Tibetan Homes Foundation celebrates 50th year

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• Tibetan Homes Foundation celebrates 50th year
• Syracuse University offering live webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit October 8 and 9
• Look inside the new, November 2012 Shambhala Sun magazine
• Disciples from over 60 countries attend the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Dharamshala
• Buddhas Over Worcester: A call for sculpture submissions

Tibetan Homes Foundation celebrates 50th year Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT The Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF), a member association of SOS Children International, is celebrating its 50th year of providing homes for Tibetan children. Founded in 1962 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the THF is a registered charity working "for the care of orphan, semi-orphan and destitute Tibetan refugee children." Celebrations took place in Mussoorie, Northern India, with the Dalai Lama in attendance as chief guest. The Dalai Lama thanked all who had given through the years in his address: "Today, when we are celebrating the 50th anniversary, everything has gone very well and I'd like to thank all of you. The Homes Foundation has asked us all not to lose hope but to keep our homeland in mind, which is a very good advice." You can watch a video of the celebration (in Tibetan) below. Photo via tibhomes.org. Read More @ Source

Syracuse University offering live webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit October 8 and 9 Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT H.H. in Vienna, Austria (2012) Due to demand for tickets, Syracuse University will broadcast the Common Ground for Peace symposium and concert, featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, online on Monday and Tuesday, October 8 and 9. On Monday, His Holiness will participate in two panel discussions, "The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East" and "Shifting the Global Consciousness." On Tuesday evening, he'll give a talk called "Resolving Conflict in One World through Global Consciousness," which will be followed by the One World Concert, featuring Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Nas, Andy Grammer, and many others, with Whoopi Goldberg hosting. You can watch the events online here. Click here for the full schedule of events. (Photo [cropped version] via Wikimedia Commons by Wolfgang H. Wögerer, using a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.) Read More @ Source

Look inside the new, November 2012 Shambhala Sun magazine Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT The November Shambhala Sun will be arriving on newsstands over the next week or so, and you can browse excerpts and complete stories online now. Here's what you'll find: A Greater Happiness: a new teaching from Pema Chödrön on the compassionate life of the bodhisattva-warrior. Feminine Principal: Andrea Miller profiles three woman teachers — Trudy Goodman, Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara and Lama Palden Drolma — who are changing the face of Buddhism. Topsy-Turvy World: The strength of mind that comes from meditation, says Norman Fischer, can help us end the denial that keeps a world of problems spinning. Don't Go There: As a Jew and a Briton, Henry Shukman had avoided all things German. But as a Buddhist, he knew he had to when he was asked to teach at a zendo in the Black Forest. Plus, new pieces from Pico Iyer, Margaret Wheatley, David Loy and many more — click here to see what else is inside. And if you're not a subscriber, click here to subscribe and save half. Read More @ Source

Disciples from over 60 countries attend the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Dharamshala Posted: 02 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT Homepage » News » Disciples from over 60 countries attend the Dalai Lama's teachings in Dharamshala » October 2nd 2012 Dharamsala, H.P., India, 1 October 2012 (www.phayul.com) - Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today began his four-day teachings on Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (Jangchup Lamdron) at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple near his exile residence in Dharamshala. The teachings have been requested by a group of Taiwanese disciples. Speaking to reporters, George, the head of International Association of Tibetan Buddhist Dharma, Taiwan said the Association requested the teachings at the behest of 20 monasteries in Taiwan. "At first, there were thousands of people who applied to attend the teachings but due to visa and accommodation problems only few could make it to Dharamshala." "I feel lucky and blessed to be here to receive teachings from His Holiness," George added. According to the Tibetan Department of Security, under the Central Tibetan Administration, more than 2000 disciples from 61 countries, including 800 Taiwanese are attending the teachings. Disciples from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Peru, Spain, Korea, and Vietnam, among other countries, have also registered for the teachings. Speaking to Phayul, a first time attendee of the Dalai Lama's teachings, Vladmir from Russia said he could feel a "tremendous sense of unity" among all the disciples from various countries at the Tsug-la Khang. "I think this is very much in keeping with the teaching of Meditation that is love and compassion and that in spite of all our differences we are one," Vladmir said. "I expect further growth in my understanding of the importance of compassion and love between people as the uniting force that will bring peace to this suffering world." Oscar, a Spanish, who has attended many of His Holiness' teachings lauded the 77-year-old Tibetan leader as "the best teacher in the whole world." "After listening to his teaching, the dharma becomes more clear." Similar sentiments were expressed by Tinh Vo from Vietnam, who said that although he has studied the Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, it is "very rewarding to hear His Holiness' voice and his way of explaining the text." The teachings will conclude on October 4 with a group of Taiwanese performing a cultural dance to thank His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the teachings. Live webcast of the teachings are available here in Chinese, English, and Russian languages.   Read More @ Source

Buddhas Over Worcester: A call for sculpture submissions Posted: 02 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT Boundless Way Zen has put out a call to those with an artistic streak to submit three-dimensional works of art to be displayed at the Boundless Way temple in Worcester, MA for a year. Per their website, "Buddhas Over Worcester invites you to create a sculpture of the Buddha that expressed what being awake means for you today and, in the process, to look more deeply and possibly awaken to something unexpected — something intimately relevant to every moment of your life." Sculptures must be suitable for exposure to the outdoors and should stand between two and four feet high. The deadline for registration is November 15, and statues must be delivered to Boundless Way on March 16 or 17, 2013. The entry fee is $ 25. Registered participants will be invited to participate in discussions on art and Zen with David Rynick roshi to be held in December, January and February along with a pot-luck supper. For more information, including information on where to send your submissions, please visit the Buddhas Over Worcester webpage. Read More @ Source

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