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.

Advice From His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche On How to Manage During Covid-19

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, www.tibetanbuddhistsociety.org.

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche has given advice on how to manage during Covid-19 in an interview with Voice of Tibet on Sunday, May 3, in a International Buddhist Confederation "Virtual Vesak" broadcast on Thursday, May 7, and in a Tibetan Monastery Services program on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Voice of Tibet

Voice of Tibet is an independent news service broadcasting daily in Tibetan and Mandarin. The programs are produced by Tibetan journalists in several countries.

The news service interviewed His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche on "Covid-19: life lessons to learn from this pandemic." It was conducted in Tibetan and livestreamed on the Voice of Tibet Facebook page.

Watch the recording on the Voice of Tibet YouTube channel.

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Voice of Tibet Facebook.

An English transcript was published on Rinpoche's website www.lingrinpoche.info.

International Buddhist Confederation

Watch His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche's Vesak message on the IBC World YouTube channel or read the transcript on www.lingrinpoche.info.



Tibetan Monastery Services

Watch "A Short Teaching in English on ‘Coping with the Covid-19 pandemic from a Buddhist perspective’ by H.E. the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche" on www.gompaservices.com. The video is hosted by Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka State, India.

The beautiful video is 10:05 minutes long.

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Tibetan Monastery Services Facebook.

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 Drepung Loseling 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 June 15th, 2020.

Five Ways to Celebrate Saka Dawa

Saka Dawa, www.tarabianca.org.

Saka Dawa is on June 5, 2020. A merit multiplying day, Lama Zopa Rinpoche says karmic results are multiplied by 100 million. Here are just five ways to make the most of Saka Dawa. These five events are listed in order of occurrence for those in PT zone.

Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Livestream

Friday, June 5, 2020

(Thursday, June 4, 2020 in PT)

8:30 PM PT

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will confer the Ceremony for Generating Bodhichitta (semkye) on the occasion of the full moon day of Saka Dawa. 

Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Request a reminder for the livestream on the Dalai Lama Archive YouTube channel.

Read Geshe Tenzin Zopa's Advice for the Livestream

Geshe Tenzin Zopa shared advice on his Facebook page on May 3, 2020.

Geshe Tenzin Zopa, www.dailyadvertiser.com.au.

"🌹🙏Yesterday one student expressed that she wish to have meaningful life in dharma but her life is always busy with work and family responsibilities. Asking advice on how to turn all her ordinary life style in to most meaningful journey to accumulate vast merits and extensive purification of karma while continuing her ordinary responsibilities. She express that since long time she wanted to take one practical and most meaningful practice in her life that hopes to fulfills her spiritual wishes and highlight the meaning of her life as some one who met the Buddha dharma.

"🙏So my answer to her is:

"First of all I rejoice and congratulate to you for this precious aspirations.

"How wise and great of you to have an understanding and feel the urgency to turn your ordinary life in to most beneficial life for yourself your family members and all other sentient beings wellbeing.

"If you agree with me I humbly suggest you to take the bodhisattva vows from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on coming Friday 5th June 2020 at 9am India time. You can find the link on https://www.dalailama.com/schedule

"If you able to make it then this would be most blessed most special and most fortunate for you in your life. His Holiness is not an ordinary teacher he is actual enlightened compassionate Buddha Chenrezig appears in human Guru form to liberate us from oceans of Samsaric sufferings through dharma transmissions. He is embodiment of all the past present and future Buddha’s compassion.

"Receiving the bodhisattva lineage blessings or seeding of altruistic mind (compassion/bodhichitta) directly from compassionate Buddha himself is greatest blessing and most effective seedling of altruism in our mind stream. Without any doubt this seedling of altruism in our mental continuum will grow to numberless virtues, sustainable inner peace leading up to the fruition of full enlightenment.

"Some more receiving the bodhisattva vows on full moon of Sakadawa month, the month Gautama Buddha chose to display major deeds of Buddha like birth in this southern world, renouncing the worldly life and manifesting in to Parinirvana etc. Siddhartha Gautama have chosen the full moon day to display the deeds of gaining full enlightenment (the ultimate cessation from all contaminations, afflictions and obscurations.)

"Accomplishing the full fruition of altruistic seed that he have inspired to stabilised in his mental continuum when he was as an ordinary like us in many live times a go.

"Such a blessed month and a day that every single virtues and meritorious prayers multiples 100 million times as stated in the Vinaya sutra.

"👍If you have decided to receive the bodhisattva vows then I have this humble suggestions to you. In order to create as much as meritorious interdependent conditions from our side to received the vows and blessing in most beneficial way as possible. It would be beneficial at-less this simple and basic preparatory protocol are present from our side for this visual platform for individual beginners like me and you to get ready to receive the dharma.

"🙏1. Fresh up both body and mind as if you would do when you physically go to attend dharma teaching from a guru.

"2. Do 3 prostrations and seat comfortably on cushion or chair or wherever is convenient or comfortable.

"3. Generate sincere respect and conviction towards preceptor HHDL.

"4. Generate genuine positive motivation of wanting to actualise full enlightenment for the benefits of all sentient beings.

"5. Make a sincere request in your heart to HHDL to grand the bodhisattva vows while offering the mandala practice if you know how to offer mandala offering. If not then just simply visualise and offer from depths of your heart the entire universe including your own body speech and mind, all virtues of past present and future in the form of wish granting jewels or immortal blissful nectar in infinite way to the preceptor and all Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

"6. While feeling how fortunate for this opportunity then follow the live stream of the granting of the bodhisattvas vows accordingly with full attention.

"🙏7. At the end on completion of the ceremony. Conclude with mandala offering practice as a gesture of appreciation on granting of the vows. Or just simply visualise and offer from depths of your heart the entire universe including your body speech and mind, all virtues of past present and future in the form of wish granting jewels or immortal blissful nectar in infinite way to the preceptor HHDL and all Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

"8. Then Rejoice (feel deeply happy) for being so fortunate to received the most precious blessing in my mental continuum the bodhisattva vows that which is more precious then entire material wealth of entire universe. Feel truly happy of becoming spiritual family member a child of all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

"Feel truly blessed to received spiritual lineage blessing of most precious mind of Buddhas and bodhisattvas from enlighten compassionate Buddha HHDL himself. Feel full confident with inner joy in knowing that from this present life to all future lives up to full enlightenment I will be fully guided by perfect enlighten mahayanic guru the compassionate Buddha chenrezig.

"9. Then with deep aspirations dedicate the vast merits accumulated in bodhicitta accordingly or simply think and dedicate the merits to be the complete cause of all sentient beings temporary happiness up to the ultimate happiness of full enlightenment.

"10. Then dedicate in emptiness accordingly. Or just simply thinking or understanding that the dedicator the self the substance the merits and the objective the fruition of the merits all in the nature of lacking of inherent existence which only exists in the nature of interdependent arising.

"11. Then move on with daily life with understanding and feeling much meaning in having the blessing of inner guru the practice of 6 perfections the virtues GPS to meaningful life, inner protection of oneself inseparable from compassionate guru, firm confident in virtues life, sustainable inspiration faith and conviction in freedom from all samsara and its causes, full of methods to help yourself and help all other through the tools of loving kindness compassion and wisdom.

"🙏I share this humble conversation and suggestions from ignorance person like me in the hope of some assistance to those of beginner like me in the pursuit of spiritual blessings in virtual platform.

"With lots of prayers and best wishes. Geshe Zopa, June 3, 2020"

Take the Eight Mahayana Precepts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche before dawn on June 5

Watch a recording of Lama Zopa Rinpoche giving the Eight Mahayana Precepts on the FPMT YouTube channel.

Join a Guru Puja led by Yangsi Rinpoche and Maitripa College

Join the global Maitripa College Community on Saka Dawa, one of the most important holidays in the Tibetan calendar, remembering and rejoicing in the life and teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha.

Friday, June 5

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Watch the livestream on the Maitripa College YouTube channel.

Watch an Annual Interfaith Celebration on Facebook Live

Friday, June 5

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Kurkulla Center shared in an email newsletter, "In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, we call the month of the fourth full moon following Tibetan New Year 'Saka Dawa.' We believe that during Saka Dawa the result of all our actions -- positive and negative -- are greatly increased. Therefore it is a time to be especially virtuous and diligent in our activities, to practice our faith well, and to benefit others. The full moon of Saka Dawa is when the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing are observed.

"Friends from all faiths will join us for an evening of prayer and reflection, and we will particularly dedicate and pray for those who affected by the Covid-19 pandemic - those who have died, become ill, or have been affected adversely in other ways, both in the United States and around the world."

"We are very honored to announce that our special guests will include His Eminence Ling Rinpoche and Medford, Massachusetts Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Representatives from all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddhist traditions of Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, China, Nepal, and Bangladesh will also participate, as well as community spiritual leaders from the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish faiths.

"Visit our Facebook page on Friday, June 5, shortly before 7:00 PM ET to watch the event live."

Watch Geshe Dorji Damdul teach on Facebook Live

Geshe Dorji Damdul, Choe Khor Sum Ling Facebook.

Saturday, June 6 in IST

(Friday, June 5 in PT)

10:00 PM - 11:30 PM PT

Facebook Live on Tibet House Facebook page

This teaching is part of an online course organized by Tibet House New Delhi and Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India "Two Truths in Four Buddhist Tenet Systems with Emphasis on the Ultimate Reality According to Prasangika Madhyamaka."

Schedule listed in IST:

Saturday, 6th June 2020
1st session: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon IST

Sunday, 7th June 2020
2nd session: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IST
3rd session: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm IST

Monday, 8th June 2020
4th session: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IST
5th session: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm IST

Download the text that will be used during the course, "Staircase to Emptiness" from "Blaze of Non-Dual Bodhicittas," from www.bodhiwisdom.org.

Highlights from Vesak 2020 Celebration Watching During Covid-19

Happy Vesak, www.freepik.com.

Here's a summary of the best Vesak 2020 celebrations I've watched since celebrations began on Thursday, May 7 India time (Wednesday evening for me).

This includes highlights from the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) "Virtual Vesak" YouTube livestream. The program, lasting more than five hours, included many guest speakers and scenes from pilgrimage sites around the world.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Vesak address was read aloud by a host on the International Buddhist Confederation's (IBC) Virtual Vesak program livestream, and was later published on dalailama.com.


Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Watch Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo's Vesak message on the IBC World YouTube channel.




Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya

Watch Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) monastics conducting practices on Vesak at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhagaya, Bihar, India, on the IBC World YouTube channel.




His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche

Watch His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche's Vesak message on the IBC World YouTube channel or read the transcript on www.lingrinpoche.info.




His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche

Watch His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche's  Vesak address given at the request of WABULI, the largest Buddhist organization in Indonesia, on the We Will Wake Up YouTube channel.



You can also watch Tai Situ Rinpoche's message on Covid-19 with Hindi subtitles requested by Palpung Slovenia and Palpung Italy on the Palpung PAVA YouTube channel.

Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul

Watch Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul lead a Group Observance of the Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge on the Tibet House Delhi YouTube channel.

Vidura Vishwajith and Nipuna Jayawardhana

Enjoy a cover of the song "Gilem Obe Guna" in Sinhala performed for Vesak by Sri Lankan musicians Vidura Vishwajith and Nipuna Jayawardhana on the Tech Vlogger YouTube channel.




Chandrasena Hettiarachchi

Enjoy the song "Gasak Naara MalPipila" performed for Vesak by Sri Lankan musician Chandrasena Hettiarachchi on Chandrasena Hettiarachchi's YouTube channel.

Watch New Film Pema's Balloons On YouTube During Covid-19

Pema's Balloons, Vikas Prashar Facebook.

Enjoy this beautiful new short twenty-five minute film Pema's Balloons: A Ray of Hope from directors Vikas Prashar, Vishal Darlie, and VIP Productions.

The film was released on YouTube on April 25, 2020.

Pema's Balloons: A Ray of Hope

In Hindi with English subtitles, Pema's Balloons: A Ray of Hope was filmed in Himachal Pradesh, North India and includes scenes from Tibetan Children's Village Upper School, Norbulinkga Institute, and Gyuto Tantric College.

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche features prominently in the film.

Pema's Balloons, Vikas Prashar Facebook.

Synopsis of the film prepared by VIP Productions:

"Freedom is an authentic job to work on. Tibetan community has been fighting for its freedom from the last almost 60 years. This story ensures an emotional connection of the public with the freedom of Tibet. H.E. 7th Yongzin Ling Rinpoche gave preference to work on this short film because of the concept and the story.

"There are barely any people other than Tibetans who believe in supporting the Freedom of Tibet. 

"Pema's happy life is incomplete without her father. When an Indian mother adopted her from Tibetan Children Village and takes over her authority, being her mother. She tries to escape all the questions of Pema, about her father. Pema, a smart enough child, finds a way to contact her father through letters. Moreover all her questions get answered at once."

Watch the Film Online for Free

Watch Pema's Balloons: A Ray of Hope on VIP Motion Pictures YouTube channel.



Watch the Tibetan language version of the film on YouTube.

Watch a short Voice of Tibet news program about the making of the film, recorded mostly in Tibetan.

Two Mantras to Help Stop the Spread of Covid-19

Green Tara, photo by Dr. Hans-Günter Wagner, CC-BY-SA 2.0.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche recommend reciting the Tara mantra to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Tara mantra:

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA 

Words of Advice

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama recommend reciting as many Tara mantras as possible.



Listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama recite the Tara mantra.

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA

His Eminence Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche

His Eminence Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche also recommended reciting the Tara mantra.

Official flyer circulated by His Eminence Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche's office.

Rinpoche also recommended reciting the Leaf-Clad Goddess Mantra.

Leaf-Clad Goddess Mantra:

OM PISHA TSI PARNA SHAWARI SARWA ZORA PRASHA MANAYE SOHA

The goddess Parnashavari, the Leaf-Clad Goddess, is associated with the healing of contagious disease according to Lotsawa House.

Rinpoche gave the oral transmission of the Leaf-Clad Goddess Mantra on January 28, 2020, at the Mahamuni Buddhist Centre in Taipei, Taiwan. Watch the last two minutes of this Facebook video, posted on February 12, 2020, to hear Rinpoche recite the mantra.

Join a Tara Mantra Online Practice Group

Geshe Ngawang Tenley

Geshe Ngawang Tenley, the FPMT resident geshe at Kurukulla Center in Medford, MA is leading a short (30 minutes) Tara practice beginning at 7:30PM ET every day of the week except Wednesdays.

Join the practice by visiting Geshe Tenley's Facebook page at 7:30 PM ET and looking for the livestream.

Tara practice with Geshe Tenley on Facebook live March 30, 2020.

If you would like to learn how to recite the prayer Praises to the 21 Taras in Tibetan then you can listen to a recording Geshe Tenley made to help people learn how to recite the prayer.