Watch Geshe Dorji Damdul and Richard Davidson Discuss Well-Being of Youth in the Time of Pandemic

Richard Davidson and Geshe Dorji Damdul, Tibetan Buddhist Centre.

Geshe Dorji Damdul and Professor Richard Davidson will engage in an online dialogue on "Well-being of Youth in The Time of Pandemic." 

Well-being of Youth in The Time of Pandemic

They will be joined by youth from around the world ages 16-35. The event is being supported and coordinated by Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Singapore.

The Event

The event poster says, "Tibetan Buddhist Center Singapore extends special invitation to youth from South East Asian countries to a dialogue on 'Well-being of Youth in The Time of Pandemic,' a Dialogue between Richard Davidson, Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin (TIME's 100 most influential people 2006) and Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Former English Translator of H.H. the Dalai Lama, New Delhi. This dialogue will host 1,000 youth."

Richard Davidson and Geshe Dorji Damdul, Tibetan Buddhist Centre.

Here are some recommended reading materials:

The Emotional Life of Your Brain co-authored by Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body co-authored by Richard Davidson and Daniel Goleman
Book of Joy co-authored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bishop Tutu
Beyond Religion authored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Freedom in Exile authored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama"

Schedule

August 13, 2020

8:00 PM SGT - 10:00 PM SGT

(5:00 AM PT - 7:00 AM PT)

Watch the Livestream

Watch "Well-being of Youth in The Time of Pandemic" on the Tibetan BuddhistCentre YouTube channel.

Watch "Well-being of Youth in the Time of Pandemic" on the Tibetan Buddhist Centre Facebook page.

Geshe Dorji Damdul, www.bodhiwisdom.org.

Geshe Dorji Damdul

"Ven Geshe Dorji Damdul is presently Director at Tibet House, New Delhi, Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1988, Geshe Dorji Damdul joined the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala for formal studies in Buddhist logic, philosophy and epistemology. After 15 years of study in Buddhist philosophy he finished his Geshe Lharampa Degree (Ph.D.) in 2002 from Drepung Loseling Monastic University. He joined Gyudmed Tantric College for a year for Tantric studies.

"In 2003, the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama sent him to Cambridge University, England for Proficiency English studies. He was a visiting fellow at Girton College, Cambridge University.

"He is appointed as the official translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 2005. He has been serving as the interpreter for H.H. the Dalai Lama for so many years and at the same time involved in doing written translations of many texts from Tibetan into English such as Arya Nagarjuna’s “Mulamadyamikakarika” (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), Acharya Shantideva’s “Bodhicaryavatara” (Wisdom Chapter).

Continue reading about Geshe Dorji Damdul on www.bodhiwisdom.org.

Richard Davidson, www.nccih.nih.gov.

Richard Davidson

"Dr. Davidson is the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds. He is best known for his groundbreaking work studying emotion and the brain. A friend and confidante of the Dalai Lama, he is a highly sought after expert and speaker, leading conversations on well-being on international stages such as the World Economic Forum, where he serves on the Global Council on Mental Health. Time Magazine named Davidson one of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2006."

Continue reading about Richard Davidson on www.richardjdavidson.com.

Create Merit While Celebrating Choekhor Duchen

Choekhor Duchen, Twitter.

Friday, July 24, 2020, is Chokhor Duchen, the day people around the world will commemorate the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha's first teaching.

Chokhor Duchen is a merit multiplying day. The merit received for any positive actions done on July 24 will be multiplied. This week, I have been sharing some opportunities to create merit:

Help Pay Dharamsala Animal Rescue Staff Salaries on Chokhor Duchen

Help Supply Volunteers with Dog Food for Street Dogs in Nepal on Chokhor Duchen

Make Offerings to Tibetan Buddhist Nuns on Chokhor Duchen

There are many programs scheduled for Chokhor Duchen. Participation in these programs is another opportunity to create merit. Here are just a few of the programs taking place on Friday, July 24.

Tibet House New Delhi

Geshe Dorji Damdul will lead the taking of the Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge and will give a teaching on Four Noble Truths with Emphasis on the Truth of Cessation of Suffering.

Choekhor Duchen, Tibet House New Delhi e-newsletter.

The Event

The Tibet House New Delhi poster says, "Celebrating Choekhor Duechen (The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma) led by Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi.

"All are welcome.

"10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST: Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST: Four Noble Truths with Emphasis on the Truth of Cessation of Suffering"

Schedule

July 24, 2020

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

(July 23 from 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM PT and on July 24 from 1:30 AM - 3:00 AM PT)

Watch the Livestream

To watch Live - Tibet House Facebook

Geshema Tenzin Deden, Gompa Services Facebook.

Jamyang Choling Institute

A pre-recorded teaching from Geshema Tenzin Deden, given in English and recorded at Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute in Himachal Pradesh, India, will be made available for viewing on the Gompa Services website.

The Event

The Gompa Services website says, "On the auspicious occasion of Chokhor Duchen (the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s first teaching on the Four Noble Truths), we are pleased to announce a free webcast on July 24th, 2020 of a teaching titled ‘The Significance of Chokhor Duchen and the Four Noble Truths’ by Geshema Tenzin Deden at Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute, Dharamsala, India. The teaching is given in English.

"Geshema Tenzin Deden is a teacher and senior nun at Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute. Originally from Kanam, Kinnaur, she received her monastic ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the age of twenty in Bodhgaya. Since 1989, she has been engaging in the rigorous study of Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan language, and other courses at the Jamyang Choling Institute. After completing seventeen years of study of the five major texts, she participated in the Geshema degree program, which was formed under the kind guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 2016, she completed her study of Buddhist Philosophy and was amongst the first batch to receive the Geshema degree.

The Schedule

The Gompa Services website says, "Pre-recorded live, the teaching will be available to view on July 24th, 2020. The webcast will then remain available for you to view at any time of your choosing until August 17th, 2020.

Watch the Video

The Gompa Services website says, "This is a free webcast but registration is needed to view the webcast.

"To register, please go to www.gompaservices.com and sign in to your Gompa account and select Special Events / See details of all events and webcasts; then select the event (from the list in date order, or by selecting Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute from the monastery / nunnery list). If you do not have a Gompa account, you can create a free account at www.gompaservices.com/NewToGompa.

"Registration and viewing will be available until August 17th, 2020. At the time you register there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute."

International Mahayana Institute

The International Mahayana Institute is the FPMT organization's community of monks and nuns. Join their twenty-four hour Global Big Heart Sutrathon.

The Event

Monks and nuns will lead recitations of the Heart Sutra for twenty-four hours, taking turns. Each session will last one hour and there will be two monastics per session. At the end of each session the monastics will check the YouTube chat to see if there are any questions for the monastics.

The Schedule

The Global Big Heart Sutrathon will last for twenty-four hours on India time.

July 24, 2020

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM IST

(July 23 from 11:30 AM PT until July 24 at 11:30 AM PT)

Watch the Livestream

Watch the twenty-four hour livestream on the Chenrezig Institute Australia YouTube channel.

Follow along by using the text, available for free from FPMT in various languages: English, Chinese, Catalan, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche, Tushita Meditation Centre Facebook.

Tushita Meditation Centre

Tushita Meditation Centre, a retreat center in Himachal Pradesh, India that I have visited is offering a number of programs for Choekhor Duchen.

The Events

The Tushita e-newsletter I received said, "We are extremely honored and delighted that Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche accepted our request to give His first online teaching for Tushita on the very auspicious occasion of Chökhor Düchen."

The Schedule

6:30 AM – 8:00 AM IST – The Path of Joy – Online Course with Venerable Amy Miller

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM IST – Guided Meditation with Venerable Drolma & Light Offering Ceremony with Sangha. (Live on Zoom and Facebook)

An unique opportunity to have your own butter lamp with your special dedication offered on this meritorious day! Click here to sponsor a butter lamp

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM IST – Medicine Buddha Puja – Led by Venerable Drolma (Live on Zoom and Facebook)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM IST – Life of the Buddha (Watchparty on Facebook)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM IST – Reading of Sutra of Golden Light – Led by Ven. Gyalmo (Live on Zoom and Facebook)

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM IST – Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche – How to Study and Practice (Live on Zoom and Facebook)

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM IST – The Path of Joy – Online Course with Venerable Amy Miller

Watch the Livestream

"This teaching with Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche is open to everyone and registration is not required. For the live stream of Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche's teaching please join us on Zoom or visit our Facebook Page.

"Most of the remainder of the program will be live streamed to all of you through this Zoom Meeting and on our Facebook Page so make sure to follow that space during this day."

Yangsi Rinpoche, www.maitripa.org.

Maitripa College

Maitripa College president Yangsi Rinpoche will lead a Guru Puja.

The Event

The Maitripa College website says, "Join the global Maitripa College Community online on Chokhor Duchen. Chokhor Duchen, or Wheel Turning Day, is a traditional Buddhist celebration day, in which we commemorate the Buddha’s first teaching (Turning the Wheel of Dharma). This is also a day of celebration of the tradition of ordained monastics (the traditional ‘sangha’) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition."

The Schedule

July 24, 2020

12:00 PM PT

Join the Zoom Meeting

Everyone wishing to join must register in advance to attend the puja.

More Online Events to Join to Help Celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Bodhgaya, www.theweek.in.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will celebrate his 85th birthday on July 6, 2020.

On July 4 I published a collection of online events different groups are organizing to celebrate. Here are some additional events.

Those earlier shared events as well as the events below are open to everyone. Help His Holiness the Dalai Lama celebrate his birthday.

Tibet House New Delhi

Tibet House New Delhi has added two more programs to their celebrations. All are welcome to join.

Tibet House New Delhi, Tibet House New Delhi e-newsletter.

The Newly Added Events

Virtual Certificate Distribution Ceremony for Graduates of the First Batch of the Nalanda Diploma Course 2018-2019

A talk on "The Four Commitments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama" by Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi, at the request of Ven. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Director, Menlhai Jamtse Tibetan Buddhist Centre, Mumbai.

Schedule

Virtual Certificate Distribution Ceremony
July 6, 2020
12:30PM - 01:00PM IST
(July 6, 2020 from 12:00AM - 12:30AM PT)

A talk on "The Four Commitments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama"
July 6, 2020
6:00PM - 7:30PM IST
(July 6, 2020 from 5:30AM - 7:00AM PT)

Watch the Livestreams

Watch the livestream of the events on the Tibet House New Delhi Facebook page.

The talk on "The Four Commitments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama" will be an online interactive session that will also livestream onto Facebook. To join the interactive session register in advance by completing the Google Docs form.

Choe Khor Sum Ling

Sangha members in Maratika, Nepal, will livestream practices on YouTube live for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday that anyone can watch and participate in.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Choe Khor Sum Ling Facebook.

The Event

Choe Khor Sum Ling wrote on their Facebook page, "We welcome all of you to celebrate Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday with us, by rejoicing in His Holiness's many precious qualities and doing practices according to the advice of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The practices will include the Sixteen Arhat Puja and will be led by Ven. Tenzin Namjong on Monday, July 6, at 9 am Indian Standard Time (GMT+5.5), broadcast live from Maratika, Nepal.

"The Dalai Lamas are believed by Tibetan Buddhists to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. The qualities of His Holiness are inconceivable. His Holiness has done a lot of work promoting universal ethics, preserving the teachings of the Buddha and promoting religious harmony all over the world. 

"Seeing his holy body is great purification—it makes preparation in our mind for us to be liberated from the oceans of samsaric suffering and plants the seed of enlightenment. 

"But His Holiness’s holy mind is totally free from obscurations, from disturbing emotional thoughts such as desire and so forth. His Holiness’s holy mind does not have even the slightest stain or taint of these. Numberless eons ago, His Holiness became free from the stains of self-cherishing thought, with no thought of seeking happiness for the self arising even for one second. 

"His Holiness is also purest in morality, or ethics, and is the Omniscient One, whose compassion embraces numberless sentient beings, never giving them up even for one second. His Holiness benefits sentient beings limitlessly, like the sky. 

"This is also the quickest way to awaken us from the deep sleep of ignorance, for us to meet the Dharma, actualize the path, and achieve enlightenment. We will celebrate His Holiness's 85th Birthday by remembering the great qualities he possesses and vowing to become like him."

Schedule

July 6, 2020

9:00AM IST

(July 5, 2020 at 8:30PM PT)

Watch the Livestream

Watch the livestream from Maratika on the Choe Khor Sum Ling YouTube channel.

Download the free text the sangha members will be using, "How to Do the Great Festival of His Holiness's Birthday in the Best Possible Way."

Sera Jey Translation Department

The Sera Jey Translation Department was established in 2012 in Sera Jey Monastic University. The purpose of the department is to train the monks in translation methodology and translating Buddhist texts from English to Tibetan and vice versa.

The department is organizing an event for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

Celebrating His Holiness's Birthday, Sera Jey Translation Department - English Facebook.

The Event

The Sera Jey Translation Department - English wrote on their Facebook page, "Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday by highlighting the Essence of HHDL's Contributions: 

"1. His Contribution to the World
2. His Contribution to India
3. His Contribution to Tibet"

Speakers include:

Geshe Tenzin Namdak speaking on "Contribution to the World," Tulku Tenzin Gyurme speaking on "Contribution to Tibet," and Venerable Thupten Kalden speaking on "Contribution to India."

The Schedule

July 5, 2020

8:00PM IST

(July 5 at 7:30AM PT)

Watch the Event

The event will be held on Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID is published on the graphic above and on the Sera Jey Translation Department - English Facebook page.

The event may also be livestreaming on the Sera Jey Translation Department - English Facebook page.

Kurukulla Center

Kurukulla Center will be celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday led by Geshe Ngawang Tenley.

His Holiness Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday, Kurukulla Center Facebook.

The Event

Kurukulla Center wrote on their Facebook page, "Monday, July 6th is the 85th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Office of His Holiness has advised all his followers to recite 1,000 OM MANI PADME HUM mantras (10 malas) and dedicate the merit for the long life of HIs Holiness, the long life of all the holy gurus, and for peace all over the world. 

"Geshe Tenley will lead four sessions of MANI recitation on Monday, July 6th. All sessions will be broadcast on Facebook Live. Feel free to join anytime!

"༄།སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཐམས་ཅད་མཁྱེན་པ་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་དགུང་གྲངས་གྱ་ལྔར་ཕེབས་པའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་གྱི་དུས་ཚེས་ཁྱད་ཅན་ཉིན།
སྤྱི་མཐུན་བསོད་ནམས་གསོག་ཆེད་ཆོས་ཐུན་བཞི་ཐོག་མ་ཎི་ཡིག་དྲུག་བསགས་་ནས་སྲུང་རྩི་ཞུ་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་པས་མཉམ་ཞུགས་གནང་རོགས།"

The Schedule

July 6, 2020

8:00AM - 9:00AM ET

11:00AM - 12:00 PM ET

3:00PM - 4:00PM ET

8:00PM - 9:00PM ET

Watch the Livestreams

Watch the livestreams on the Kurukulla Center Facebook page.

Infinite Potential Film Screening and Panel Discussion

The film "Infinite Potential: The Life and Ideas of David Bohm" is has been made available for free viewing in celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday. A group online viewing will be followed by a panel discussion.

Free Screening of Infinite Potential, Infinite Potential Facebook.

The Event

The film's website says, "'INFINITE POTENTIAL' takes us on a mystical and scientific journey into the nature of life and reality with David Bohm, the man Einstein called his 'spiritual son' and the Dalai Lama his 'science guru.' A physicist and explorer of Consciousness, Bohm turned to Eastern wisdom to develop groundbreaking insights into the profound interconnectedness of the Universe and our place within it.

Everyone is welcome to join "The Dalai Lama & Science - A Birthday Celebration" to watch the film followed by a panel discussion and live question and answer session.

Moderator:
Sandra de Castro Buffington
Founder of StoryAction
UCLA’s Global Media Center for Social Impact

Panelists:
Paul Howard, Film Director and Producer
Robert Thurman, Founder of Tibet House
Thupten Jinpa Langri, Dalai Lama’s English Translator for 35 Years
Khen Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland, First Western Abbot of a Tibetan Monastery

Schedule

July 5, 2020

5:30PM PT to watch the film

7:00PM PT to watch just the panel discussion

Watch the Event

Register in advance to watch the group screening of the film and the panel discussion. Register even if you can't join it live. A recording of the event will be sent afterwards.

Watch the Film Now

The filmmakers have already made the film available for free on YouTube. 

Watch "Infinite Potential: The Life and Ideas of David Bohm" on the Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm YouTube channel.

Mystical Arts of Tibet

Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery and the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour will be celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

Drepung Loseling Monastery monks, Mystical Arts of Tibet Facebook.

The Event

The Mystical Arts of Tibet Facebook page says, "Join us as we celebrate the 85th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama! 

"The Drepung Loseling monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour will present the Long Life Offering Puja."

The Schedule

July 6, 2020

7:00AM PT

Watch the Livestream

Watch the puja livestream on the Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) Livestream page.

Tibet Bureau Geneva

Tibet Bureau Geneva will be celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday with a presentation on SEE Learning from guest speaker Professor Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Professor of Pedagogy and Executive Director of Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Emory University, US.

Chapter 2: SEE Learning, Tibet TV Facebook.

The Event

Tibet TV wrote on Facebook, "༄༅། །སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་གི་མཛད་འཕྲིན་ལ་བཀའ་དྲིན་རྗེས་དྲན། ལེའུ་ ༢ ཿ སི་སློབ་གཉེར། A virtual interactive gratitude series dedicated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Chapter 2 : SEE Learning

"Tibet Bureau Geneva and Tibet TV will be hosting the second chapter of the virtual interactive gratitude series titled “Thank You His Holiness the Dalai Lama” on SEE Learning program. The guest speaker for the live interactive discussion will be Professor Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Professor of Pedagogy and Executive Director of Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Emory University, USA. 

"The virtual interactive discussion is part of the 'Thank You His Holiness the Dalai Lama' program being initiated by Tibet Bureau Geneva. The Central Tibetan Administration has dedicated the year 2020 as the Year of Gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As part of this observance, Tibet Bureau Geneva will be hosting a monthly virtual interactive series dedicated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama to understand and express sincere gratitude for the many benefactions of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

"The virtual program will be held on the first Sunday of every month and will host a guest speaker who will discuss the various contributions and benefactions of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, especially highlighting His four important life-time commitments and the roles and responsibilities of Tibetans in fulfilling these commitments."

The Schedule

Sunday, July 5, 2020

6:30AM - 7:30AM PT

Watch the Livestream

Watch the livestream on the Tibet TV Facebook page.

Live questions from the audience will be accepted subject to the availability of time.

Celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Birthday Online on July 5 and 6, 2020

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, www.myfirstshow.com.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will celebrate his 85th birthday on July 6, 2020. I have included a list of just a few ways to celebrate online, including by watching His Holiness livestream from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Watch His Holiness the Dalai teach on Mind Training

His Holiness's website says, "His Holiness will give a general teaching on Mind Training (lojong) on the occasion of his 85th birthday celebrations being held in Taiwan on the morning of July 5 from 10.30 am to 11 am (Indian Standard Time).

"Those interested may watch the live webcast of the teachings in English with translation in Tibetan, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mongolian, Korean, German, Portuguese and Italian on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast."

Schedule

July 5, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM IST

(July 4, 2020 from 10:00 PM - 10:30 PM PT)

Join the Livestream

Watch the livestream "Mind Training" on the Dalai Lama Archive YouTube channel.

Recite OM MANI PADME HUM mantras

Honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama by reciting 1,000+ OM MANI PADME HUM mantras on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday for His Holiness's continued good health and long life.

OM MANI PADME HUM.

Offices of Tibet Celebrations

The Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government in exile in India, announced the Offices of Tibet in London and Washington, DC will host Facebook Live events on July 6 to celebrate His Holiness's birthday, principal commitments, and benevolent leadership.

The Offices of Tibet in London and Washington, DC are two of the official agencies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration. There are Offices of Tibet all over the world.

Virtual Panel Discussion to Celebrate His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's Principal Commitments and Benevolent Leadership

Office of Tibet London, www.tibet.net.

The Office of Tibet in London's Facebook Live event will be moderated by Mr. Sonam Tsering Frasi, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Northern Europe, Baltic States, and Poland.

Mr. Sonam Tsering Frasi, www.japan-forward.com.

He said, "We believe that the best way to celebrate the gratitude year to His Holiness would be listening to his advice and creating a greater awareness of his four principal commitments in life for the well being of all sentient beings. As the world is suffering from uncertainty caused by global pandemic and conflicts everywhere, it is very important to understand that fundamentally human beings are the same."

The Event

Three guest speakers will speak for fifteen minutes each. Viewers can then ask questions.

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, www.outlookindia.com.

His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, the thirty-four year old reincarnation of the senior tutor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, will speak on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's four principal commitments.

Kasur Kesang Yangkyi Takla, www.multimediaeuropal.europa.eu.

Kasur Kesang Yangkyi Takla, a long-serving Tibetan civil servant, will speak about His Holiness the Dalai Lama's benevolent leadership in the world.

Richard Moore with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, www.medium.com.

Richard Moore, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Irish hero, will speak about forgiveness and compassion and his encounter with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Please read the story about Richard and His Holiness, "Interview with Richard Moore: The Dalai Lama's Irish Hero."

Schedule

Monday, July 6, 2020

5:30 AM - 7:00 AM PT

Watch on Facebook Live

The event will livestream on the Office of Tibet London Facebook page.

Virtual Celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday

Office of Tibet Washington, DC, www.tibet.net.

The Office of Tibet in Washington, DC's Facebook Live event will feature special guest speakers, prayers, and music. All are welcome to join.

The Event

Participants include US House of Representatives Honorable Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Central Tibetan Administration President Dr. Lobsang Sangay, United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, US Congressman Jim McGovern, US Congressman Ted Yoho, US Congressman Ben McAdam, NED President Carl Gershman, Canadian Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis, Canadian Member of Parliament Arif Virani, Khenpo Samdup from Drikung Dharma Surya Center in Virginia, and Central Tibetan Administration Representative Ngodup Tsering at the Office of Tibet in Washington, DC.

Schedule

Monday, July 6, 2020

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Watch on Facebook Live

The event will livestream on the Office of Tibet - Washington, DC Facebook page.

Essay Competition for Tibetan Youth

The Office of Tibet in Washington, DC is organizing an Essay Competition for Tibetan Youth in high school and older up to age 25 living in North America.

This competition is being organized as a part of the Gratitude Celebration to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

The topic of the essay is “Legacy and contribution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Tibetan people and the world.” The Essay Competition is is part of an effort to encourage young Tibetans to participate in a project expressing gratitude for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s legacy and contributions.

The submission deadline is 11:59 PM ET on July 31, 2020. Read the details on www.tibet.net.

Ngarik Gatsal Ling

Ngarik Gatsal Ling Centre will celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday with an online program held on Zoom led by His Eminence Guru Tulku Rinpoche, abbot of Thubchog Gatsal Ling Monastery in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, and translated from Tibetan to English by Venerable Tenzin Legtsok.

Ngarik Gatsal Ling Centre.

The Event

Long life prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, blessings by His Eminence Guru Tulku Rinpoche, teachings on how to achieve inner peace through compassionate mind, and question and answer session for participants who join on Zoom.

Ngarik Gatsal Ling Centre's spiritual guides are His Eminence Guru Tulku Rinpoche and Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul. Their website says, "Ngarik Gatsal Ling, a Buddhist Dharma Centre, established in 2014 based in Guwahati with the objective for providing an enriched learning environment for the benefit of the society in North Eastern States of India. It is a collective group of members and students of diverse socio-cultural background from across the North Eastern States of India. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama made his maiden public visit to Assam in the year 2014, almost 50 years after his escape from Tibet (via Assam) following the Chinese Invasion in the year 1959. During His Holliness's visit, a group of people under the leadership of H.E. Guru Tulku Rinpoche, then then Abbot of Tawang Monastery, having the wish to create a Dharma Centre to impart the precious teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha made a request to him for the same and His Holiness confirmed his blessings and laid out the objectives and named the Centre as Ngarik Gatsai Ling, which in Tibetan means, Joyous Garden of the Five Sciences (Buddhism, Logic, Medicine, Art & Crafts and Sanskrit/Grammar)."

Schedule

July 6, 2020

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM IST

(July 6, 2020 from 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM PT)

Join the Event

Register for the Zoom event on a Google Form. 

There is no mention of a public livestream but their Facebook page is Ngarik Gatsal Ling - Joyous Garden for the Five Sciences.

Maitripa College

Yangsi Rinpoche, president of Maitripa College, will be leading celebrations for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday on Zoom.

The Event

The Maitripa College website says, "Celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday with Yangsi Rinpoche and Maitripa College!

"Join us on Zoom at 12 noon PDT. Registration required to attend!"

The Schedule

July 6, 2020

12:00 PM PT

Join the Zoom event

Register in advance for the event which will be held on Zoom.

Tibet House New Delhi

Tibet House New Delhi, India, and Geshe Dorji Damdul will be holding an event on Facebook Live for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

Tibet House New Delhi.

The Event

The June 26, 2020 e-newsletter from Tibet House New Delhi says, 

"Celebrating Year of Gratitude to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

"Live Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge for the Long Life of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on his 85th Birthday led by Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi.

"All are welcome to join."

Schedule

July 6, 2020

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM IST

(July 5, 2020 from 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM PT)

Join the Livestream

Visit the Tibet House New Delhi Facebook page.

Geshe Thupten Jinpa

Geshe Thupten Jinpa wrote on Facebook, "༈ རང་་ཅག་གི་རྣམ་འདྲེན་ཆེན་པོ་༧སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་རྒྱལ་དབང་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་བཅུ་བཞི་པ་ཆེན་པོ་གུང་གྲངས་ ༨༥ ཕེབས་པའི་སྐུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་སྲུང་བརྩི་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ཞུ་སྙན་འདི་བོད་སྐད་ཐོག་ཡོད་པས་ཚང་མས་གཟིགས་རོགས་ཞུ་རྒྱུ། གླང་རི་བ་ཐུབ་བསྟ་ན་སྦྱིན་པས། ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ཞུའོ།།To my fellow Tibetans and fellow Tibetan Buddhists, I would like to share with you that I have composed a special prayer to mark His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th birthday, on July 6, 2020. This 20-stanza prayer, both in Tibetan and English, is to honor the enlightened life and deeds of His Holiness and to also request him to live long and well for the benefit of the dharma, sentient beings, and especially for the people of Tibet. 

"I will release the text of the prayer, in both languages, on the morning of the day Indian time (evening of July 5th in North America) so that everyone could download the texts. 

"On the actual day, July 6th, there will be a live chanting session of the two prayers at 11:30am EST (8:30am West coast, and 9pm Indian standard time). You can join this group chanting session by joining Facebook Live on ཞི་བདེ་ཀུན་ཁྱྱབ་གླླིང་Center for Universal Peace Facebook page. Please join me and others to chant this special prayer to honor our most beloved and revered His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Thank you."

Schedule

July 6, 2020

8:30 AM PT

Join the Livestream

Watch the livestream on the Center for Universal Peace Facebook page.

Check Geshe Thupten Jinpa's Facebook page for updates.

Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling

Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling in California will be celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling, e-newsletter.

The Event

The flyer says, "Please join us as we celebrate His Holiness's 85th birthday! We will be doing a smoke purification ceremony and will be hoisting up Tibetan prayer flags outside our temple."

The Schedule

July 6, 2020

10:00 AM PT

Join the Livestream

Watch the livestream on the Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling Facebook page.

The July 2, 2020 Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling e-newsletter says, "We hope you can join us on our Facebook page. If you are unable to, please be aware that we plan to put some videos of these celebrations on our YouTube page within the week."

Album of Mantras and Teachings "The Dalai Lama: Inner World" Release Celebration

An album of mantras and teachings set to music with accompanying booklet, created by Hitco Entertainment and Khandro Music, will be released on July 6 for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

The Dalai Lama: Inner World, Dalai Lama Inner World Facebook.

The Event

In addition to the album’s release, Inner World will be sharing an 85th Birthday Celebration for The Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama Inner World Facebook page says, "The program will include longtime student and friend of The Dalai Lama, Richard Gere as well as other special guests, birthday messages, and musical performances, including one by Anoushka Shankar, who will debut a performance of Ama La, the track from the album that she features on."

Schedule

The event will be livestreamed twice.

July 6, 2020

9:00 AM IST

1:00 PM ET

Watch the Livestream

Watch the event livestream on the Dalai Lama Inner World YouTube channel.

Watch the event livestream on the Dalai Lama Inner World Facebook page.

Listen to the Music

Listen to already released songs from the album on the Dalai Lama Inner World YouTube channel.

Listen to already released songs from the album on the Dalai Lama Inner World Facebook page.

Watch Dharma Teachings for Students and Young Adults on YouTube

Online Certificate Course advertisement, Flowering Dharma Facebook.

Flowering Dharma, an NGO in India, offered a free thirty-day online course on Philosophy, Psychology, and Modern Science from April 25-May 25, 2020.

Online Course on Philosophy, Psychology, and Modern Science

Short video teachings by Geshe Lhakdor and Geshe Dorji Damdul were uploaded to the Flowering Dharma Facebook page. Enrolled students were encouraged to leave comments on the videos.

The course was offered with support from Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Although the course has concluded it is still possible to benefit from the course. Flowering Dharma has been uploading those videos to YouTube. Most of the videos are under eight minutes long making them easy to watch.

In the second video of the course Geshe Lhakdor taught, "Your happiness and your suffering is in your hand. Do not cheat yourself."

Enjoy reading the students' comments by viewing the videos on the Flowering Dharma Facebook page.

Online Certificate Course advertisement, Flowering Dharma Facebook.

PANORAMA: A month-long certificate course

Tibet House New Delhi has offered a month-long certificate course on Buddhist Philosophy, Psychology and Science three times. The course, attended by students from Flowering Dharma, has been held in person only at Tibet House New Delhi. It was open to any student wishing to attend.

The videos from the 2020 PANORAMA course are available on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.

Flowering Dharma

"Flowering Dharma was conceived in the year 2009 by the collective efforts of the students from Ladakh studying in various colleges of Delhi University with the aim to keep the sense of community alive in the big city and later grew to accommodate peers from rest of the country and beyond.

"Currently we are based in Raku House which is a century old traditional heritage structure in Leh-Ladakh and our activities and members expands to six regions across the country including Ladakh, Jammu, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh with the plans to bridge pan Himalayan region."

Learn more about Flowering Dharma on www.floweringdharma.org.

Teachings on Great Compassion from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Khadro-la, and Geshe Dorji Damdul

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with an unknown cat.

This blog post was inspired by an interview with Khadro-la published by Thrive Global on January 18, 2018.

Khadro-la

Khadro-la was asked "Is meditation helpful in achieving a kind heart? Do you have any tips for meditation?”

Khadro-la replied, “Many people like meditation. Many people think of it as single-pointed concentration. In my opinion, meditation is to cultivate a habit of an honest mindset and a kind heart. If we develop and increase our qualities of kindness and honesty, we can get rid of so many different kinds of suffering.

"Otherwise, if we think we want to meditate, and we just sit still and we don’t think about anything in particular, then what we are doing is actually resting our mind, giving our minds a little break. But it is not very constructive or useful. It does not decrease our negative mindsets of anger, attachments, etc. It does not increase our qualities of kindness, truthfulness and wisdom. So, we might be able to sit still single-pointedly for four or five hours, but what’s the point? It’s like a pigeon!”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama teach on developing a kind heart and the altruistic mind cherishing others at the main temple in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India on the Tenzin Wangyal YouTube channel. 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "For the lama it is fortunate to have this opportunity to teach about bodhichitta. For you the disciples, also, this occasion bodhichitta, the altruistic mind cherishing others over oneself ... you are fortunate to hear a teaching on it."

Geshe Dorji Damdul

Listen to Geshe Dorji Damdul, translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and director of Tibet House New Delhi, give a three-part teaching on the methods of generating bodhichitta.

Listen to Geshe Dorji Damdul lead a guided meditation on bodhichitta on the BodhicittaWisdom YouTube channel. 

A Spontaneous Song of Compassion

Watch Khadro-la sing a spontaneous song of compassion on Vimeo to remove the deluded ignorance from the human mind. This took place during the Mind and Life Conference in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India in 2009. Those in the room with Khadro-la include Tsoknyi Rinpoche who assisted with translation, Dr. Richard Davidson, Daniel and Tara Goleman, and Richard Gere.

Join Geshe Dorji Damdul's Short Live Online Courses

Geshe Dorji Damdul, December 2019, Tibet House New Delhi Facebook.

Geshe Dorji Damdul has been offering short online courses that are open to everyone. Some of these short courses have ended but can still be watched online and others are upcoming and require registration to participate.

Tibet House Brasil

The staff at Tibet House Brasil invited Geshe Dorji Damdul, the director of Tibet House New Delhi, to give a few teachings on Facebook Live.

Watch a recording of the June 1, 2020 teaching "Universal Responsibility in the Time of COVID 19-Healing Oneself and Others" on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.



Watch a recording of the June 6, 2020 teaching "Mindfulness Based Meditation for Healing Anxiety" on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.

Check the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel to see if a recording of the June 17, 2020 teaching, held on Zoom, "Compassion Meditation and Cognitive Therapy for Healing Anger" has been uploaded yet.

To find out if they invite Geshe Dorji Damdul to teach again, follow Tibet House Brasil on Facebook or subscribe to the Tibet House Newsletter by going to the bottom left corner of the Tibet House New Delhi website.

Tso Pema

Tso Pema, an NGO founded in Rome, Italy in 2010, invited Geshe Dorji Damdul to give an online teaching on "Wisdom of Interdependence for Inner Fulfillment."

Wisdom of Interdependence for Inner Fulfillment, Tso Pema Non-Profit Facebook.

Sunday, June 21
1:30 AM - 3:30 AM PT
5:00 AM - 7:00 AM PT

Register for the short course by completing a Tibet House Google form.

Tara Liberation Study Group

Tara Liberation Study Group, an FPMT study group in Helsinki, Finland, invited Geshe Dorji Damdul to teach a short online course on Buddhist Psychology.

Saturday, June 27

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM IST

Sunday, June 28

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM IST

Monday, June 29

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM IST

Buddhist Psychology course, Tara Liberation Study Group Facebook.

Tara Liberation Study Group wrote, "Buddhist Psychology is a vital part of Buddhist Philosophy and it focuses on understanding the nature of our mind through investigates our cognition and inner experience. It is helpful to have a good understanding of the Buddhist Psychology when one engages in meditation since it provides insight to the tools and processes of mind transformation that one is undergoing or aims to undergo. Studying Buddhist Psychology is helpful also in relationship to one’s daily interactions with the world and other individuals, so you don’t have to be a scholar or a yogi to benefit from this ancient Indian wisdom brought to us by the Buddha Shakyamuni over 2000 years ago and that has been preserved and cultivated further by Tibetan masters."

"Everyone is welcome to join the teachings and there is no actual course fee, but we do encourage participants to give a donation to the teacher. Details regarding the way you can submit your donation will be given in the email that will be sent prior to the teachings to all registered participants.

"Register by sending an email to INFO (at) TARALIBERATION (dot) FI

Please note the last letter is an "I" and not an "L."

"We will send you a link some days before the teachings to access the sessions."

Tibet House New Delhi

Tibet House New Delhi is offering a Buddhist Psychology online course in Tibetan language for Tibetan youngsters taught by Geshe Dorji Damdul.

Watch the introductory video on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.

The course has begun and registration is no longer possible but the teachings are livestreaming on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.

Wednesday, June 17
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Thursday, June 18

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

Friday, June 19

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

Saturday, June 20

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

Monday, June 22

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

Tuesday, June 23
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM IST

Tibet House New Delhi and Cho Khor Sum Ling

Tibet House New Delhi and Cho Khor Sum Ling, an FPMT center in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India co-hosted a five-session online course taught by Geshe Dorji Damdul on 'Two Truths in Four Buddhist Tenet Systems with Emphasis on the Ultimate Reality According to Prasangika Madhyamaka."

Saturday, June 6
10:30 am - 12:00 noon IST

Sunday, June 7
11:30 am - 1:00 pm IST
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm IST

Monday, June 8
11:30 am - 1:00 pm IST
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm IST

Two Truths in Four Buddhist Tenet Systems, Cho Khor Sum Ling Facebook.

The text for the course was "Staircase to Emptiness" from Blaze of Non-Dual Bodhicittas. Download the free prayer book from www.bodhiwisdom.org.

Watch the videos on the Tibet House New Delhi YouTube channel.

Watch the first video Two Truths in Four Buddhist Tenet Systems, Session 1/5" on the Tibet House YouTube channel.

Dharma Friends of Israel

Dharma Friends of Israel invited Geshe Dorji Damdul to teach a seven-session online course "The Noble Mahayana Sutra Dependent Arising" between May 30 and June 13 on the DFI Israel YouTube channel.

The Noble Mahayana Sutra Dependent Arising, Dharma Friends of Israel Facebook.

Watch the seven videos on the DFI Israel YouTube channel.

Geshe Dorji Damdul

"Geshe Dorji Damdul is the Director of Tibet House, Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi. After 15 years of study in Buddhist philosophy, he finished his Geshe Lharampa Degree (Ph.D.) in 2002 from the Drepung Loseling Monastic University and completed a year of Tantric studies at the Gyudmed Tantric College. 

"He has served as the official translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama for many years and has worked on many important books authored by H.H the Dalai Lama, such as Emotional Awareness that was co-authored by psychologist Paul Ekman, Beyond Religion, and the series of Art of Happiness books, written jointly by H.H. the Dalai Lama and Prof. Howard Cutler. He continues to be involved in the critical editing work for books authored by H.H. the Dalai Lama. 

"He has been a visiting fellow in Cambridge University and the Philosophy Lecturer for the Emory University Study Abroad Program in Dharamsala. He has a long-term collaboration with Delhi University as a visiting fellow at the departments of Philosophy, Psychology, and Buddhist Studies, and he was one of the key experts designing the syllabus for Tibetan Studies at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. 

"He has written a number of important papers for national and international conferences. Fulfilling the wishes of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he designed a four-year Nalanda Masters Course in Buddhist Philosophy, which Tibet House Delhi launched in 2016, with Geshe Dorji Damdul as the main teacher. 

"He has hundreds of devoted students around the world and he frequently visits different countries, teaching Buddhism and participating in dialogues with scientists and academics."

Source: Tara Liberation Study Group