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Introduction to HH Dalai Lama's My Appeal To the World by Robert Thurman - Robert Thurman
Introduction to HH ’s My Appeal To the World by Robert Thurman
I am deeply honored to present to the English-speaking world His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s fifty-year-long, sustained, emergency appeal to the world community for help, on behalf of his beloved people of Tibet, skillfully arranged and powerfully elucidated by Sofia Stril-Rever, originally published in French, and ably translated by Sebastian Houssiaux. The brave people of Tibet have been undergoing extreme suffering for sixty-five years, since the invasion that began in 1949...http://goo.gl/ezjHZE
bobthurman.com I am deeply honored to present to the English-speaking world His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s fifty-year-long, sustained, emergency appeal to the world community for help, on behalf of his beloved people of Tibet, skillfully arranged and powerfully elucidated by Sofia Stril-Rever, originally published…
Man of Peace Graphic Novel Project: The Illustrated Life Story Of The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
of Tibet Graphic Novel Project via
blog.menla.org The story of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the world’s foremost proponent of peace and nonviolence, as depicted in this full-color graphic novel, tells in its second and third parts of his educational...
Tibet House Benefit Concert
Tickets Still Available for at Carnegie Hall March 5th with : http://tinyurl.com/lhs9hhp
17th Karmapa NYC Visit April 11-12, 2015: Empowerment & Teachings for The Practice of Buddha Akshobhya
The practice of Akshobhya is especially effective for the two-fold purification of the non-virtue of killing, and the disturbing emotion of anger. The Karmapa strongly encourages the practice of Akshobhya as a means to purify negative thoughts and actions rampant in the present age of degeneration.
1) Purification of the Non-Virtue of Killing; rapid advancement of technology has led to unprecedented loss of lives – whether through animal husbandry or war and conflict. As a result, the vast accumulation of negative karma is also unparalleled. Buddha Akshobhya’s immense power of purification can remedy the non-virtue of killing.
2) Purification of the Disturbing Emotion of Anger; one of the five Dhyana Buddhas, Akshobhya, is also known as Mitrugpa in Tibetan, ‘the immovable, stable and changeless Buddha’, who remains undisturbed by anger or hatred. According to the scriptures, while Akshobhya was a Bodhisattva on the path of practice, he vowed, ‘From this moment until Enlightenment, I will not generate anger towards any sentient beings.’ After practicing diligently, he eventually achieved Enlightenment as Buddha Akshobhya. As such, the practice of Akshobhya is particularly forceful for the pacification of anger.
Buddha Akshobhya promised that the merit gained by reciting a hundred thousand of his long Dharani mantras, and making images of him can be dedicated to both the living and deceased, to secure their release from the lower realms of existence, and bring about rebirth in fortunate circumstances.
The Gyalwang Karmapa has also commended that thispractice is very suitable in the 21 century, at a time when negative forces are increasing in the world.
Danang Foundation has respectfully requested His Holiness for the Akshobhya empowerment and teachings, in the hope to pacify conflict, natural disasters and diseases, in the world and, principally, in the U.S.. For this special occasion, His Holiness will also give the supreme teachings on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa.
Details of the empowerment and teachings as follows:
Date: April 11, 2015 (Ticket prices: $150. $100. $70, $35)
Time: 9:30am - 12 noon - Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Venue: Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel 135-20 39th Ave, Ballroom, Flushing, NY 11354
Date: April 12, 2015 (Ticket prices: $300. $150. $70)
Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Venue: Terrace On the Park. 111th Street, and 52 Avenue, Queens, NY 11368
Chinese and English translations available. All Dharma brothers and sisters are highly encouraged to join us for this rare occasion.
Limited tickets will be released on March 2, 2015 (Monday) at 10am!
Contact:
(Chinese) Danang Foundation 718.888.0601
(English) Oryen Drongpa 845.399.2266
DH Awards 2014 Voting | Digital Humanities Awards
Congratulations to our team at AIBS for being nominated for the Digital Humanities Awards for their groundbreaking work on a bibliographic database of the Buddhist canons! We are nominated in the "Best DH Tool or Suite of Tools" category and need your help to win.
Please vote for his project here by Feb 28: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2014/voting/
Click on the Voting Form at the bottom and choose "The Buddhist Canons Research Database" project from the "BEST DH SUITE OF TOOLS" category. Thanks!
We could use all of you support to further our Buddhist scholastic research (which is an uphill battle in today's age). If you'd like to see the the project that's been nominated visit our website at aibs.columbia.edu/databases and the about page for it at http://www.aibs.columbia.edu/databases/New/index.php?sub=about
dhawards.org Please vote for the following resources from 2014 in the DH Awards 2014. Have a look over the resources in each category and then fill out the form linked to at the bottom of the the page in order to vote. For frequently asked questions please see http://dhawards.org/dhawards2014/faqs2014/. Or http:…
84000 video
Our colleagues over at 84,000 have a new video promoting translation of the Buddha's Sutras and Tantras of the Tibetan Kangyur collection. Though our own mission with AIBS is to translate the equally important commentaries in the Tibetan Tengyur collection, we wish every success to 84,000's Kangyur translation project. Please check out their video and support them in their efforts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLmRgUAPmVM
Several hundred thousand pages of Buddhist texts remain trapped in an ancient language that is quickly disappearing. This brief animation, voiced by Russell ...
Awaiting arrival of HH Dalai Lama at Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India
Atisha Hall, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India
More photos from Tengyur Translation Conference
Photos from Tengyur Translation Conference in Sarnath, January 2011, presentations to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Sanskrit compounds and other methodological issues in the translation of Buddhist canonical literatu
Our cohorts at 84000 have begun a series of clips on the art of translation
Dr. Tom Tillemans, 84000 project editor gives an hour long lecture on Sanskrit word compounds.
Tengyur Translation Conference 2011
Our colleague Marcus Perman over at Tsadra has blogged a nice report of our translation conference
wordpress.tsadra.org The “Tengyur Translation Conference: In the Tradition of the 17 Pandits of Nalanda,” was held at the Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS, formerly CIHTS) in Sarnath, India, with the support and attendance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Scholars, teachers, translators and Tibetan Lamas from
Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages
Professor Thurman's latest book, an introduction and translation of Tsong Khapa's "Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages" is out! Available through Columbia University Press
American Institute of Buddhist Studies | Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences
Our list of forthcoming and released publications from the Kangyur and Tengyur
aibs.columbia.edu Founded for the primary purpose of translating the Tengyur, the AIBS is working to fulfill this ambitious mandate by providing long-term guidance, coordination, and support for the production of authoritative English translations, studies, and editions of every text in this invaluable treasury. The ...