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You can contact Geshe Gendun directly by
EMAIL
I also organize consultations and talks by
Physicians in Traditional Tibetan Medicine
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TWO WEEKS INDIA TOUR IN DEC 2005 &
JAN 2006
Due to request from Friends and their Family only
First preference to friends who knows
for more than 15 years
Next preference to friends who knows for
10 years up to 15 years
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Special arrangement for Kalachakra at
Amaravati, INDIA
Jan 3 to 15, 2005
Programme for the Kalachakra Empowerment –
Amaravati 2006
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3rd to 5th
January |
Kalachakra
Preparatory Rituals and 5th Jan Sand Mandala Construction begins |
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6th
to 9th January |
Preliminary
Teachings |
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10th
January |
Kalachakra
Ritual Offering Dance |
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11th
January |
Preliminary
Empowerment |
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12th to 14th
January |
Kalachakra
Empowerment |
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Sunday 15th January |
Long Life
Empowerment for the Public and Long Life Ceremony for His Holiness
Viewing of the Mandala & Dismantling of the Mandala |
Contact by
email
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TEACHINGS
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AUTUMN 2005
India, Russia, Israel & South Africa
Further information: Contact by
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FROM MID JULY TO LATE AUGUST 2005
England, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and
Switzerland
Further information: Contact
gggk930@yahoo.com
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THIS SUMMER
Every month first two weeks in Chicago and second two weeks in
Massachusetts
Weekends in various cities, LA, Sacramento and others
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April 10 to 15, 2005
Chicago city and University of Chicago
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April 16 to 28, 2005
Boston, MA
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April 3 to 9, 2005
Tibetan Temple Dharma Center
P.O. Box 2192, Marietta, OH 45750
Tel: 740 374 3035
Schedule for April Mandala
April 3 Sunday
3 pm teaching-“Loving Kindness,
Non-attachment, and the Truth of Reality”
Location TBA
April
4 Monday
10:00 Mandala-Meditation and Preparatory
Practices
10:30 Mandala begins
4:30 Closing Ceremonial Meditation
5:00 Mandala ends
7:00 Teaching by Geshe Gendun-
“Purification Practice-Confessions to the 35 Buddhas”
Location: Unitarian
Universalist Church, 232 Third St. Marietta
April 5
Tuesday
10:00 Mandala-Meditation and Preparatory
Practices
10:30 Mandala begins
4:30 Closing Ceremonial Meditation
5:00 Mandala ends
7:00 Lecture at WSCC –“The Compassion
Buddha Sand Mandala- an explanation by Geshe Gendun Gyatso with open
dialogue”
April 6
Wednesday
10:00 Mandala-Meditation and Preparatory
Practices
10:30 Mandala begins
4:30 Closing Ceremonial Meditation
5:00 Mandala ends
7:00 Weekly Practice – Formal
Refuge Ceremony
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church,
232 Third St., Marietta
April 7
Thursday
10:00 Mandala-Meditation and Preparatory
Practices
10:30 Mandala begins
4:30 Closing Ceremonial Meditation
5:00 Mandala ends
7:00 Lecture at WSCC- “Finding
Compassion in a Chaotic World” by Geshe Gendun Gyatso.
April 8
Friday
10:00 Mandala-Meditation and Preparatory
Practices
10:30 Mandala begins
12:00 Mandala construction Completed
1:30 Ritual Dismantling of Sand Mandala
7:00 Teaching by Geshe Gendun-
“Introduction to The Steps on the Path to Enlightenment”. Location:
Unitarian Universalist Church, 232 Third St., Marietta
April 9
Saturday
2:00 Teaching – “Introduction to The
Steps on the Path to Enlightenment”
Location TBA
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March 20 to 29
Teaching in Boston
Contact: Jabberwocky Bookshop, at the
Tannery, 50 Water Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
Tel: 978-465-9359
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March 13 to 18 Teaching
in Chicago
Contact: Ann: 847 251 0764
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Saturday, Nov. 13th,
2 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 232 Third St., Marietta
Subject: Overview
of Lam-Rim
Sunday, Nov. 14th,
3 pm, Better Balance, LLC, 1114 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV
Subject: Meditation
and Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
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You are invited to watch Tibetan
Buddhist monks create a Chenrezing
or Compassion Buddha Mandala
Sand Mandala for compassion & peace
November 1-5 The Sacred Space, 2nd floor Ell Hall
As jewel-colored sands are layered onto a flat surface, the mandala
takes
shape. Through prayer & meditation, the monks' intricate creation
becomes
a sacred representation of the universe. After four days of work, the
magnificent mandala is ritually destroyed. Its sand is carried in procession to the Fens, where it is emptied into the water to carry compassion and peace throughout our campus, our neighborhood, our
city,
and our world.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to share a fascinating spiritual, cultural and artistic event together as a community! All are invited
to observe the week-long process, and join sand mandala events. And to
learn more about mandalas, see Display case #6 in the 1st floor hall
between the Curry Student Center & Ell Hall.
Sponsored by the Spiritual Life Center of Northeastern
University.
Please call 617-373-2728 for information, or to schedule a class or
group visit.
Schedule for Sand Mandala Week
(all events are in the Sacred Space, 2nd floor of Ell Hall)
Creation of sand mandala by Lama Dondup and Geshe Gendun
Ongoing Monday 11/1- Thursday 11/4 at
10:30am-4:30pm daily
Morning prayers: Monday 11/1- Friday 11/5 at
Approx. 10- 10:30am daily
Evening prayers:
Monday 11/1- Thursday 11/4 at
Approx. 4:30-5pm daily
"Kundun"- Martin Scorcese's film on H.H. the Dalai Lama
Film showing & discussion with Shelli Jankowski-Smith, Dir. of
Spiritual Life
Monday 11/1, 6:00pm
"The Compassion Buddha Sand Mandala"
Teaching and open dialogue with Geshe Gendun
Tuesday 11/2, 7:00pm
"Tibetan Art and its Meaning in Buddhism"
Lecture and discussion with Philip Walsh, Asst. Professor of the
History of Art
Wednesday 11/3, 6:00pm
"Finding Compassion and Peace"
Teaching and open dialogue with Geshe Gendun
Thursday 11/4, 7:00pm
Open viewing of completed sand mandala
Friday 11/5, 8:30am-1:00pm
Ritual to destroy the sand mandala
& neighborhood procession to empty its sand into the Fens
Friday 11/5, begins at 1:00pm
Retreat:
Nyung Nay Retreat
by: Geshe
Gendun Gyatso
All Details and biography follow { www.geshegendun.org}
Nyung Nay Retreat
Nyung
Nay Retreat
$
145.00 (lodging provided) or 95.00 (tent
space available). Food will be provided.
October 07th 2004
Thursday -
October 10th 2004
Sunday.February 05 2005
Thursday -
February 08 2005
Sunday.
May 27 2005
Thursday –
May 30 2005
Sunday.
To be held at:
67164 8th Ave South
Haven,
MI
49090
Pre-registration required due to limited space.
Pay and register online at
www.buddhistview.com
Meditation begins at
4:00am
on the 8th. Participants may arrive at any time on the 7th.
Directions are available on the website. Web:
www.whitelotusretreatcenter.com
Nyung-Nay is a meditation practice of fasting, prayers, and
prostrations focusing on Avalokiteshvara.
Starts Friday evening and runs until early Sunday morning. Rooms are
available for sixteen participants; others must provide a tent or stay
in a nearby hotel.
Hosted by: Buddhist View International
The Benefit of Doing Nyung Nay
By keeping the eight vows
which are:
l. No killing
2. No stealing
3. No sex
4. No telling lies
5. No drinking alcohol
6. No singing or dancing, makeup or ornaments
7. No evening meals
8. No sitting in high seats
for a period of twenty-four hours, along with The Chenrezig Practise
and reciting The Mani Mantra, by doing these things brings a real
benefit to the practioner and to the place where he or she practices.
By keeping the eight vows thoroughly for twenty-four hours purifies
the bad karma that will cause an individual to fall into The Hell
Realm and by fasting one purifies the bad karma to be reborn in The
Hungry Ghost Realm. By keeping silent one purifies the bad karma to be
reborn in The Animal Realm.
All suffering and misfortune comes front negative powers, so The
Nyung Nay practice is to increase the positive powers so that it can
bring happiness and harmony. It is one of the most effective practices
to purify our defilements, and to purify environmental pollution.
By doing group practice one creates a very efficient method for
extending our lives, and stopping disease, drought, and also war. The
Nyung Nay practice was founded by Bhikshuni Phalmo who was a serious
leprosy patient. By doing this practice for a period of twelve years
along with The Chenrezig practice, she became a great Siddhi.
By
reciting The Mani Mantra it purifies the six seeds of the six realms
and it pacifies the suffering of all beings and brings peace to the
world, so in this degenerate time it is the best practice for the
cause of World Peace. Finally, it brings enlightenment, Bhikshuni
Phalmo attained The Celestial Body, she sees Chenrezig anytime.
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Tibetan Monk to speak in Kittredge
Sunday July 18, 2004
Tibetan Monk Geshe Gendun Gyatso will speak on
Sunday, July 18, 4 to 6 p.m., at the Kittredge Civic Center, located behind
Kittredge Park, across from Evergreen Nursery. Open to the public, all are
welcome. For information on Geshe Gendun and/or Summit Dharma Center call Cindy,
303-883-8528 or visit
www.summitdharmacenter.org
From
Vail to India and beyond
Vail Trail Issue Thursday, April 29, 2004
Sand Mandala
GAPERS BLOCK, Oct 16, 2003
The
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago celebrates its 75th
anniversary with the creation and destruction of a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala
by Geshe Gendun Gyatso, a Chicago-based Tibetan monk. You can watch him work
from 8am-4pm at 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Free.
A community sometimes known for being
cold and competitive will soon receive a lesson in compassion. Tibetan
Buddhists are moving into Rockefeller Chapel to begin a weeklong
festival of their culture, displaying art and discussing their
practices in meditation, philosophy, and healing.
The main attraction will be the creation
of a mandala, a complex and intricate design made out of colorful
grains of sand.
One of the monks, Geshe Gendun Gyatso,
in conjunction with Alison Boden, dean of the Chapel, put together the
weeklong event, which begins on October 16 and culminates in the
destruction of the piece of art on October 23.
The mandala creation is a Tibetan
Buddhist tradition and is usually learned by monks during their 10th
or 11th year of study, according to Gendun. While it is easy to
appreciate the beauty of the design, trained monks have a richer
appreciation for the artwork, organizers said.
“An ordinary person sees a sand mandala,
but if you have the power, you see paradise and can communicate with
the buddhas,” Gendun said.
Gendun and fellow monks will speak on
October 21st through 23rd at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel, discussing their
work and other religious topics. Related events include meditation
every morning in the Chapel at 9 a.m., and a lecture on Buddhism and
Violence on October 20st at 7 p.m. in the Divinity School by Geshe
Sopa from Madison, Wisconsin. The week’s events are co-sponsored by
the Center for East Asian Studies.
Boden came into contact with Geshe
Gendun through a mutual friend who thought that Rockefeller Chapel
would be a good location for a sand mandala. “From the beginning Geshe
Gendun was enthusiastic,” Boden said.
Gendun has created similar projects in several places, including
Harvard and Boston Universities.
After Gendun lived in exile throughout
India with fellow Tibetan monks, he moved to America and was helped by
a Tibetian Buddhist living in Madison.
Gendun currently lives in downtown
Chicago and works as a spiritual counselor at various centers,
including Healing Junction and Illinois Masonic Integrated Center. He
said he put careful thought into the type of mandala he has chosen to
build, as is consistent with his theme of spiritual healing.
“I chose a healing mandala to create at
[the University] because students’ health is very important, and this
art is healing for the mind,” Gendun said.
Boden said that in the history of the
Chapel, there has never been a production like this. Although it is
difficult to predict the attendance at the events, several local
school groups are already set to visit the exhibit. Similarly, several
religious organizations and associations, in addition to college
students and interested locals, are expected to visit.
Boden sees the event as a success for
the Chapel and its effects as far-reaching.
“I hope that [the mandala event] will
make the Chapel even more of a site for religious and spiritual growth
and exploration for people of all religious backgrounds,” Boden said.
Members of the University community
support the event and the implications it holds for Rockefeller
Chapel.
“It’s an excellent opportunity to see a
working tradition of Buddhism that may be unfamiliar to most people,”
said Beatrice Lin, a professor of organic chemistry. “Regardless of
the number of people that do get to see the mandala, its blessings and
the merit generated by the monks creating it is a success unto
itself.”
The sand mandala kicks off a string of
planned programs celebrating the Chapel’s 75th anniversary. Other
events on the calendar include displaying the national
AIDS quilt in December, viewing the silent
film Joan of Arc accompanied by the Chapel Choir and University
Orchestra, an exhibit in Regenstein Library on the Chapel’s history, a
play, and guest preachers throughout the year.
TIBETAN MONKS
CREATE SAND MANDALA IN CHICAGO
TIBETAN MONKS CREATE SAND MANDALA FOR
WORLD PEACE AND HEALING
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Artists in Residence
with the Open Studio Program
through
October 3, 2003 |
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Two Tibetan Buddhist monks, Geshe Gendun
Gyatso Konchhak and Dundup Lama,
will be crafting a traditional
Compassion Sand Mandala during the week of September 30- October 3, in
the storefront of the Page Brothers' Building, 177 N. State Street,
from 9:00 a.m. -8:30 p.m. daily. The
monks are the current artists in residence with the Chicago Department
of Cultural Affairs' Open Studio Program, which allows the public to
see the art-making process as it happens and interact with artists at
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The mandala, created through a sacred
ceremonial process that involves layering fine ribbons of multi-colored
sand in intricate patterns, will measure 6' in diameter when finished
and will be swept up and sifted into the Chicago River as part of the
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"We are creating the Compassion Sand
Mandala for world peace and individual healing. It is critical,
especially at this time with so much tragedy and turmoil between
nations and faiths, to practice compassion to end human suffering,"
explained Geshe Gendun Gyatso Konchhak. "There are hundreds of
different sand mandalas. We practice at least twenty-five different
forms. We will be working on this mandala for ninety hours. Everyone
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There is a demonstration area in the
studio where children and other curious members of the public can try
their hand at sand painting. Tibetan handicrafts are available for
sale, and educational materials and videos about Tibet are on view. A
lecture series is also being presented. For information, including a
schedule of lectures and videos, call 312.742.3539. The Compassion
Sand Mandala is sponsored by Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. |
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Created by the Public Art Program, a
division of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Open
Studio Program features artists at work in a variety of media, from
painting to pottery, fashion to photography. "This program is unique
in that it allows the public to follow the artist's day-by-day
progress on a work of art. It promotes a better understanding about
the nature of creative labor and an appreciation for the people who
undertake it," said Michael Lash, Director of Public Art. |
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The studio space is open from
approximately noon to 6:00 p.m. Monday -Friday and on occasional
weekends. The Open Studio Program will continue through November in
the Page Brothers' space and relocate to a new space for the year
2004.
Ven Geshe
Gendun Gyatso
http://www.geshegendun.org/
or E-mail
firstgeshepastoral@yahoo.com |
The
universe in a grain of sand
Amesbury News
Saturday, August 16, 2003
By
Merrill Kaitz / MKAITZ@CNC.COM
Tibetan monks build sand pattern
to teach compassion
What is now a beautiful and inspiring sand design will soon be at the bottom of
the Powow River tomorrow, by design.
Two Tibetan Buddhist monks are nearing the end of a week-long ritual of peace by
constructing a colorful sand mandala inside a downtown church.
Meditation, prayer and art came together in the basement of St. James Episcopal
Church on Main Street where Geshe Gendun Gyatso and Dhondup Lama work together
on the sacred art form. What they are close to completing is a relief design in
dyed sand, full of sacred symbolism and bright with primary colors.
"We lost our country and we would like to create some peace in this nation,"
Geshe Gendun says. "We believe we need to focus on positive things rather than
fighting. We know this will be healing for Amesbury, the nation and the world."
The circular, symmetrical work of art, some six feet in diameter, is being made
of sand brought from the mountains of Tibet. The monks work on it painstakingly,
using tapering hollow metal rods resembling files or cake decorators. To ease
the sand out slowly and evenly, they rub the metal rods rhythmically with
smaller sticks.
"It's an amazing art form," says Susan Little, owner of the Jabberwocky
Bookstore in Newburyport where the monks created a different mandala last year.
"I really enjoy being around them. I feel like I benefit. It's always good for a
Type A personality to stop and meditate a little bit."
"The monks are sent out by the Dalai Lama to teach," Little says.
The event is partly a fund-raiser to help support Tibet and the home monasteries
of the monks involved. But the more important aspects of the project are the
themes of peace and compassion.
"It doesn't matter about the money," Little says. "If you live peace and pray
for peace, you can create peace."
The theme of the mandala at the bookshop last year was healing, due to the fact
that the project came in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Now Geshe
Gendun teaches monthly at Jabberwocky. "Geshe is a title, like Ph.D.," Little
explains. "It's the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhism."
The mandala project is intended to be entirely non-denominational. Everybody is
welcome to watch and participate, the monks emphasized.
The monk's English is not strong on either grammar or vocabulary, but he
expresses himself powerfully, with eloquent simplicity. His idealism is
impressive, but he lacks neither humor nor knowledge of the world. "It's hard to
find a monk's job in this country," Geshe Gendun says. He has done well just the
same, teaching at Boston University and serving as a chaplain at Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute.
At a designated time, Geshe Gendun leads a brief meditation of about 15 minutes
for spectators who wish to participate.
"When you breathe out, tension, suffering, everything can go out of your body,"
he says.
On Tuesday afternoon, nine people meditated with the monk.
"Amesbury is an artists' town," Geshe Gendun says.. "So we decided to present
the mandala here."
After Geshe Gendun rang a gong softly three times to end Tuesday afternoon's
brief meditation, two of the participants laughed quietly. "Why do you laugh?"
Geshe Gendun asks. One of the mediators explained that the session had ended one
minute earlier than the precise monk had described.
"You see, you had fun," Geshe Gendun says, smiling. "So much fun."
At 7 p.m. Friday, Geshe Gundun will lead evening
meditation and give a talk. Saturday morning, the public can again view the
mandala and its completion. At noon, a procession will form at the church and
walk with the swept up sands to the Upper Millyard, where the mandala will be
deposited in the Powow River.
HH the 14th Dalai Lama's Teachings
InterFASE
Quarterly: Fall 2003
Campus unity
goal in September 11 ceremonies
B U Bridge By Hope Green
Sept 6, 2002
By Hope Green
On Wednesday morning, exactly a
year after September 11, 2001, the chiming of a bell on Marsh Plaza
will signal the start of campus activities to commemorate the
anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
At a morning ceremony, volunteers
will distribute peace buttons. University chaplains will hold prayer
services during the day, and there will be an evening candlelight
vigil at Marsh Plaza. Members of the BU community can also sign a new
section of BU's We Remember message board and meditate on visions of
peace at a Buddhist sand mandala ritual.
"The chaplains wanted these vents to say, 'We've made it through the
year, so there's some hope we can keep moving forward,'" says Hope
Luckie, acting dean of Marsh Chapel. "So it will be less about
reflecting on our grief, and more about how we can continue."
Also in conjunction with the September 11 anniversary, the Office of
the University Chaplain, the School of Theology, and Marsh Chapel have
organized a weeklong series of educational and spiritual events
focusing on Tibetan Buddhism.
The mandala, a tradition that began in India about 1,400 years ago, is
a work of art with brightly hued sands layered onto a flat surface in
intricate patterns. Two Tibetan Buddhist monks will construct a
mandala under a tent onMarsh Plaza and lead prayer rituals there twice
daily for eight days.
On September 19, the monks will preside over a ritual emptying of the
mandala into the Charles River, a ceremony that signifies
impermanence. Related events during the week include a lecture on
mandalas by David Eckel, a CAS associate professor of religion and
winner of a 1998 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a
lecture and open dialogue with Geshe Gendun Gyatso, a Buddhist monk
and former affiliate chaplain at BU, entitled Healing and Peace. There
will also be a screening of Kundun, Martin Scorsese's film about the
exile of the Dalai Lama from Tibet.
Mandalas represent various deities, and the mandala to be built here
will depict the sangye menlha, or medicine Buddha, a personification
of Buddhist healing power.
The prayers and ceremonies follow a year in which students, faculty,
and staff led their own post-September 11 initiatives. The student
government and the Dean of Students Office, for instance, issued the
BUnited buttons, seen pinned to backpacks through the spring semester,
and arranged holiday bus service for students nervous about air
travel.
Many observed a heightened solidarity on campus. "What I noticed after
September 11 is a very strong sense of community," says Carolyn
Norris, director of student activities. "It just seemed people were
more aware of saying good morning to each other and greeting people as
they walked by."
The atmosphere of unity crossed cultural barriers, with the majority
of students from Islamic and Arab-speaking countries attending BU safe
from harassment. But with tightened government security causing delays
in visa clearance, several of these students cannot return for the
fall semester, and some admitted freshmen will not matriculate as soon
as they had planned.
It is not yet clear how many of the approximately 4,450 foreign
students enrolled at BU are in this predicament, although at least 10
such students have contacted administrators to inquire about deferring
their enrollment. These students are not only from the Middle East but
also the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, and China.
"It has been a relatively small number," says Greg Leonard, director
of the Office of International Students and Scholars, "but it's not
something that normally happens this time of year."
On the other hand, BU has seen no decline in applications from any
country. The same is true at other schools Leonard has contacted. "I
think the vast majority of parents understand that it's just as safe
to send their kids to the United States today as it was a year ago,"
he says.
Thirty-six international students, primarily from the Middle East,
went home after the terrorist attacks, citing September 11 as the
reason. By January, all but four of these students had returned to the
University.
Opening of TT Dharma Centre from Aug 1 to 11,
2004
* Meditation * Teachings * Sand Mandala
* Tibetan Doctor and many more.....
2003 September:
Creating Sand Mandala Constructions for the World peace,
Nation peace and peace for the City of Chicago. Sept. 22 --October
3rd.
For further information on teachings and
lectures Contact (773) 832-1457 or (312)
399-4161
2003 October: Creating Sand Mandala for 75th Anniversary
of University of Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel. Oct 18th
thru Oct 24th.
For further information on teachings and
lectures Contact (773) 832-1457 or (312)
399-4161
2003 November: Creating
Sand Mandala in New England’s largest book store Jabberwocky book
shop, New Buryport. M.A. Nov. 9th
thru Nov15th.
For further information contact ( 978)
465 - 9359
2003 November: Geshe’s Leading Retreat and creating Sand Mandala at
Summit Buddhist Center. Nov 22nd thru Nov
27th.
For further information contact (719) 836
- 0442.
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