Upcoming Schedule
2008
Public Talk in Bochum, Germany on May 16: His Holiness will give a public talk on Human Rights and Globalization - Which Challenges Do We Have To Face? at the Ruhr Congress. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.de
Public Talk in Moenchengladbach, Germany on May 17: His Holiness will give a public talk on Peace and Human Rights - The Basis For A Modern Society at the Airport Hall 6. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.de
Public Talk in Nuernberg, Germany on May 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on Human Rights As Commitment - Lessons From History at the Meistersingerhalle. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.de
Public Talk in Bamberg, Germany on May 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on Religion - Peacemaker Or War Monger? at the JAJO Arena. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.de
Public Talk in London, U.K. on May 22: His Holiness will give a
public talk on Universal Responsibility In The Modern World at the Royal Albert Hall. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008UK.com
Public Talk in Nottingham, U.K. on May 24 & 25: His Holiness will give general talks on Bringing Meaning to Our Lives.
Contact: Dharma Network 2008, PO Box 1923, Salisbury SP4 6XL UK. Ticket
Order Line: +44-870-163-1781. Book Online at www.nottingham-arena.com
Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.org.uk
Teaching in Nottingham, U.K. from May 26 to 28: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on Je Tsongkhapa's Praise to the Buddha for His Discourses on Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa). On the morning of May 28 His Holiness will confer the Vajrasattva Empowerment. Contact:
Dharma Network 2008, PO Box 1923, Salisbury SP4 6XL UK. Ticket Order
Line: +44-870-163-1781. Book Online at www.nottingham-arena.com Contact
Website: www.dalailama2008.org.uk
Colloquium on Christian and Buddhist Traditions and Prayers in Oxford, U.K. on May 29: His Holiness will give the keynote address at the Blackfriars Hall. Contact Website: www.so-wide.org
Colloquium on Christian and Buddhist Traditions and Prayers in Oxford, U.K. on May 29: His Holiness will give the keynote address at the Blackfriars Hall. Contact Website: www.so-wide.org
Public Talk in Oxford, U.K. on May 30: His
Holiness will give a public talk at the Sheldonian Theatre on the wider
understanding of the Buddhist tradition. Contact Website: www.so-wide.org
Teaching in Sydney, Australia from June 11 to 15: His Holiness will give five-day teachings at The Dome, Sydney Showground, Olympic Park on Kamalashila's The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa). On the morning of June 15 His Holiness will confer the Avalokiteshvera Initiation. The
teachings will be translated into English, Chinese, Vietnamese and
Indonesian and are organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia.
Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Teaching in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA from July 10 to 15: His Holiness will give six-day teachings at Lehigh University's Stabler Arena on Je Tsongkhapa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim chenmo) organized by the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center of New Jersey. Contact Website: www.dalailamajuly2008.com
Public Talk in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA on July 13: His Holiness will give a talk on Generating a Good Heart at Stabler Arena organized by Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Contact Website: www.dalailamajuly2008.com
Public Talk in Madison, Wisconsin, USA on July 19:
His Holiness will give a public talk (topic yet to be decided) at the
Alliant Energy Center Coliseum. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008na.com or www.deerparkcenter.org
Teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, USA from July 20 to 24: His Holiness will give four-day teachings from July 20 to 23 on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) & Kamalashila's Middle Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum. On the morning of July 24 there will be a long life offering ceremony (tenshug).
Both the teaching and the long life offering ceremony are being
organized by the North American Tibetan Associations (NATA) and Geshe
Lhundup Sopa of Deer Park Center. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008na.com or www.deerparkcenter.org
Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India from August 4 to 6: His Holiness will give teachings on Atisha's Lamp for the Path To Enlightenment (jangchup lam kyi drolma) at the request of a Korean group.
Public Talk in Nantes, France on August 15: His Holiness will give a public talk on Peace Through Inner Peace at the Zenith Nantes Metropole organized by the Ocean de Sagesse. Contact Website: www.dalailama-nantes2008.fr
Teaching in Nantes, France from August 16 to 20: His Holiness will give five-day teachings on Chapters
26 (Examination of the 12 Branches of Dependent Arising), 18
(Examination of Self & Phenomena) & 24 (Examination of the Arya
Truths) of Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way, Nagarjuna's
Bodhichitta Commentary (Jangchup Semdrel) & Chapter 3 (Summary
Teaching on the Causes of Enlightenment) of Nagarjuna's Precious Garland. On the morning of August 20, His Holiness will confer the Quintessential Collection of the Inner Siddhis (Thuk-Drup Yang-Nying Kun-Tue) from the 5th Dalai Lama's Secret Teachings. The teaching will be held at the Zenith Nantes Metropole and organized by the Ocean de Sagesse. Contact Website: www.dalailama-nantes2008.fr
Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India from September 25 to 27: His Holiness will give teachings on Je Tsongkhapa's The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim chenmo) at
the request of the The Tibetan Buddhist Center (Singapore). Contact:
The Tibetan Buddhist Center (Singapore), 02-28 No. 1 New World Center,
Singapore 209037 Singapore Tel: +65 6491 1027 Website: www.tibetanbc.org
Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India from October 1 to 5: His Holiness will give teachings on Thirteen Deities Vajra Bhairawa Initiation (Jigjey Lha Chusoom Wangchen), Commentary on Fifty Stanzas for Cultivating Spiritual Friends (Lama Ngachoe Drelwa) & Exposition on Root Infractions (Tsatoong Namshay) at the request of the Bliss & Wisdom Monastery of Taiwan.
Teaching in Basel, Switzerland from October 10 to 12: His Holiness will give teachings on Kamalashila's The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) and Ngulchu Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (gyalsey laklen sodunma) on October 10 and 11. On the morning of October 12 a long life ceremony will be offered to His Holiness. The teachings will be held at Messezentrum Basel and are organzied by the Tibetan Communities in Europe. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.ch
Public Talk in Basel, Switzerland on October 12: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethical Act - Happy Life at the Messezentrum Basel organzied by the Tibetan Communities in Europe. Contact Website: www.dalailama2008.ch
2009
Teaching in Dharamsala (H.P.), India on March 11: His Holiness will give a teaching from the Jataka Tales at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Teaching in Kaza, H.P., India from July 10 to 12:
His Holiness will give three-day teachings at the request of the Sakya
Monastery in Kaza. On July 10 His Holiness will give a Buddhist
teaching (topic yet to be decided). On July 11 and 12 His
Holiness will confer the Avalakotieshvera Initiation (chenresig
wangchen).
Public Talk in Frankfurt, Germany from on August 1 & 2: His Holiness will have a dialogue on the theme One World One Mind One Heart
on the subject of global responsibilities with selected scientisits and
political and/or political personalities. He will also
participate in an inter-religious event. Contact Website: www.dalailama-frankfurt.de
