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2009 Events | Visit of H.H. the Dalai Lama | Past Events
2009 - 2010 Calendar
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Emory in October 2010
"The Professor" announces a gift and his return to Emory Oct 17-19, 2010
 “The professor will return” is the promise His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama made as he departed Atlanta after his first visit as Presidential Distinguished Professor two years ago.
The Dalai Lama has announced not only that he will fulfill his pledge by returning to Emory next year, but he has made a gift of $50,000 to the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, an historic and ambitious undertaking to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.
The ETSI, a collaboration of Emory and the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, grew from a shared vision of the Dalai Lama and Emory. The initiative aims to bridge the best of modern science education with the wisdom and insights of the ancient monastic tradition, through a long-range commitment to foster dialogue and exchange knowledge.
“In just three years, the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative has made notable progress,” wrote the Dalai Lama. “However, it is a large and far-sighted project that will require significant resources to ensure its success and sustainability. I am therefore happy to make a contribution…towards this important work at Emory.”
In acknowledging the gift, President Jim Wagner said, “This extraordinary and entirely unexpected gesture bespeaks the remarkable generosity of spirit in a great human being like His Holiness. The “Professor” has taught us another lesson from afar — the truth that people, when we are at our best, invest our treasure and our hearts in the same place. We at Emory are very grateful not only for his recent gracious gift but also for the heart he has long invested in the Emory-Tibet Partnership.”
The ETSI, along with many of Emory’s university-wide strategic plan initiatives, addresses the interface between religion and science. As part of a five-year pilot program, Emory faculty have traveled to Dharamsala, India to teach a western science curriculum to more than 100 monks and nuns, and have worked with Tibetan Buddhist scholars to produce science textbooks printed in English and Tibetan.
On Oct. 9 the ETSI will receive additional visibility and support at a reception and panel discussion on “Science and Spirituality,” hosted by actor Richard Gere and including psychologist Daniel Goleman, author, scientist and Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, and Lobsang Negi Tenzin, co-director of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative. The Washington, D.C. event also will feature remarks by Emory College Dean Robert Paul and Lodi Gyari Rinpoche, special envoy of the Dalai Lama.
The ETSI, as well as the Dalai Lama’s 2007 appointment, is an outgrowth of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, which was founded in 1998 to bring together the best of Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions.
As Presidential Distinguished Professor, the Dalai Lama provides private teaching sessions with students and faculty during Emory study-abroad programs in Dharamsala, as well as providing opportunities for University community members to attend his annual teachings. He makes periodic visits to Emory to participate in programs, most recently in 2007 when he delivered his inaugural lecture as Presidential Distinguished Professor. Emory has established a fellowship in the Dalai Lama’s name to fund annual scholarships for Tibetan students attending Emory undergraduate and graduate schools.
The Dalai Lama will visit Emory Oct. 17–19, 2010 in his role as Presidential Distinguished Professor, the first university appointment accepted by the 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Tibetan people.
During his visit, the Dalai Lama will participate in several programs open to the general public and to the Emory community.
For information regarding the Dalai Lama’s visit, and to register for listserv updates, go to dalailama.emory.edu.
All program information regarding public events will be posted to this site.
Tibet Week
March 22-27, 2010
This year Emory celebrates the 10th annual Tibet Week with a full program rich in the culture of traditional and contemporary Tibet.
Emory also welcomes the Second International Conference on Science Translation into Tibetan.
All events are held in the Reception Hall, Carlos Museum, unless otherwise noted.
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Monday, March 22 |
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Tibet Week Opening Ceremony
Sangsol smoke offering with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi and monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. (Emory Quadrangle)
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1:00–5:00 pm |
Mandala Sand Painting and Thangka Painting Live Exhibitions: Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion
Sand painting by the Drepung Loseling monks; Thangka painting by Tenzin Norbu, master painter from the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala, India.
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5:00-6:00 pm |
Meditation with Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
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Lecture: “A Visual History of the Dalai Lamas.”
Rebecca Bloom, Assistant Curator at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York discusses The Visual History of the Dalai Lamas. Afterwards, master thangka painter Tenzin Norbu, in residence at Emory this spring, will display and discuss four thangkas in a series of the lives of the Dalai Lamas, executed by artists at the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala. |
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Tuesday, March 23 |
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10:00-5:00 pm
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Mandala Sand Painting and Thangka Painting Live Exhibitions |
5:00-6:00 pm |
Meditation with John Dunne
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7:00 pm |
Film: "Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama’s Struggle for Tibet.”
Introduction by Tsondue Samphel, Tibetan science translator at Emory University. Sponsored by Students for a Free Tibet.
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Talk: “Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama’s Account of 40 Years of Chinese Rule.”
Arjia Rinpoche. Followed by a book signing. (Drepung Loseling Monastery)
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Wednesday, March 24 |
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10:00-5:00 pm
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Mandala Sand Painting and Thangka Painting Live Exhibitions |
2:00–3:00 pm |
Talk: “Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama’s Account of 40 Years of Chinese Rule.”
Arjia Rinpoche. Followed by a book signing. |
5:00-6:00 pm
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Meditation with Susan Bauer-Wu
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7:00 pm |
Panel: “Science meets Dharma: Transforming Education at Home and Abroad.”
A discussion highlighting Emory’s educational initiatives, including the Paideia compassion project and the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative. Featuring Geshe Lhakdor, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and Emory faculty, students, and researchers. |
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Thursday, March 25 |
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10:00-5:00 pm
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Mandala Sand Painting and Thangka Painting Live Exhibitions |
5:00-6:00 pm
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Meditation with Bobbi Patterson
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7:00 pm |
Talk: “Why the Dalai Lama Matters.”
Robert Thurman, Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Columbia University. (Cannon Chapel)
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Friday, March 26 |
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10:00-5:00 pm
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Mandala Sand Painting and Thangka Painting Live Exhibitions
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5:00-6:00 pm
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Meditation with Brooke Dodson-Lavelle
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6:30-8:30 pm |
Workshop: Kids @ the Carlos
Mandala Workshop with Drepung Loseling monks.
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7:00 pm |
Gallery Talk
Marguerite Ingram discusses Tibetan works in the Museum's permanent collection. (Level One Galleries, Carlos Museum)
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Saturday, March 27 |
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1:00-2:30 pm |
Talk: “Symbolism of Mandala” with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi and the Mandala Sand Painting & Closing Ceremony with the Drepung Loseling Monks
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Mystical Arts of Tibet – Sacred Music Sacred Dance. Featuring the famed multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling monastery. Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a means of promoting world peace and healing through sacred performing art. The Drepung Loseling monks will also be accompanied by the Dharma Bums, an inspiring band founded by Phil Void committed to the cause of a Free Tibet. (Glenn Memorial Auditorium). Ticket purchase required: ($20 in advance; $25 at the door; $10 for Emory faculty, students and staff with valid Emory ID). Tickets are available in the Reception Hall of the Carlos Museum during Tibet Week or by calling Drepung Loseling Monastery: 404.982.0051.
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These free events are made possible through the generosity of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Emory-Tibet Partnership, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory’s Office of International Affairs, the Department of Religion, the Nat C. Robertson Endowment, the Norbulingka Institute, Drepung Loseling Monastery, Center for International Programs Abroad, Students for a Free Tibet, and the Hightower Fund. |
The Ethics of Healing - Perspectives from Tibetan Medicine and Modern Biomedicine
The Program in Science and Society and the Emory-Tibet Partnership are proud to present renowned Tibetan physician Dr. Pema Dorjee, acclaimed medical research scientist Dr. Raymond Schinazi, and other Distinguished Emory Faculty.
October 22, 2009 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB)
1440 Clifton Road, Emory University campus
Free and Open to the Public
Dr. Pema Dorjee
Founding Chairman of the Tibetan Medical Council
Dr. Pema Dorjee is one of the most highly regarded physicians practicing Tibetan medicine today. His three past visits to Emory and the symposia he held with Emory medical scientists paved the way for the well-known lojong-based compassion meditation research now taking place at Emory.
Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi
Professor of Pediatrics and Chemistry
Director, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Core Director, Emory's Center for AIDS Research
Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi's research revolutionized the treatment of HIV/AIDS. He is now undertaking groundbreaking collaborative research on Tibetan medical compounds.
Kathy Kinlaw
Associate Director, Center for Ethics
Director, Program in Health Sciences and Ethics
Dr. Tammie Quest
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Principal of Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Dr. Arri Eisen
Senior Lecturer in Biology and in the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts
Director, Program in Science and Society
Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi
Senior Lecturer in Religion and Director, Emory-Tibet Partnership
Co-sponsored by the Emory-Tibet Partnership and the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Program in Science & Society, with financial support from the Nat C. Robertson endowment.
Reservations not required. For additional information, please contact Jim Wynn (404-727-6722) or Pam Wedding (404-712-9296) or e-mail: jrwynn@emory.edu.
For directions and parking, please click here.
Distinguished Tibetan Scholars Program
The Distinguished Visiting Tibetan Scholars Program at Emory University is pleased to be hosting two acclaimed Tibetan scholars on campus this semester. Professor Geshe Yeshe Thapkhe, one of the most senior and preeminent scholars and meditation masters of the Tibetan tradition and Venerable Phakchok Rinpoche, an accomplished young Lama whose lineages of philosophy and practice are especially rooted in the Kargyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. http://www.phakchokrinpoche.org/
Phakchog Rinpoche's Atlanta Schedule
September 28, 2009 - Monday 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Topic: Introduction to Buddhism
For Abraham Zablocki's class at Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott Chapel
September 29, 2009 - Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Topic: Nature of Mind
For John Dunne's class at Emory
Callaway Center N109
(please contact John Dunne at jdunne@emory.edu if you would like to sit in)
September 29, 2009 - Tuesday 7:30 p.m.
Topic: Freedom from the Four Attachments
Drepung Loseling Monastery
(Directions: http://www.drepung.org/Directions.cfm)
September 30, 2009 - Wednesday 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Topic: Meditation and Mindfulness
For Abraham Zablocki's class at Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott Chapel
September 30, 2009 - Wednesday 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Topic: Buddhism in a Nut Shell -- The Four Seals of Dharma
Atlanta Shambhala Center
(more information and directions: http://www.atlanta.shambhala.org/)
October 1, 2009 - Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Topic: Nature of Mind
For John Dunne's class at Emory
Callaway Center N109
(please contact John Dunne at jdunne@emory.edu if you would like to sit in)
October 2, 2009 - Friday 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Topic: Advice and Teaching on the Creation Stage of Buddhist Tantra
Atlanta Shambhala Center
For additional information from the Atlanta Shambhala Center on events with the Venerable Phakchok Rinpoche please contact http://www.atlanta.shambhala.org/
Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
This fall, we are happy to welcome Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe back to Emory University as a Senior Distinguished Tibetan Scholar. During his visit he will teach Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy on Wisdom, Meditation, and Ethical Engagement. He will also teach an advanced Tibetan reading course.
Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in Lhokha, Central Tibet and became a monk of Drepung Loseling at the age of 13. He excelled in his studies, and eventually received his Rabjamba Degree in 1958. After escaping into India he served as a lecturer at the school of Buddhist Philosophy in Leh, Ladakh and in 1967 was awarded the Geshe Lharam, the highest academic degree offered in the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism at Drepung Monastic University. He served as a lecturer at Sanskrit University in Sarnath and is currently a professor of Mool Shastra (Indian Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India and is regarded as one of the most eminent scholars of both the Madhyamaka tradition and Indian Buddhist studies. His monumental works include translation of “The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive & Interpretable Meanings” by Tsong kha pa into Hindi, as well as “A Commentary on the Rice Seedlings Sutra” by Vasubandhu. As one of the greatest learned scholars of Drepung Loseling Monastery he facilitated the completion of numerous research works, including a complete translation of Lama Tsong kha pa's Lam rim chen mo or “Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.”
The Emory Tibet Partnership would like to thank The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation for their generous support of this program.
Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI)
Thank you to all our friends in Dharamsala
A field trip in the Himalayan mountains, a private audience with the Dalai Lama, debating, studying and living with Tibetan monks and nuns; just a sampling of the many experiences Emory students and faculty shared during the first Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences Program and the second Emory Tibet Science Initiative.
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A private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
The Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences group with His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
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Geshe Lobsang leading the morning meditation |
The biology class comes to a conclusion, with Arri Eisen, Alex Escobar, Chris Beck, Rustom Anita (from right) |
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Mountain top discussions between students, monks and nuns |
A special visit by the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile |
Dharamsala, India - Week 3
East and West delve deeper into the mysteries, realities and possibilities of life and science, as the ETSI and Tibetan Mind / Body program enters Week 3.
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Observing the Nechung Oracle in Dharamsala |
Science and Buddhism meet in a great atmosphere of debate |
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What is Sense? A monk explains the Scientific and Buddhist view of this topic |
Dr. Arri Eisen and monks and nuns examine bacteria under the microscope |
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ETSI students, biology faculty and the Study Abroad students pose during their Himalayan field trip |
Students, monks and nuns collect botanical field samples during their mountain hike |
Dharamsala, India - Week 1 and 2
Emory University faculty members have traveled to Dharamsala, India to begin the second summer of the science initiative, teaching math, philosophy, cosmology, life sciences, and neuroscience to Tibetan monks and nuns. At the same time a group of students from Emory and Brown Universities have arrived in Dharamsala to participate in a new Emory Summer Abroad Program focused on Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences. Both faculty and students began arriving in May. The pictures below highlight some of their initial experiences.
Each morning at 6 am meditation starts the day, whereafter the monks and nuns begin their science lectures and the Emory students attend courses on the introduction to Tibetan culture.
After intensive week long Math and Philosophy courses, the monks paid their hearty thanks and appreciation to Emory faculty members Pii (Stephen) Dominick and Dr. Mark Risjord. Geshe Lhakdor, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives looks on.
Meanwhile, Physics gets into full swing with the introduction of Dr. John Malko by Prof. Arri Eisen of the Emory Biology Faculty. The monks had earlier received a long distance greeting from Emory Physics professor, Dr. P V Rao, who taught them last year. His presence is greatly missed by all.
Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences
New five week intensive study abroad program in collaboration with ETSI.
This new summer program offers students the opportunity to join the emerging dialogue between the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the inner science of the mind and the western tradition of science of the external world. This program coincides with the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative: while monks and nuns study science with Emory faculty, students on this program will be able to explore the Tibetan tradition of mind/body science alongside them. Students will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best teachers in the western and Tibetan traditions, while actively engaging in dialogue with Tibetan monks and nuns who will be studying neuroscience, biology, and physics in the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative. See Center for International Programs Abroad.
Visit “Emory in the World”
East Meet West in Study on Effects of Stress
Kathi Baker, Associate Director and Manager of Broadcast Relations, Emory Health Sciences Communications, writes about an Emory study on the effect of compassion meditation on inflamatory, neuroendocrine and behavioral response to psychosocial stress, and it's evaluation of the degree to which engagement in meditation practice influenced stress reactivity. http://international.emory.edu/emory_online/feat_emwisoeos.html
Past Events
Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI)
A Meeting of Minds
  Emory Faculty and Alumni create, translate, and teach a Science Curriculum for Buddhist monks and nuns.
For more information see http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/2008/autumn/tibet.htm
March 23-28, 2009
Each year Emory celebrates Tibet week with a full program rich in the culture of traditional and contemporary Tibet.
This year marked the visit of two artists from the celebrated Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala, India and the First International Conference on Science Translations into Tibetan, a presentation and panel discussion on the Emory-Tibet
Science Initiative. The festivities ended with a consecration ceremony by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery.
See a listing of all events.
The First International Conference on Science Translation into Tibetan
Woodruff Library, Emory University
March 23-26, 2009
As a part of Emory-Tibet Science Initiative’s (ETSI) monastic science education program, Emory-Tibet Partnership (ETP) is organizing the 1st International Conference on Science Translation into Tibetan (ICSTT) at Emory University. With the acute awareness that in-class and written translations
of science teachings have become crucial parts of its science education program ETP, through this
conference, aims to facilitate a fluid exchange of ideas, translational techniques and experience
among translators working in the new field of science translation into Tibetan. It also aspires to
encourage cooperation among scholars, translators, Tibetan language experts, teachers and students
internationally in this developing field. This conference is made possible by generous support from
the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning & Emory’s Office of International Affairs.
Tibetan Arts and Culture Programming - Mark your Calendars
Emory University and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
March 17-April 4, 2009
Through a generous grant from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation and the assistance of numerous Emory University departments and programs, Emory Tibet Partnership, the Claus M. Halle Institute and the Michael C. Carlos Museum will offer a wide variety of exciting programs, workshops, classes, and lectures related to Tibetan arts and culture from March 17-April 4, 2009.
This programming revolves around the visit of two distinguished Tibetan artists from the Norbulingka Institute: Mr. Tenzin Norbu (Master Thangka Painter and Teacher) and Mr. Dolmakyap Zorgey (Scholar and Deputy Managing Director). Located near Dharamsala, India, Norbulingka Institute is the Tibetan Government in Exile’s premier fine-arts center for teaching, training, and research. It was officially inaugurated by Emory University’s Distinguished Presidential Professor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in 1995.
Meet the Norbulingka Artists
Tenzin Norbu and Dolmakyap Zorgey
Thangka Painting Demonstrations
Tate Room, Michael C. Carlos Museum
Emory Tibet Week 2009
Emory University campus
Thangka and Statue Consecration Ceremony
Drepung Loseling Monastery
These events are made possible through the generosity of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Emory-Tibet Partnership, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the Claus M. Halle Institute, Norbulingka Institute, the South Asian Studies Program, the Religion Department, Graduate Division of Religion, Drepung Loseling Monastery, the Tibetan Studies Program in Dharamsala (Center for International Programs Abroad), the Center for Creativity and the Arts, the Visual Arts Department, and Students for a Free Tibet.
All events except the Thangka and Statue Consecration Ceremony* are free and open to the public. *Free to all Emory University Students and Faculty with ID.
Distinguished Tibetan Scholar Program
This fall, we welcome Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe to Emory University as a Senior Distinguished Tibetan Scholar. During his visit he will teach Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy focusing on mind and mental transformation.
Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in Lhokha, Central Tibet and became a monk of
Drepung Loseling at the age of 13. He excelled in his studies, and eventually received his
Rabjamba Degree in 1958. After escaping into India he served as a lecturer at the school of
Buddhist Philosophy in Leh, Ladakh and in 1967 was awarded the Geshe Lharam, the highest academic degree offered in the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism at Drepung Monastic University. He served as a lecturer at Sanskrit University in Sarnath and is currently a professor of Mool Shastra (Indian Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India.is regarded as one of the most eminent scholars of both the Madhyamaka tradition and the Indian Buddhist studies. His monumental works include translation of “The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive & Interpretable Meanings” by Tsong kha pa into Hindi, as well as “A Commentary on the Rice Seedlings Sutra”by Vasubandhu. As one of the greatest learned scholars of Drepung Loseling Monastery he facilitated the completion of numerous research works, including a complete translation of Lama Tsong kha pa’s Lam rim chen mo or “Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.”
The Emory Tibet Partnership would like to thank The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation for their generous support of this program.
An Afternoon with Sharon Salzberg
“WWGD: What Would Gandhi (or Jesus or Buddha) Do?
An Update on Kindness in Action”
Friday, October 31st, 3:00 p.m. –Michael Carlos Museum, 3rd Floor
Sharon Salzberg is one of America’s leading spiritual teachers and authors and is the cofounder
of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. Sharon’s work is non sectarian,
though based on the ancient Buddhist practices of vipassana (mindfulness or insight) and metta (lovingkindness), the aim of which is to deepen awareness and compassion, giving rise to greater peace and happiness.
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this event - Department of Religion, Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies, Emory Buddhist Studies Forum, School of Nursing, Hightower Fund and the Emory Tibet Partnership.
“The Loseling Dolls and Traditional Costumes of the Tibetan World”
October 20th – 25th
Opening Reception: Oct 20, 6:00-8:00pm - Daily, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 25, 12 noon - 4:00 pm, with a docent tour at 2:00 pm
Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University - 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
This week-long event will feature an amazing set of dolls created by the master dollmakers of Drepung Loseling Monastery and illustrating traditional lay costumes of old Tibet. Dollmakers Ven. Geshe Pema Ludrup and Ven. Geshe Yeshe Thokme will be demonstrating their art daily during the exhibition.
This exhibition marks the first major event for the new Himalayan Arts Program funded by The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.
 
Update: Prayer Vigil and Peace March for Tibet
Please click here for information on the Prayer Vigil and Peace March being organized at Emory University due to the events taking place in Tibet.
The Visit of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Presidential Distinguished Professor
"Educating the Heart and Mind - A Path to Universal Responsibility"
Oct. 19-22, 2007
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Emory University from October 19-22, during which he was officially installed as Emory's Presidential Distinguished Professor. His Holiness participated in a number of conferences and events, and gave a free public talk at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta on Monday, October 22. He also met with Emory science faculty to discuss the development and implementation of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, a landmark program to provide comprehensive and sustainable science education for Tibetan monks and nuns for the convergence of science and spirituality.
For photos and videos from the visit, and more information, please visit: www.dalailama.emory.edu.
March 17-22, 2008
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall Emory
Each year, Tibet Week celebrates the rich culture of traditional and contemporary Tibet.
This year features guest lectures, films, presentations on the Emory-Tibet
Science Initiative, a children's sand painting workshop, and a week long
Sand Mandala Painting by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery.
See a listing of all events.
Mountain to Mountain:
An Exploration of Tibetan and Appalachian Folk Music
John Flower
Associate Professor, History Department
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Thursday, April 19, 2007, 4:00pm
Tarbutton Hall 106
This event is free and open to the public
Sponsored by:
East Asian Studies Program, South Asian Studies Program, Emory Tibet Partnership,
Music Department, Religion Department, Institute for Comparative and International
Studies, and The Hightower Fund
For more information on this
event download PDF event flyer
Kyabje Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche
Distinguished Tibetan Visiting Scholar
"Compassion: The Foundation of Well-being"
April 12, 2007, 8:00pm
White Hall 208
Kyabje Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche, a leading Tibetan scholar and second in line
to the head of the Geluk lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, will draw from the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition to present the meditation of compassion as applicable
to people of all traditions.
"Songs of Experience on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment"
April 1-29, 2007, Sunday afternoons, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Drepung Loseling Institute
In this series of talks, Kyabje Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche will teach on the
personal spiritual account of the great 14th century Tibetan master Je Tsongkhapa
and the complete path of spiritual development.
Geshe Thupten Jinpa
Halle Distinguished Fellow and
Principal English Language Interpreter for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Knowledge for the Future: His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Views on the
Convergence of Science and Spirituality"
Followed by presentations on the Emory-Tibet
Science Initiative
March 22, 2007, 7:00pm
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall
"Mental Training and Transformation in Tibetan Buddhism"
March 24, 2007, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Drepung Loseling Institute
(Free for Loseling members; $25 for non-members)
In this talk, Geshe Jinpa will speak on meditation and mental training from
his most recent book, Mind Training: The Great Collection.
Dr. Pema Dorjee
Halle Distinguished Fellow and Renowned Tibetan Physician
"Essentials of Good Health" Public Talk
February 27, 2007, 7:30pm-9:00pm
Drepung Loseling Institute
"Depression: Perspectives from Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Modern
Biomedicine"
A Public Symposium with Dr. Helen Mayberg (Psychiatry and Neurology) and
Dr. Nassir Ghaemi (Director, Bipolar Disorder Research Program)
March 5, 2007, 7:30pm
Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center
Tibetan Film Series
Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. from Sep. 12 through Oct. 17, 2007
White Hall 205
As a prelude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit, Film Studies and South Asian Studies will present a selection of new Tibet-related feature films and documentaries by Western, Tibetan, and Chinese directors. These award-winning works, which focus on a wide range of topics (music, politics, contemporary youth, Himalayan culture, environmental issues, the Dalai Lama, etc), are notable not only for their artistic excellence, but for the light they shed on the Tibetan situation, both inside and outside Tibet. Question and answer sessions led by associated faculty will follow.
Free and open to the public.
For full schedule, visit www.filmstudies.emory.edu or www.asianstudies.emory.edu/sa/
Kyabje Jangtse Choeje Rinpoche
Distinguished Tibetan Visiting Scholar
Buddhist Philosophy: Mind Training
Fall semester class for Emory undergraduates, co-taught by Prof. John Dunne and Geshe Lobsang Tenzin.
Understanding the Nature of Mind and Reality through Meditation
Sept. 23 - Oct. 14, 2007, Sundays (2-5pm) and Thursdays (7-9pm)
Drepung Loseling Monastery, 2531 Briarcliff Rd., Suite 101
Kyabje Jangtse Choeje Rinpoche, a leading Tibetan scholar and next in line
to the head of the Geluk lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, will offer this complete course in Mahamudra meditation, suitable for beginners and those with experience in meditation.
Free and open to the public. Visit Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc for details on this and other courses and teachings by Rinpoche.
"The Potential Impact of Our Relationship with the Dalai Lama"
An Evening with Dr. Robert Paul, Dean of Emory College
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 7:15pm
White Hall 208
Dean Robert Paul's vision for the great benefit that could be had from bridging the western academic tradition and the Tibetan scholastic and contemplative tradition was crucial for the establishment of the Emory-Tibet Partnership and the development of Emory's relationship with Tibetan institutions of higher learning. The most recent fruits of this have been His Holiness the Dalai Lama's acceptance of Emory's offer of the position of Presidential Distinguished Professorship, and Emory's commitment to developing and implementing a comprehensive and sustainable science education program for Tibetan monks and nuns. Dean Paul will speak on the importance of this cross-cultural and interdisciplinary work with the Tibetan tradition and H.H. the Dalai Lama, and what it means for the development of knowledge and the future of our world.
Free and open to the public.
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
Sep. 29 - Oct. 27, 2007
Emory Visual Arts Gallery
The Missing Peace is a multi-media art exhibition by a range of artists inspired by H.H. the Dalai Lama’s vision for peace. This creative and colorful exhibition, centered around the idea of "portraits" of H.H. the Dalai Lama, is sure to inspire and intrigue. Please visit the Emory Visual Arts Gallery for details.
Buddha in Paradise
Tibetan Thangka Paintings: An Exhibit at the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Oct. 13 - Nov. 25
Michael C. Carlos Museum
A special exhibit in honor of H.H.the Dalai Lama’s installation as Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory. Please visit carlos.emory.edu for details.
Techung
with Sonam Lhamo and Tsering Phuntsok
A Concert of Traditional and Contemporary Tibetan Music
Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall
A concert by award-winning singer/songwriter Techung, a leader in the preservation of traditional Tibetan music.
This event is free but tickets are required. While available, tickets can be picked up at the Office of Educational Programs at the Carlos Museum (plaza level) , Monday-Friday from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Science Meets Dharma
An Historic Dialogue between Eminent Scientists and Tibetan Monastics
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Woodruff PE Center
Join us for a landmark dialogue that will feature leading scientists and a select group of Tibetan monks and nuns visiting from India discussing the potential for collaboration between modern science and contemplative practice.
Free and open to the public.
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the President; the Emory College Office of the
Dean; the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning; the Emory College Program
in Science and Society; the Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology;
the Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies; the Religion Department;
the Office of Undergraduate Education; the Institute for Comparative and International
Studies; Asian Studies; the Center for International Programs Abroad (CIPA);
Students for a Free Tibet; and Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc.
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