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Monday, July 6, 2020

Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 85th Birthday

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, www.tibet.net.

Happy 85th Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Birthday Message From His Holiness the Dalai Lama

His Holiness released a video message on the morning of his birthday today, addressed to the Tibetan community. He said, "However, if you want to celebrate my birthday, I'd like to ask you to recite the Mani mantra (Om Mani Padme Hung) at least one thousand times."

Watch "85th Birthday Message" on the Dalai Lama Archive YouTube channel.


Recite the Mani Mantra

OM MANI PADME HUM

Recite the Mani Mantra With Geshe Ngawang Tenley

I shared some online birthday celebration events on July 4 and July 5. After watching His Holiness the Dalai Lama's message above, I thought to re-share the Kurukulla Center event.


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.

Garland of Words Enhancing the Joy of Devotion

On July 4 I also shared a Facebook message from Geshe Thupten Jinpa announcing he had written a new poem. Everyone is welcome to come together to chant the poem in Tibetan and English at a scheduled time.

The Schedule

July 6, 2020

8:30 AM PT

Watch the Livestream

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

Read the Poem

The poem, Garland of Words Enhancing the Joy of Devotion, has been published in Tibetan and English. Here is the poem in Tibetan followed by English.

༧སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་རྒྱལ་དབང་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་བཅུ་བཞི་པ་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་གུང་གྲངས་གྱ་ལྔར་ཕེབས་པའི་དུས་ཚིགས་ཀྱི་སྐབས་སུ་མགོན་པོ་གང་དེའི་ཟླ་མེད་པའི་མཛད་པ་དང་བཀའ་དྲིན་རྗེས་སུ་་དྲན་ཅིང་སྐུ་ཚེ་མི་གཤིགས་ཡུན་དུ་བརྟན་པའི་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས་པ་«དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ་བའི་ཚིག་ཕྲེང་»ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།།
༄༅། །ༀ་སྭསྟི།
༡ མཐའ་ཡས་འགྲོ་བའི་འདྲེན་མཆོག་ཤཱཀྱའི་རྒྱལ།།
སྡུག་བསྔལ་ནད་སེལ་སྨན་མཆོག་དམ་པའི་ཆོས།།
རིག་གྲོལ་འདུས་པའི་ཚོགས་མཆོག་དགེ་འདུན་སྟེ།།
བསླུ་མེད་དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་གྱིས་ཤིས་པ་སྩོལ།།
༢ རབ་བྱུང་བཅུ་བདུན་ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བའི་ལོར།།
གངས་ཅན་མགོན་པོ་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་དཔལ།།
གུང་གྲངས་གྱ་ལྔར་ཕེབས་པའི་དུས་ཚིགས་འདིར།།
མགོན་དེའི་ཟླ་མེད་བཀའ་དྲིན་རྗེས་སུ་དྲན།།
༣ ཁྱོད་ཉིད་སྡོམ་བརྩོན་གནས་བརྟན་ཀུན་གྱི་མཆོག།།
ཁྱོད་ཉིད་གངས་ཅན་མཁས་པའི་གཙུག་གི་རྒྱན།།
ཁྱོད་ཉིད་རིམ་གཉིས་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྲུབ་དབང་རྗེ།།
ཁྱོད་ཉིད་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར་ཆེན་སེམས་དཔའ་ཆེ།།
༤ སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་དབང་སྔོན་གྱི་ཐུགས་བསྐྱེད་ལས།།
ཁ་བའི་ལྗོངས་སུ་སྐྱེ་ཕྲེང་ཟམ་མི་ཆད།།
ལྷག་པར་དུས་ཀྱི་མཐའ་འདིར་གངས་ཅན་མགོན།།
རྒྱལ་དབང་བཅུ་བཞི་པ་ཡི་ཚུལ་དུ་བྱོན།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༥ གཞོན་ནུའི་དུས་ནས་སྙིང་སྟོབས་ཟླ་མེད་པར།།
ཕྱི་རོལ་མི་བསུན་རླུང་འཚུབ་ཆེར་འདུས་ལས།།
གངས་ལྗོངས་བདེ་དོན་འཇིག་པའིཉེན་གཟིགས་ཚེ།།
བསྟན་སྲིད་སྐྱོང་བའི་འཁུར་ཆེན་བདག་གིར་བཞེས།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༦ བོད་ཀྱི་སྣོད་བཅུད་དུས་ཀྱི་སྙིགས་མ་འདིར།།
ནག་ཕྱོགས་ཆོས་མིན་དཔུང་གིས་ཆེར་གཙེས་པས།།
ལྐོག་མར་སྲོག་ཕྱིན་ལྟ་བུར་འགྱུར་ཉེན་མོད།།
བདག་ཅག་གངས་ཅན་རེ་བའི་སྐྱབས་སུ་བཞུགས།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༧ བྱེས་ཀྱི་སར་ཡང་བསྟན་པའི་རྨངས་གཞི་ཚུགས།།
བཤད་སྒྲུབ་འཆད་ཉན་འདུས་སྡེ་རྒྱས་པ་དང་།།
དེང་རབས་ཤེས་ཡོན་དམངས་གཙོའི་ལམ་ལུགས་སོགས།།
གནའ་དེང་ཟུང་དུ་འཇུག་པའི་ལམ་སྲོལ་བཏོད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༨ མེས་པོའི་མཛད་རྗེས་བོད་བརྒྱུད་རྒྱལ་བའི་བསྟན།
གསར་བརྗེའི་དུས་དང་ལྟ་སྤྱོད་ཕྲད་པ་ན།
མ་ཞུམ་སྤོབས་པས་གོ་སྐབས་དང་ལེན་གྱིས།
བོད་ཀྱི་གཅེས་ནོར་གསལ་སྟོན་ལམ་བཟང་སྤེལ།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༩ ཁྱད་པར་དབུ་ཚད་རིགས་པའི་གཞུང་ལུགས་སོགས།
ཆེས་ཟབ་ནང་པའི་ལྟ་གྲུབ་ཚན་རིག་དང་།
ཕན་ཚུན་བགྲོ་གླེང་དཔུང་པ་མཉམ་གཤིབས་ཀྱིས།
རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་རིག་པའི་ལྡིང་ཆར་མཉམ་སྤྱོད་མཛད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༠ ས་དགེ་བཀའ་རྙིང་ཇོ་ནང་བོན་བཅས་པ།།
གངས་ཅན་ཆོས་བརྒྱུད་རིང་ལུགས་ཆེན་པོ་རྣམས།།
བསྟན་འཛིན་ཕུ་ནུ་བཞིན་དུ་མཐུན་པ་ཡིས།།
ཕན་ཚུན་དག་སྣང་སྦྱོང་བའི་ལམ་བཟང་སྤེལ།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༡ ཐེག་པ་ཆེ་ཆུང་རྒྱུད་སྡེ་བཞི་སོགས་ཀྱིས།།
རྒྱལ་བསྟན་ཡོངས་རྫོགས་བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་འདི།
དཔལ་ལྡན་ན་ལན་དྲ་ཡི་བཞེད་སྲོལ་དུ།།
དྲི་མེད་རིགས་པས་ངེས་ཤེས་བརྟན་པར་མཛད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༢ འཛམ་གླིང་སྤྱི་ཡི་དེད་དཔོན་ཁྱོད་ཉིད་དེ།།
སྙིང་རྗེ་རྩར་བཟུང་ཞི་བདེའི་ཐབས་ལམ་དང་།།
བདེ་སྐྱིད་ནང་ནས་འཚོལ་བའི་བློ་སྦྱོང་དང་།།
རང་ཅག་མི་རྣམས་གཅིག་གྱུར་ལྟ་བ་སྤེལ།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༣ ཁྱད་པར་ཐ་དད་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ལྟ་གྲུབ་དང་།།
ཡིད་ཆེས་སོགས་ལ་མི་ལྟོས་སྤྱི་མཐུན་དུ།།
ཡ་རབས་བཟང་སྤྱོད་བླང་དོར་སྤེལ་བ་ཡི།།
ཐབས་ཚུལ་འཛམ་གླིང་ཡོངས་ལ་སྟོན་པར་མཛད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༤ ཆེས་རིང་ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཐ་དད་བཅས་པ་ཡི།།
ས་སྟེང་ཆོས་ལུགས་ཐ་དད་ཡོད་པ་རྣམས།།
ཕན་ཚུན་འགལ་རྐྱེན་མི་འགྱུར་གཅིག་ལ་གཅིག།།
ཉེ་སེམས་དག་སྣང་སྦྱོང་བའི་ལམ་བཟང་སྤེལ།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༥ འཕགས་ཡུལ་ཉིད་དུ་དེང་རབས་དུས་འདིར་ཡང་།།
གནའ་བོའི་རིག་གཞུང་ཁྱད་པར་སེམས་ཁམས་ལ།།
བརྟེན་པའི་ལྟ་གྲུབ་ཟབ་མོའི་གནད་དོན་རྣམས།།
དམིགས་ཀྱིས་རིན་ཐང་འབུར་དུ་འདོན་པར་མཛད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༦ མགོན་ཁྱོད་མཛད་པས་འཛམ་གླིང་ཕྱོགས་ཀུན་ཏུ།།
བོད་ཀྱི་ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་ཞེས་བསྔགས་ཏེ།།
ཀུན་གྱི་གཙུག་ཏུ་བཀུར་ཞིང་མཆོད་པས་ན།།
བོད་དང་བོད་མིའི་མིང་ཡང་འཕགས་པར་མཛད།།
ཚུལ་འདི་བསམ་བཞིན་དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ།།
བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་འོ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་གཏེར།།
༡༧ མདོར་ན་གངས་ཅན་སྣོད་བཅུད་རྒྱལ་བསྟན་སྤྱི།།
འཛམ་གླིང་ཞི་བདེ་བསྟན་འགྲོའི་བདེ་དོན་རྣམས།།
སྔོན་གྱི་ཐུགས་དམ་འཁུར་དུ་མཛད་པས་ན།།
སླད་ཀྱང་མི་གཡེལ་ཐུགས་སྐྱེད་བརྟན་པར་མཛོད།།
༡༨ ཁྱོད་ཉིད་རྒྱལ་བསྟན་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་མངའ་བདག་དང་།།
ཁྱོད་ཉིད་གངས་ཅན་འགྲོ་བའི་སྐྱབས་གཅིག་པུ།།
ཁྱོད་ཉིད་བདག་ཅག་རེ་བའི་གཞི་ལགས་ན།།
སྔོན་གྱི་ཐུགས་བསྐྱེད་མི་ལྷོད་བརྟན་པར་མཛོད།།
༡༩ སྐྱབས་གནས་དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།།
རྟེན་འབྲེལ་བསླུ་བ་མེད་པའི་བདེན་པ་དང་།།
བདག་ཅག་ལྷག་བསམ་དག་པས་སྨོན་པའི་མཐུ།།
མཐུ་ལྡན་དམ་ཅན་སྲུང་མའི་སྡོང་གྲོགས་ཀྱིས།།
༢༠ གངས་ཅན་མགོན་པོ་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་མཆོག
སྐུ་ཚེ་མི་གཤིགས་ཡུན་ཏུ་བརྟན་པ་དང་།།
རླབས་ཆེན་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་བཞེད་དོན་གྲུབ་པ་སོགས།།
བདག་ཅག་སྨོན་པའི་དོན་རྣམས་འགྲུབ་གྱུར་ཅིག །
ཅེས་༧གོང་ས་ལྷ་མིའི་རྣམ་འདྲེན་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་༧རྒྱལ་དབང་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་བཅུ་བཞི་པ་ཆེན་པོ། དོན་གྱི་སླད་དུ་མཚན་ནས་སྨྲོས་ཏེ། རྗེ་བཅུན་འཇམ་དཔལ་ངག་དབང་བློ་བཟང་ཡེ་ཤེས་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་སྲིད་གསུམ་དབང་བསྒྱུར་མཚུངས་པ་མེད་པའི་སྡེ་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ་མཆོག གུང་གྲངས་གྱ་ལྔར་ཕེབས་པའི་དུས་ཚིགས་ཀྱི་སྐབས་སུ། མགོན་པོ་གང་དེའི་ཡོན་ཏན་དང་ཁྱད་པར་དུ་ཟླ་མེད་པའི་མཛད་པ་དང་བཀའ་དྲིན་རྣམས་རྗེས་སུ་དྲན་ཅིང་། བསྟན་འགྲོ་སྤྱི་དང་ཁྱད་པར་མགོན་པོ་གང་ཉིད་དང་ལས་དང་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱིས་དམིགས་བསལ་འབྲེལ་བ་ཐོགས་པའི་བདག་ཅག་གངས་ཅན་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་དོན་དུ་སྐུ་ཚེ་མི་གཤིགས་ཡུན་དུ་བརྟན་པའི་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས་པ་«དད་པའི་སྤྲོ་བ་འཕེལ་བའི་ཚིག་ཕྲེང་»ཞེས་པ་འདི་ཡང་། མགོན་པོ་གང་གི་སློབ་མའི་གྲལ་མཐར་གཏོགས་ཤིང་གཞོན་ནུའི་དུས་ནས་ཀྱང་གསུང་གི་བདུད་རྩིས་ཉེ་བར་འཚོ་བ་དང་། མི་ལོ་བཅུ་ཕྲག་གསུམ་བརྒལ་བར་མགོན་པོ་མཆོག་གི་ཨིན་སྐད་ཀྱི་གསུང་ཞབས་ཞུ་བའི་སྐལ་བཟང་ཐོབ་པ་གླང་རི་བ་ལྷ་རམས་ཐུབ་བསྟན་སྦྱིན་པས། དད་པའི་ཐལ་མོ་སྙིང་གར་བཀོད་དེ་སྤྲོ་བ་ཆེན་པོས་སྦྱར་བ་དགེའོ།། །།

GARLAND OF WORDS ENHANCING THE JOY OF DEVOTION

A Prayer Celebrating the Enlightened Life and Deeds of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on the Occasion of His Eighty-Fifth Birthday

OM SVASTI

1. Shakyamuni Buddha, supreme savior of boundless beings;
Sublime dharma, supreme medicine that cures the sickness of suffering;
Excellent sangha, supreme assembly of the realized and free;
May the infallible Three Jewels proclaim the power of goodness.

2. This Iron-Bird year of the Seventeenth Rabjung cycle,
O glorious Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows,
As you, our refuge, reach eight-five years,
We recall your peerless deeds and kindness.

3. Among all ordained elders, you, the most excellent.
Among Tibet’s masters, you, the crown jewel.
Among yogins of tantra’s twin stages, you reign supreme.
Treasury of compassion, you are the great bodhisattva.

4. Thanks to Avalokiteshvara’s ancient pledge, indeed,
His rosary of lives in the Land of Snows remained unbroken.
And now, at the end of this age he has appeared
As you, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, protector of Tibet.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

5. From the time of your youth your courage was incomparable.
As dangerous storms gathered from afar,
Threatening to destroy the welfare of Tibet,
You took on the burden of spiritual and temporal leadership.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

6. In this degenerate age, Tibet and its people
Are ever assailed by the forces of darkness,
Leaving us gasping for breath just to survive.
You remain Tibet’s sole source of hope.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

7. Even in exile you uphold the Buddha’s dharma,
Building institutions for study, teaching, and meditation.
With modern education and democratic systems, you showed
How the ancient and the modern can unite in harmony.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

8. When Tibetan Buddhism, the heritage of our ancestors,
Encountered the views and the ways of modernity,
You bravely took this as an opportunity
To illuminate the treasures of Tibet.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

9. You showed how the insights of Buddhist philosophy,
Especially the traditions of logic and Madhyamaka,
Can stand with modern science as equals,
Sharing the realms of international enquiry.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

10. For the great lineages of Tibet’s traditions –
Sakya, Geluk, Kagyu, Nyingma, Jonang, and Bon –
You showed us an excellent way: to admire each other,
Together upholding the dharma, like siblings.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

11. Tibetan Buddhism, the most complete Buddhist teaching,
Encompasses the three vehicles and four tantras.
You have shown us through stainless reasoning,
How ours is indeed the great Nalanda tradition.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

12. You are indeed the world’s spiritual teacher,
Showing us that the way to peace is rooted in compassion.
Teaching us to seek within for the path to happiness,
You have proclaimed that all humanity is one.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

13. You have taught the entire world
That morality and ethics can be fostered by all,
Based not on where religions differ,
But on what they hold in common.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

14. For the world’s many faiths,
Each with its own long history,
You showed us a better way: setting aside conflict
For friendship and mutual admiration.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

15. You showed how even in this modern age,
India’s ancient traditions, especially concerning consciousness,
Maintain great meaning as foundations of knowledge.
You shine sunlight on India’s age-old treasures.
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

16. Because of your great deeds around the globe,
You are hailed as “the Dalai Lama of Tibet,”
Revered as the crown jewel of humans,
Exalting the words “Tibet” and “Tibetan.”
Remembering this, our joy and devotion rise high.
We thank you, Great Treasury of Compassion.

17. In brief, be it the fate of Tibet and its people,
Be it world peace, or the welfare of the dharma and of beings,
You have borne these burdens of your past vows.
We pray that you once again uphold these pledges with care.

18. You are the master of all the Buddha’s teachings.
You are the sole refuge of the people of Tibet.
You are truly the basis of our hope.
Pray remain steadfast, never wavering in your ancient pledge.

19. Through the blessings of the Three Jewels,
Through the infallible truth of dependent origination,
Through the power of our pure aspirations,
And through the support of oath-bound guardians,

20. May you, Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows,
Remain invincible and may you live long.
May all your noble aspirations be achieved,
And may these, our prayers, be fulfilled.

This aspirational prayer entitled “Garland of Words Enhancing the Joy of Devotion,” a supplication prayer to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama – the most revered Jampel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso – has been composed to honor the peerless deeds and contributions of this protector of the Land of Snows on the occasion of the celebration of his eighty-fifth birthday. It has been written also to make supplications to His Holiness to live long for the welfare of both the dharma and sentient beings, and in particular, for the sake of the people of the Land of Snows who have a historical connection with him through their karma and their aspirations. With the palms of devotion folded at his heart and with profound joy, this prayer has been composed by Thupten Jinpa Langri, a Lharampa who sits among His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s students and who has had the good fortune to serve His Holiness as his principal English translator for over three decades. May goodness prevail.

Birthday Tribute Music Video

Just for fun, I searched YouTube for music videos created for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday.

Enjoy watching this cute one, "CHAKNA PADMO | KALSANG DOLMA |NEW LADAKHI SONG 2020 | OFFICIAL VIDEO | DALAI LAMA 85 BIRTHDAY" on producer's Jigstob_ Official YouTube channel.

Kalsang Dolma, vocals
Cho Cho Stanzin Desal, actor

Saturday, July 4, 2020

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
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.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Learn From Geshe Thupten Jinpa on Facebook Live

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with translator Geshe Thupten Jinpa, www.alchetron.com.

This past week I was happy to discover two more ways to learn from Geshe Thupten Jinpa, one of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's translators.

Compassion Institute Facebook Live

Here's the May 12 email message I received from Compassion Institute, the nonprofit founded by Geshe Thupten Jinpa.

"At Compassion Institute, we continue to focus our work on bringing you access to as many supportive resources as possible, including:

Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Compassion Institute Facebook.

"'Connection Through Compassion' free live online compassion-practice sessions with Thupten Jinpa, every Friday at 3:00 pm PDT / 6 pm EDT.

"This is not an easy time. This is a time that calls for compassion.

With all our best wishes,

The Compassion Institute Team"

Visit the Compassion Institute Facebook page on Fridays at 3:00 PM PT.

On Friday, May 8 Geshe Thupten Jinpa said he thought he would continue doing this for the next few weeks. The Friday, May 22 livestream has been confirmed.

Stitcher Podcast App

I recently searched the Stitcher podcast app for "Thupten Jinpa" and discovered a number of interviews he's given on various Podcasts. This one is my favorite so far.

Mind & Life podcast
Thupten Jinpa - Cultivating Compassion
April 29, 2020
Listen on the Mind & Life website.

Geshe Thupten Jinpa

"Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. was trained as a monk at the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. Jinpa also holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University.

"Jinpa has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1985, and has translated and collaborated on numerous books by the Dalai Lama including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness, as well as Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. His own publications include A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives and translations of major Tibetan works featured in The Library of Tibetan Classics series. Jinpa is the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT©) developed while at Stanford University in 2009."

Continue reading Geshe Thupten Jinpa's biography on the Compassion Institute website.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Celebrate Buddha Purnima (Vesak) With Tibet House Delhi During Covid-19

Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul, buddhistdoor.org

On Thursday, May 7, 2020 many people around the world will celebrate Buddha Purnima (Sanskrit: Full Moon Day). The holiday is also commonly known as Vesak.

Buddha Purnima (Vesak)

Buddha Purnima (Vesak) commemorates Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana (passing away). It is not celebrated on the same date in every country but May 7 is the date it will be celebrated in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.

There are many online events planned. At Tibet House New Delhi, India, Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul will be offering the Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge ceremony on livestream for anyone who would like to join.

Buddha Purnima, Tibet House New Delhi Facebook.


Buddha Purnima Program

Group Observance of the Aspirational Bodhisattva Pledge (Premiere) on the auspicious day of BUDDHA PURNIMA to heal COVID-19 victims, medical professionals involved, and all those affected.

Led by Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House, Delhi.

Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM IST
(Wednesday, May 6 at 10:00 PM PT)

This event will livestream on the Tibet House New Delhi Facebook Page.

All can join in solidarity for the heavily interdependent world; no commitments involved.

Covid-19 Messages from Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul

Conducted in English

Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul interviewed by Tenzin Chemey of Tibet TV on the Tibet TV YouTube channel:



Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul on the Tibet House New Delhi Facebook page:

Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul on the Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia Facebook page:
"A special messsage by Geshe Dorji Damdul to all Malaysians during Movement Control Order ('MCO')"

Venerable 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).

"He was appointed as the Director of Tibet House, Cultural Center of H.H. the Dalai Lama, New Delhi in March 2011."

Continue reading Geshe Dorji Damdul's biography on his website www.bodhiwisdom.org.

Tibet House New Delhi, India
Cultural Center of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

"The Tibet House in New Delhi opens a gate to Tibetan culture. The activities of this centre reach beyond the circle of Tibetologists and Buddhist Masters, it integrates laypersons as well as scholars of many disciplines, artists and social activists.

"The Tibet House was founded in 1965 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to preserve and disseminate the unique cultural heritage of Tibet and to provide a centre for Tibetan and Buddhist studies. It has since widened its horizons.

"From 1959 onwards, Tibetans have been fleeing from the political upheavals in their homeland, travelling the difficult paths across the Himalayas into India. Many brought with them precious objects and books of religious and cultural significance. This formed the seed of the Museum and the Library.

"Located in the heart of New Delhi, the five-story facility houses a Museum of valuable Tibetan art and artifacts as well as a Library with nearly 5000 volumes of manuscripts and books, a Resource Centre, a Conference hall, a Gallery and a Bookshop."

Continue reading about Tibet House New Delhi on the Tibet House New Delhi website.


More Vesak Programs


Virtual Vesak, IBC World Facebook.

Virtual Vesak
Buddha Poornima Diwas Celebration 2020 & Global Prayer Week

Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 AM IST onwards
(Wednesday, May 6 at 6:00 PM PST onwards)

ibcworld.org

Watch the livestream on IBC World Facebook or the IBC World YouTube channel. Set a reminder for the YouTube livestream to be notified when the livestream starts.

"Due to Covid-19 contagion the traditional celebrations of Vesak - Buddha Poornima, the Triple Blessed Day of Tathagata Gautam Buddha's Birth, Enlightened, Awakening and Maha Parinirvana on May 7, 2020, has been affected everywhere. Yet, the need for prayers and refuge in the blessing of Triple Gem is greater than ever before while the humanity is going through probably the worst crisis in recent times.

"The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in associationwith Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC), IBC chapters and several partner organizations has taken the initiative to organize the Virtual Vesak - Buddha Poornima Celebration 2020. The event brings unique and blessed opportunity to witness and participate in the ceremonies and prayers from the most sacred sites of Buddha Dharma Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar.

"The event is also being dedicated as Global Prayer Week to pray for the victims of Corona virus contagion and honoring the medical professionals and first responders in the frontline.

"Livestreaming of ceremonies and prayers:

  • The Sacred Garden of Lumbini, Nepal, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, India, Mulgandha Kuti Vihara, Sarnath, India and Parinirvana Stupa, Kushinagar, India
  • Special Pirith Chanting from Ruwanweli Maha Seya in sacred and historic Anuradhapura stupa premises, Sri Lanka
  • Holy Buddha Relics exposition and prayers from Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Maha Vihara, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka"
International Buddhist Confederation (IBC)

"The seeds of the International Buddhist Confederation were sown in the Autumn of 2010, during Ven. Lama Lobzang’s visit to Sri Lanka. There, some respected Sangha members suggested that India host a large-scale international Buddhist conference. The planning then began for one of the largest international gatherings of Buddhists ever to take place on Indian soil – the Global Buddhist Congregation. The suggestion was then made that a permanent umbrella body should be formed to carry the work and vision of the Global Buddhist Congregation forward into the future and to represent the enduring interests of Buddhism in the world."

Continue reading about IBC on the organization's website.


Vesak Day Online Prayers, Sakya Tenphel Ling Facebook.

Vesak Day
Online Prayers
Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM SGT
(Wednesday, May 6 at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PT)

I'm not sure if the times stated in the graphic are in SGT ... just making a good guess because the organizers, Sakya Tenphel Ling, are in Singapore.

Livestreaming on Sakya Tenphel Ling Facebook page

10:00 AM SGT (pre-recorded) - Dharma Talk - Remembering Vesak Day. It's significance by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche

11:00 AM SGT (pre-recorded) - Dharam Talk - Dharma Truth by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin

12:00-1:00 PM SGT (Facebook livestreaming) - The Shayamuni & 16 Arhats Puja will be presided jointly by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche & His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin

Sakya Tenphel Ling

"The Singapore Buddha Sasana Society had its humble beginnings in the early 60’s in a classroom of the Maha Bodhi School. A few young people eager to know more about the Buddha’s teachings got together to form a Dharma study group.

"Initially, the Society’s activities such as Dharma Talks and discussions were held in the homes of members.

"Then in the late 70’s, His Holiness Sakya Trizin and Ven Tharig Tulku Rinpoche visited Singapore. Having received encouragement from these two great teachers, the members decided to operate the Society out of rented premises. We requested His Holiness Sakya Trizin to be our Spiritual Patron."

Continue reading on the Sakya Tenphel Ling's website.



Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Center for Universal Peace Facebook.

How to Apply Teachings of H.H. The Dalai Lama and Buddhism in This Time of Crisis
A Conversation with Geshe Thupten Jinpa

Thursday, May 7, 2020
10:00-11:30AM EST

The teaching will be livestreamed in both English and Tibetan on the Center for Universal Peace Facebook page.

Hosted with Love & Compassion by Shi-De-Kunkyabling

Center for Universal Peace

"To promote peace of mind & mental well-being through Buddhism, including practice of meditation.
To spread awareness and knowledge of Buddhism.
To help today’s youth in understanding the meaning of compassion.
To teach and have discussion with today’s youth about good conduct and being a good human being.
To discuss with Buddhists and non-Buddhists, regardless of religious affiliation.
To carry out charitable actions to help the poor and needy.
To hold regular meetings and discussion in the week to carry out the above.
To conduct any and all lawful activities which may be useful to accomplish the goals."

Source: Center for Universal Peace Facebook page

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Join a Free Compassion Institute Practice Session During Covid-19

Thupten Jinpa, compassioninstitute.org.

I found this message in my email inbox this morning from the Compassion Institute, a nonprofit founded by Thupten Jinpa offering practical compassion-focused trainings based on the latest psychology, neurology, and contemplative science.

"We have just added new free Connection through Compassion practice sessions with Thupten Jinpa, and members of our Founding Faculty, and invite you to join us and the community spread far and wide around the globe. We have limited space, so please save your spot, and feel welcome to invite family, friends, and colleagues. Check out the schedule below!

"We are committed to supporting you in every way we can during this climate of uncertainty, and look forward to sharing practice time with you soon. 

"With our best wishes, 
The Compassion Institute Team"

Compassion Institute

Connection through Compassion Free Community Practice Sessions Schedule


Friday, April 10
3:00-3:45 PM PT
with Monica Hanson 

Sunday, April 12
1:00-1:45 PM PT 
with Thupten Jinpa 

Tuesday, April 14
5:00-5:45 PM PT 
with Monica Hanson 

Friday, April 17 
9:00-9:45 AM PT 
with Thupten Jinpa 

Wednesday, April 22
3:00-3:45 PM PT 
with Erika Rosenberg 

Friday, April 24
3:00-3:45 PM PT
with Thupten Jinpa

The Hosts


Dr. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the original author of the Compassion Cultivation Training™(CCT™) course, developed for Stanford University in 2009. The course takes Tibetan and meditative techniques in celebrating and keeping alive the flame of compassion in your heart, and blends this with contributions from an invited founding faculty representing the best of modern science, modern psychology, modern social science and contemplative programs like mindfulness. In bringing these elements together, the course evolved into an eight-week program that is fundamentally transforming the way people experience themselves, their families, their communities, and their work. Jinpa is actively involved with the training and certification of all CCT™ teachers around the world; and with the development of CCT™ into different formats to serve numerous and varied communities.

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. was trained as a monk at the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. Jinpa also holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. ​Jinpa has been the principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 1985, and has translated and collaborated on numerous books by the Dalai Lama including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness, as well as Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. His own publications include A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives and translations of major Tibetan works featured in The Library of Tibetan Classics series. A frequent speaker at various international conferences on mindfulness, compassion, and contemplative practice, Jinpa serves as an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal and is the founder and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. He has been a core member of the Mind and Life Institute and its Chairman of the Board since January 2012.

Monica Hanson teaches the Compassion Cultivation Training™ program for the public at Stanford University in the School of Medicine. Her focus is on fierce compassion, choosing compassionate values, and compassion led social innovation. ​In 2013, she was the lead teacher in a research study for Stanford Medicine Neuroscience and Pain Lab, examining the effects of compassion training, chronic pain and the impact on significant others. In 2017, Monica started a collaborative effort to identify and exchange emerging best practices in teaching compassion. While the last decade focused on compassion and meditation, Monica’s earlier work focused on applying symbolic systems in innovative environments at Nike and Apple.

Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D., is a scientist and a meditation teacher. She is a senior investigator on the Shamatha Project, a comprehensive study of the effects of intensive meditation, at U.C. Davis’s Center for Mind and Brain. Currently, Dr. Rosenberg serves as Founding Faculty and Director of Research at the Compassion Institute and has been a senior teacher at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education since 2009. In 2010 she offered the new CCT™ course at Google, Inc. and presented the CCT™ program to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Stanford University. Since then, she has been teaching CCT™ in regular and intensive formats worldwide. ​Dr. Rosenberg is faculty at the Nyingma Institute of Tibetan Studies in Berkeley and has offered meditation trainings in diverse international venues such as Lerab Ling Monastery, Upaya Zen Center, Kripalu Yoga Center, the Telluride Institute, and Burning Man. Dr. Rosenberg is co-author of the McGraw-Hill textbook, Psychology: Perspectives and Connections, now in its 4th edition, and numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and chapters on facial expression, emotion, and meditation.

Each 45 minute session, hosted on Zoom, will include information, practices, guided meditation, and an opportunity to ask questions.

The Compassion Institute shares on their website, "Our aim is to provide some relief during this challenging period, offer a possible way to decrease any distress you may be feeling, and shine a light on kindness, generosity and interconnection during this time of heightened concern, uncertainty, and isolation."