 Keene, NH 03431 Tel: (603) 355-2275
WOODCARVING Dholak 26 Welson St., Apt.23 Jersey City, NJ 07306 Tel: (201) 933-8666
Educational Organizations Neydo Foundation 608 Fifth Ave, Suite 201 New York, NY 10020 voice: (212) 414.0080 fax: (212) 262.9799 email: tonibet@aol.com www.neydo.com
Gaden Relief Projects 637 Christie Streeet Toronto, Ontario M6G 3E6 Canada www.gadenrelief.org
Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80302 voice: (303) 444.0202 fax: (303) 444.0410 www.naropa.edu
Experts in Tibetan Medicine
New York Public Library 455 5th Avenue New York, NY 10018 Tel: (212) 340-0833 www.nypl.org
Tibet House Cultural Center 22 West 15th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 807-0563 Fax: (212) 807-0565 mail@tibethouse.org www.tibethouse.org Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, Life 1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO 80302-4886 (973) 422-8404 magazine@shambhalasun.com www.shambalasun.com
Himalayan HealthCare P.O. Box 737 Planetarium Station New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 829-8691 info@himalayan-healthcare.org www.himalayan-healthcare.org
Tashi Rabten Blue Rock Medical Center 117 Ridge Rd. Valley Cottage, NY 10989 www.tibetanmedical.com
Choyang Phuntsok Meridian Medical Group, PC 102 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 www.meridianmedical.org
Tenzin Dakpa khawarispa@yahoo.com
Yeshi Dhonden
Museums The American Museum of Natural History West 79th Street at Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 769-5000 www.AMNH.org
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Avenue P.O. Box 060198 Staten Island, NY 10306-0198 Tel: (718) 987-3500 Fax: (718) 351-0402 www.tibetanmuseum.com
Publications
Restaurants
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Shangrila Restaurant
92 Vandam Street New York, NY 10013 Tel 212.645.1143 | Fax 212.645.1493 www.tricycle.com
Shambala Sun Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, Life 1585 Barrington St., 117 Halifax, NS B3J 1Z8 Canada Telephone: 902-422-8404 Fax: 902-423-2701 magazine@shambhalasun.com www.shambhalasun.com
Snow Lion Publications 605 West State Street PO Box 6483 Ithaca, NY 14851-6483 Telephone: 607.273.8519 Toll Free: 800-950-0313 Fax: 607.273.8508 tibet@snowlionpub.com www.snowlionpub.com
Chronogram Arts/Culture/Spirit in the Hudson Valley www.chronogram.com
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly 1585 Barrington Street, Suite 117 Halifax NS B3J 1Z8 Canada Telephone: 902-422-8404 Fax: 902-423-2701 info@thebuddhadharma.com www.thebuddhadharma.com
New York Spirit Enlightened Urban Living 107 Sterling Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tel: 800-634-0989 Fax: 718-230-3459 office@nyspirit.com www.nyspirit.com
Retreat Finder www.retreatfinder.com
c/o Dr. Marsha Woolf New World Medical Center 416 West 23rd Street, 1D New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 741-2727 amchila@aol.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street New York, NY 10028 Tel: (212) 879-5500 www.metmuseum.org
The largest Yoga directory on the Internet www.yogafinder.com
Dr. Eliot Tokar
The Newark Museum
Chagpori Foundation 151-31 88th Street Howard Beach, NY 11414 Tel: (718) 641-7323 etokar@aol.com
49 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07101 Tel: (973) 596-6550 Fax: (973) 642-0459 www.newarkmuseum.org
Tashi Deleg, www.padmasambhava.org/tashideleg
Mechak Gallery
Libraries
Internet gallery of contemporary Tibetan artists. www.mechakgallery.com
Circulation Desk Columbia University Libraries
Rubin Museum of Art
535 West 114th Street New York, NY 10027 Tel: (212) 854-2235 www.columbia.edu
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132 Perry St., Suite 24 New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 367.8490 Fax: (212) 367.8479 info@latse.org www.latse.org
Shambhala Sun
Pampa Tsering 729 Heinz Ave. #10 Berkeley, CA 94710 Tel: (510) 644-2735 Fax: (510) 644-0696 www.artworksfoundery.com
Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library
150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 620.5000
Yoga Finder
The Venerable Khenpos
The Buddhist Network www.buddhistnetwork.org
Realtors Tenzin N Kongtsa Weichert, Realtors 55 Stirling Road, Watchung, NJ 07069 Tel: 908-561-5400 Fax:908-756-5523 Mobile: 908-531-1200 tkongtsa@weichert.com www.TenzinKongtsa.Homelog.com
129 2nd Avenue New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 387-7908
Tibet Shambhala 488 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 721-1270
Tibetan Kitchen 444 Third Avenue New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 679-6286 tibki@aol.com
Tibetan Yak Restaurant 72-20 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Tel: (718) 779-1119
Tsampa 212 East 9th Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 614-3226 (212) 460-5525
Gawa Tibet 102 Christopher Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 255-7779 www.gawatibet.com
Gateway to Tibet Zagyel Studio 60 Main St, Phoenicia, NY 12464 Tel: 845.688.5602 gala@gatewaytotibet.com www.gatewaytotibet.com
Himalayan Arts 10 Main Street Water Street Market #408 New Paltz, NY 12561 Tel: (845) 256-1940 Himalayanarts@aol.com
Himalayan Crafts 2007 Broadway New York, NY 10023 Tel: (212) 787-8500 Fax: (212) 787-8548 himacraft@aol.com www.himalayancraft.com
Himalayan Vision
Stores (NY) Bakhor 309-East 9th Street New York, N.Y.10003. Phone # (212) 995-1060. andrugtsag@yahoo.com
Beautiful Tibet 322 Bleecker St btw. Christopher St & Grove New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 414-2773 nchoden@yahoo.com
Dharmaware Inc. 54E Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 Toll Free: (888) 679 4900 Intl.: (845) 679 4900 www.dharmaware.com
Do Kham 51 Prince Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 966-2404 Fax: (212) 334-1245
Do Kham 304 East 5th Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 358-1010 Fax: (212) 334-1245
Dolma Tibetan Carpets 417 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 460-5525 dolmarugs@aol.com
dZi - Tibet Collection 5778 2nd Street, NE Washington, DC 20011 retail@tibetcollection.com; www.tibetcollection.com
Floracopeia 2629 Main St., #135 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310.838.8098 www.floracopeia.com
1584 First Avenue New York, NY 10028 Tel/Fax: (212) 988-6573 himvision@aol.com
Himalayan Vision 2 127 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 254-1952 Fax: (212) 473-8959 himvision@aol.com
Himalayan Vision 4 204 Spring Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 925-1892
Land of Buddha 128 MacDougal St. New York, NY 10012 Tel: 646.206.9466 Fax: 646.602.6587 dawa35@yahoo.com www.landofbuddha.com
Mandala 1 17 Saint Mark's Place New York, NY 10003 Tel/Fax: (212) 260-1550
Mandala 2 28 West 8th Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 253-2300 mandalatibet@aol.com
Modern Tibet Tsering Gyaltsen, Karma Yangzom 103 Sullivan St. Btw. Prince & Spring) New York, NY 10012 Tel: 646.613.0600 www.tibetlooms.com
Paramitas 130 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 974-2530
Sera Dechen 63 East 7th Street New York,N.Y.10003 Phone #(212)777-1013 seradechen@verizon.net
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Calendar of Events Sega Carpet New York Inc.
The Tibetan Village Store
117 Greenwich Ave. New York, NY 10014 (212) 727.8084
49 Grove Street (between Bleeker and 7th Avenue) New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 727-8030 andrusurba@aol.com Phuntso Dolkar
Shamballa Mads 92 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 941-6505 Fax: (212) 941-6478
Shangri-La Day Spa 247 West 72nd Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 579-0615 www.shangri-ladayspa.com
Tashi Delek Himalayan Gifts and Accessories 210 80th Street New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 873-9884
Tantra
Vajra Collections 172 Prince Street Btwn. Thompson & Sullivan New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 680-1973 Fax: (212) 529-1945 thinktibet@aol.com
Vision of Tibet 167 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 995-9276 www.visionoftibet.com
Visionary Gallery
946 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10025 Tel: (212) 662-3316
47 East 3rd Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 995-8578 www.tibetanliberation.com
Tibet Artifacts
Windhorse Trading, Inc.
93 East 7th Street New York, NY 10009 Tel: (212) 228-3100
Tibet Arts & Crafts 144 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 529-4344 Fax: (212) 529-1945 197 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 260-5880 thinktibet@aol.com www.citysearch.com/nyc/ tibetarts
Tibet Bazaar 473 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10024 Tel/Fax: (212) 595-8487
Tibet Carpet Center 127 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-7661 info@tibetcarpet.com www.tibetcarpet.com
Tibet Emporium
241-53 77th Street Elmhurst, NY 11385 Tel: (718) 565-8804 windhorse555@aol.com www.shopwindhorse.com 43 Carmine Street New York, NY 10014 Tel : (212) 255.2077 wisdomoftibet@yahoo.com
Bookstores Asian Rare Books 175 West 93rd St., 16D New York, NY 10025 Tel: (212) 316-5334 Fax: (212) 316-3408 E-mail:arbs@erols.com; www.asianrarebooks.net
Bakhor 309-East 9th Street New York, N.Y.10003 Tel:(212) 995-1060 andrugtsag@yahoo.com
East West Books
Tibet Himalayan Gifts & Accessories
Three Jewels
Tibet Kailash 48 Greenwich Avenue New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 255-9572
Tibet Mobile 73-19 A 37th Road Jackson Heights, NY 11372 917.657.8187 Mingmar 917.742.3601 Phuntsok
The American Museum of Natural History September 17, 2006–January 2, 2007 Voices from the Clouds
New York Arts of Pacific Asian Show Gramercy Park Armory Lexington Avenue at 26th Street New York, NY March 22-25, 2007 Rubin Museum of Art March 31–January 8, 2007 Take to the Sky: Flying Mystics in Himalayan Art
International Asian Art Fair March 23-28, 2007 www.haughton.com
His Holiness the Dalai Lama s Teaching Schedule
Wisdom of Tibet
156 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 228-8991
212 West 80th Street New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 873-9884 E-mail: tibet80st@aol.com Website: www.tibet-80st.com
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art February 26 - December 31, 2006 Tea Pots, Butter Tubs & Tibetan Vessels May 20, 2006 - November 28, 2006 Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom
78 5th Avenue New York, NY 10011 61 Third Avenue New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 475-6650 info@threejewels.org www.threejewels.org
Translators/ Interpreters
Pasang Tsering 234 Menahan St., 2nd Fl. Brooklyn, NY 11237 (718) 628.9159 passang_tsering@yahoo.com
UNITED STATES
INDIA
September 12-14 in Los Angeles, California: His Holiness will give a teaching on Tsongkhapa’s The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim) on September 12 and 13. On September 14 His Holiness will confer the Initiation of 16 Kadampa Mandalas (kadam thikle chudruk). His Holiness is giving the above teachings at the request and invitation of Thubten Dhargye Ling. www.tdling.com.
October 8 in New Delhi: His Holiness will give a teaching at the Buddha Jayanti Park on the occasion of the 2550th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations being organized by the Tibet House, New Delhi. Contact: Tibet House, 1 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 Tel: +91-11-24611515 Fax: +91-11-24625536 Email: mailto:tibethouse@vsnl.com
September 17 in Denver, Colorado: Public talk Contact: Mind and Life Institute Tel: 1-303-665-7659 Email: info@mindandlife.org Website: www.mindandlife.org September 19 in Buffalo, New York: Public talk Contact: University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Website: www.buffalo.edu His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to USA is coordinated by The Office of Tibet 241 East 32nd Street, NYC 10016 Tel: 212-213-5010 Fax: 212-779-9245 E-mail: mailto:otny@igc.org
JAPAN November 4-9 in Hiroshima: His Holiness will give a teaching on Lamtso Namsum from November 4-6 His Holiness will later confer the Dorying (Vajradhatu) Initiation & Namnang (Vairochana)Blue & Green November 7-9 His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Japan is coordinated by our Liaison Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Hayama Building, No. 5 (5F), 5-11-30 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160 (JAPAN) Tel: +81-3-33534094 Fax: +81-3-32258013 E-mail: lohhdl@tibethouse.jp Website: www.tibethouse.jp
Tibet Treasures 19 Christopher Street New York, NY 10014 Tel: (646) 486-4064
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Contributions above basic membership received between December 1st, 2005 ... continued from page 4 and June 30th, 2006: Pennington * Vincent & Colleen Piazza * Daniel Pirofsky * Esther Podemski * Helene Podziba * Ron Pompei * Susan L. Powers * Serra Pradhan * Nathaniel Priest * Chantal Prunier * Francine Rainone * Steven & Judith Garson Rappaport * Horst Rechelbacher * Adelaide Rogula * Thomas & Barbara Rona * Jeanne Roper * Cecilia Roque * Kathryn Steeves Ross * Sandra Ross * Mary Rower * John P. Sabini * Lawrence & Michele Sacharow * Suzette Sampierre * Mariana Sanchez * Bjorn & M.C. Sao * Merik Sarmiento
* Karin Schlebrugge * Nina & Steven A. Schroeder * Uschi Schueller * Steven Schwartz * Paul & Susan Scillia * John Scorsine * Elinor Seevak * Frederick Selby * Kathleen Seltzer * Mary Joe Sentner * Rob Shaffer * Ben & Fredericka Shapiro * Geoffrey Sherman * Sheila Shives * Casey Silvey * Kelby Simison * Rick Simons * Gregory Skraznas * Landon Slane * Barbara Sloat * Camilla Smith * Grace Spring * Vada and Ted Stanley * Catherine Steinmann * Mitchell S. Steir * Nancy Angell Streeter * Fay Stross *
Peggy Sutton * J Gregory Swendson * Jane Butters Tamang * Arbie Thalacker * Eric Theophile * Mark Thoman * Laura Ann Tomaso * Lorinda Toscas * Mark Trippetti * Richard Unger * Janet Varan * Steve, Beth and Dana Varon * Frank & Dolores Viverette * Erwin Vogler * Barry Wagner * Bruce Walker * Kassia Walker * Jessica Wang * Sally Ward * Laura Wasserman * Michael Wasylkiw * Lucinda Watson * Phyllis Watts * Guy & Marie-Helene Weill * Michael Weisberg * Mary Wheat * Susan Willey * Martha L. Williams * Susan
Tibet House U.S. gratefully acknowledges the contributions at basic memb ship received between December 1st, 2005 and June 30th, 2006: Emily Abramson * Ethan Abramson * Shari Abramson * Robert Abramson * Sophie Acheson * Frances Allen * Tara Allerton * Mary & Nathaniel Allman * Daniel Alterman * Ellyn Altman * Gwen Anderson * Shreeram Aradhye * Nancy GraboisArann * Marlene Arbo * Peter Arcese * Susan Arkun * Carol P. Arnold * Linda Aro * Virginia Arrea * Aslaon Asturias * Julia Balk * Terri Barbagallo * Terri Barlett * Leslie Barnett * Austin Barney II * Antonette Barni * Lisa Bellamy * Belinda Bellet * Michelle Benash * Margot Bennett * Susan St. Clair Bennett * Marilyn Bennici * Annie Berdy * Ann Lurie Berlin * Wendy Berman * Olivia Bernard * Martha Bernard * Caitlin Berrigan * Marilla Van Beuren * Linda Beutner * Nancy Bialler * Annie Bien * Laura Bill * Loren Blackwood * Valerie Blair * Ann Blanchard * Janet Bliman * Ann Bliss * Diane Z. Block * Joan Block * Barbara Block * Barbara Bonner * Anita Bovit * Rob Bradley * Kirsten Brashares * Nancy Braxton * John Bray * Carrie Brittenham * Bettina Broer * Daniel J. Brown * Suzanne Brown * Val Brown * Michael Bruzik * James Brylski * Edward Burke * Irving F. Burton * Carroll Baker Burton * Mary Bushnell * Jay Butterman * Maureen Calamia * Veronica Campanelli * Pamela Cantor * Craig Carlson * Ellen Carr * Sylvia Carroll * Matt Cartwright * Angelo Castello D.C. * Charlene Chai * Suzanne Chakan * Jeannine Chandler * Jai Chandrasekhar * John Chatfield * Pi-Chun Chen * Denice Chenault * Elyse Cheney * Patricia Chernoff * George W. Chesrow * Robert Chowdery * Walter Christie * Carolyn Christie * Kenneth Chu * Josephine Cieri * Gretl Claggett * Diana Clark * Robert Cleary * Emma Cobb * Jessica Cohen * Jessica Cohen * Danny Conant * Craig Corbitt * Barbara Coster * Lillian Cozzarelli * Carole Crewdson * Kevin & Frances Crossley & Komoroske * Alonda Crowell * Ann Cunningham * Laura Cupshan * Richard Curnen * Charles Dalton * John Dambra * Tom Damrauer * Martha M. Davis * DeAnna Day * Mary DeChard * Jeff Delisio * Thierry Demont * David deSario * Radu Diaconescu * Jeamir Diaz * Alice Diennor * Michael Difonzo * James Dilley * Frederick Doner * Kate Donnelly * Carolyn Dood * Victor Dostrow * Sally Dricks * Dr. A. S. & Mrs. Nabila Drooby * Scott Drosselmeier * Graceanne Druiett * John Dubberstein * Catherine Ducommun-Nagy * Robert Dudley * David Eastwood & Megan McCormick * Beth Edelson * Edith Egan * Franges Eisenstein * Valerie Epstein * Grace Eriksen * Nitza Milagros Escalera * Alyssa Esposito * Lana Renee Ethridge * Jill Ettinger * Susan Evoy * Joan S. Faulkner * Eileen Feigenberg * Lucy Fellowes * Grace Fener-Markofsky * Marshall Fenster * Gordon Ferduson * Bruce Ferguson * Daniel Ferris * Kathleen Ferris * Glendalis Figueroa * Corrine Fitzgerald * Sita Flaig * Mary Flanagan * Rosa Flores * Louise Flory * Julie Floyd * Selina Fong * Amy Ford * Julie Ford * Daniel Forero * Francoise Forget * Miriam Franco * Donna Freireich * Patricia Friedland * Marie Friquegnon * Suzanne Frye * Elizabeth Fukushima * David Fuller * Mary Furman * Barbara Fushille * Kathleen Gaier * Jessica Galgano * Meritza Galiano * Anath Garber Barron * Albert Garcia * Margaret Garland * Carolyn Gartner * Maxine Gaudio *
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Angela M. Gaudioso * Valerie Gerry * Mark Gilliand * Helene Glassman * Adrienne Glotfelty * Elena Golan * Helen Goldberg * Carly Goldberg * Janis Good * Marybeth Goodman * Eric Hean Tat Goon * Alice Gordon * Elyse Gould * Jeffrey Granett * Sue Graves * Maribeth Graybill * Barbara Green * Heather Greenleg * Gena Grochowski * Paul J. Groncki * Sheila Grossman * Stephen Gruen * Rebecca Gudelis * Patricia Guida * Patricia Hackbarth * Walter Hahn * Joan Hall * Judith D. Hallet * Melissa Halsey * John Harlan * Lee Harrington * Joyce C. Harris * Mitchell N. Harvey * Emily Heckman * Eric Hemel * Jay Herman * Irwin Hersey * Tamara Hill * Gregory Hinrichsen * Thomas and Suzanne Hitchcock * Barbara Hockman * Jim Hodgson * Ruth Hoffman * Debra Hoffman * Elaine Hogue * Juliet Holland * Leo and Helen Hong * Joseph Hooper * Jessica Howard * Monica Howden and Eric Shaffert * Teri Hudson * Patricia Hunt Perry * Linda Huntington * Sally Hutson * Alexandra Isles * Beth Jackson * Tracey Jackson * Bob Jaman * Nora Jamieson * Lozang Jamspal * Margot Jarrett * Lawrence Johnson * Kimberly Johnson * Mary Marvin Johnson MD * Mary Ann Jones * Scott Josephson * Hong Jung * John & Rita Kaehler * Lisa Kaiser * Yvonne Kamerling * Eric Kaplan * Pamela Kasa * Ingrid Kasper * Gerald Keane * Jap-ji Keating * Kelly M. Keeney * Marianne Kelleher * Christine Keller * Kim Keller * Joan M. Kelly * Estelle Kerner * Prudence B. Kestner * Ruth Ketay * Shabad Khalsa * David Kiremidjian * Kiersten Kirschman * Judy Klein * Peter Klein * Amre Klimchak * Sarah Kolodny * Alan Konefsky * Beata Krasowska * Susanne Karp Krebs * Gale Kremer * Leslie Kriesel * Joel J. Kupperman * Alan Kwon * Greg Labo * Ramona Laird * Brigitta Lake * Mili Lamas * Constance Lee * Charlotte Lemann * Genine Lentine * Mary H. Leonard * Fredric Leslie * Catherine B. Leslie * Nina Levine * Georgia Levis * Elana Levy * Zachary Lewis * Lobsang Lhalungpa * Yukiko Lino * Barbara Lipton * Gloria Loew * Jennifer Loftin * Scarlett Long * Martinez Lopez * David Louis-Brown * Toni Lubetsky * Susan Lunden * James Lurie * John Lustenring * Bridget Lynch * Laura Lyon * Frances J. MacDonald * Heather MacLeod * Anita Madeira * Susan Mader * Lucille Maffia * Judy Maggiore * Ken Malone * Ofelia Manero * Jerry Mantzioutas * Frank Marcantonio * William Marpet * Linda Marsh * Gillian Marshall * Elise Martin * Larry Mault * Lynn C. Mautner * Gregg Mayer * Nancy Mayer * Craig and Kathleen McGaughey * Brian Mcinerney * Claudia McKeon * Kevin McLaughlin * Regina McNamara * Rose Meehan * Sunish Mehta * Joan Mencher * Solomon Mendelsohn * Rita Mercante * Adhara Mereles * William Meyers * John Mickelson * Faith Miller * Ruth Miller * Diane Mills * Ellen Mintzer * Amy & Keith Mithoefer * Meri Mitsuyoshi * Lakshmi Mohandas * Tanis Moore * Mireille Mosler * Jennifer Mulhearn * Carole Murowitz * Thomas Murray * Nancy Murray * Laura Nadworny * Bobbi Nassar * Diane Negvesky * Patricia Nelson * Dianne Nersesian * Eleanor Nettleton * Jone Noveck * Charmaine Oakley * Carole Olivia O'Blenes * Christine O'Donnell * Heather Okvat * Myriam Oliven * C J Ondek * Bernard Onken * Stephen Oppenheim * Thomas
Ormond * Lindsay R. Packer * Dylan Page * Adriana Pagnotti * Mary Panttaja * Jim Panttaja * Zoe Pappas * Justine Pate * David Patterson * Barbara Paul * Keith Pearlman * John Peet * Octavia Peissel * Mary Penrose * Mitchell Peritz * Marie Christine Perry * Linda Pezzullo * Diane Powers * Priscilla Pratley * Richard Prinz * Janet James Purdy * Maura Quealy * Mark Blakley Radcliffe * Edward Ragsdale * Arvind Ramakrishnan * Anne Ray * Deborah Reback * Michelle Reddington * Nita Renfrew * Joyce Rezendes * Vanessa Rhee * Craig Richards * Suzanne Richards * Virginia Richardson * Elizabeth Riggle* Yolanda Rivera * Richard Robertson * Karyn Robinson * Graciela Rogerio * Kathi Rogers * Diana Rogers * J & M'Lou Caring Roggeveen * Dana Ronan * Bonnie Rosenblum * Asaf Rosenheim * Valerie Roth * Gabrielle Roth * Rosemary Rotondi * Elizabeth Rovere * Nancy Rudolph * Tony Rullo * Nancy W. Ruskin * Ann Ryan * Brittmarie Saga Graham * Kim Sager * Silvia Salas * Patricia Samataro * Betsy Sanders * Sean Sands * Alyce Santoro * Patricia Sarnataro * Jane Schachat * Anja Schaefer * Merryn Schlossberg * Barbara Schoen * Richard Schroeder * Gloria Schwartz * Steven Schwartz * H. A. Sedgwick * Sharon Selwny * Sharon Selwyn * Barbara Shapiro * Dosia Shayne * Susan Shelton * Stratford Sherman * Suman Shirodkar * Randall Shu * D. Wayne Silby * Jay Siller * Mark & Dara Simons * Junie Sinson * Martin Skorczynski * Kerstin I. Smith * Jacqueline Smith * Sharon Snead * Doris McDaniel Soloman * Richard Solomon * Lesley & Selena Soo * John Spellos * Jon Springer * Carol Squiers * Mudumbai Srinivas-Chary * Martin Stein * Sheila Stein * Carl Steiniger * Carol Banker Sternanu * William Sternberg * Lynn Steuer * Jodi Stuart * Noriko Sugisaki * Susan Summers * Joel & Melody Sunbear * Irene Sweeney * Marsha Sweet * T. Geraldine Takayoshi * Evelyn Talbot * Deborah Tannenbaum * Lainey Tant * Kathryn H. Taylor * John Bigelow Taylor * Courtney Taylor * Linda Taylor * Ann Thayer * Diane L. Tholin * Doreen Thompson * David Thomsen * Karen Thornhill * Alfred Thornton * Gregory Todd * Richard Tomasetti * Ilse Traulsen * Ruth Trimarchi * Mark Trippetti * Roman Tyczkowski * Norma Ubaldi * Kimberly Unger * John P. Valentine * Marilla Van Beuren * Claudio Vazquze * Patricia Venter * Georgia Verveniotis * Nyvette Vicens * Wendy Vitolo-DeWitt * Catherine Von Ruden * Ashok Vora * James Wach * Ian Wade * Gillian Walker * Sheila Wall * Adriane Waltking * Miranda Warburton * Katherine Watson * Sarah Waxse * Margaret Weber * Jane Wechsler * Tom West * Janet West * Marvin Wexler * Janina White * Blake Whitman * Carolyn Whittle * Stacey Whorton * Michael Wiedman * Sarah and Edward Wilkinson * William C. Williams * Edwina Williams * Barbara Witt * Charles Wittman * Bill Wolak * Naomi Wolf * Mary Wolfe * Linda M. Woznicki * Karen Wright * Christine Wright * Anne Elizabeth Glasscock Wynn * Claire Yang * Lyn Younes * Penelope Yungblut * Nikole Yurt * Marie Zeledon * George Zimmer * Elizabeth Zimmerman * Joan Zinter * Mary Ann Zitka * Marc Zuliani
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Tibet House U.S. Membership Information BECOME A MEMBER
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thanks to your support, Tibet House is a major destination for classes, lectures, and even demonstrate the importance and special character of Tibetan culture to the world. Tibet House is also very pleased to serve as a home to all Tibetan groups and NGOs at ou New York City cultural center and Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center.
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Members who renew now will also receive: % 50% off 1 copy of each of these selected titles: The Jewel Tree of Tibet a 6 audio cassette set; Robert Thurman: On Tibet (history & religion of Tibet), a 3 video boxed set; Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment, an exhibition catalogue
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An Invitation to Renew Your Membership ’ YES! I’d like to become a Tibet House Member at the following level: Basic Level: ’ $50 Individual ’ $35 Student / Senior Supporting Level: ’ $100 Supporting Member Sustaining Level: ’ $150 Sustaining Member Sponsor Level: ’ $250 - $500 Sponsor Friends of Tibet House: ’ $1,000 – Circle of Friends
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THE DIVINE ART OF TIBE T: The Murals of Samye Mikel Dunham Colorful, peaceful, beautiful, and optimistic, The Divine Art of Tibet2007 calendar is a stunning tribute to Tibetan Buddhist art and a powerful testament to an ancient spirituality threatened by modern politics. Many of these exquisite renderings of gurus and pastorals on the walls of Samye, an eighth-century temple regarded as the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism, have been kept from the
public eye for twelve centuries and are published here for
ISBN-13: 978-0-7893-1483-3 | ISBN-10: 0-7893-1483-5 | 24 pages, 12 x 12" | $13.99 (CAN $18.99) US Orders should be made through Andrews McMeel Publishing, c/o Simon & Schuster, Inc. | 100 Front Street | Riverside, NJ 08 Customer Service: 800-943-9839 | Fax: 800-943-9831
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