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Emory University to host “Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhist”

Emory University to host “Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhist”

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST

Michael C. Carlos Museum

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA, will offer a diverse exhibit of sacred Tibetan mandalas from January 21 to April 15, 2012. Pieces have been selected from the Rubin Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, and Namgyal Monastery.

According to the museum website, "The exhibition displays different types of mandalas, including paintings, three-dimensional works, portable mandalas, and ritual objects that are related to mandala ceremonies."

As part of the exhibit, the museum also states, "Community outreach and educational programs will celebrate the rich religious and artistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhist and the spiritual significance of the mandala."

For more information on the exhibit and the educational programs, see their PDF flyer.

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Thousands of devotees welcome the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

January 2nd 2012

Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, December 31 (by Tendar Tsering, phayul.com) - Thousands of devotees from around the world welcomed the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, the venue for the 32nd Kalachakra teachings earlier today.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his arrival at the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodh Gaya on December 31, 2011. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

Devotees from different countries, including pilgrims from Tibet, lined-up the narrow streets leading to the holiest site for Buddhists the world-over, as the Dalia Lama waved at the crowd raising slogans of 'long live the Dalai Lama'.

Upon arrival, the Dalai Lama went straight to the Mahabodhi Temple, the site of Lord Buddha's enlightenment, to offer prayers. The Mahabodhi Mahåvihåra is amongst the 84,000 shrines built by King Asoka the Great in the 3rd century B.C.

Speaking to the press shortly after his arrival, His Holiness called India the "land of religions" while referring to the tolerance and acceptance showed by its people towards all major religious traditions in the world.


Responding to a question on the issue of Tibet and China, the 76-year old Tibetan leader said "truth is always more powerful" while affirming that truth is on the side of the Tibetans.

An Italian devotee who was amongst the thousands gathered to receive the ten-day teachings told Phayul that she was "pleasantly surprised" by the "unimaginable faith" that Tibetans from round the globe have in their leader the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to members of the media during his visit to the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodh Gaya on December 31, 2011. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
"I am pleasantly surprised to see the total devotion of the people for the Dalai Lama. It's amazing that people who haven't met or even seen the Dalai Lama have such unimaginable faith in him," said Genziana.

His Holiness is scheduled to begin his ten-day Kalachakra teachings from tomorrow. Live webcast of the Kalachakra initiations can be viewed in Tibetan, English, Russian, and Chinese languages at dalailama.com. 

The upcoming Kalachakra initiation will be the 32nd occasion since His Holiness the Dalai Lama conferred the teachings for the first time in May 1954 at Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet. After a nine-year gap, the Kalachakra initiation in Bodh Gaya has drawn tens of thousands of devotees from all over the world including a large number of Tibetans from Tibet.

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The Merit Of Forgetting

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST

I was reminded last night of my very first entry in Jade Mountains (then Moving Mountains). The title is The Green Mountains Are Forever Walking.

Those resolutions on the turn of the new year are often forgotten quickly and maybe that's a good thing really. Perhaps they have been lost sight of because their purpose has been fulfilled. Or perhaps those good intentions were seen as unrealistic. Or ones basic will just isn't up for it, right now. Or conditions changed and the resolution doesn't fit any more.

What ever the original reasoning, resolutions are of the times they were made. Forgetting the past and walking on into the cloud of unknowing must surely be our constant guide.

A good New Year to you all
My late mothers birthday today
My late teachers birthday today.

Thank you
Jade reader
for sticking with it.

The year has turned
Last year has gone
the memories
will
fade....

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