Event Details
- When
- Wednesday, May 14, 2008 At 07:00 PM
- Where
- Tibet House Gallery
- Details
- This is a 3 Part Series.
- Presenter
- Robert A.F. Thurman
- Type
- Tibetan Buddhist History & Ethics
- Register
- Please register through the New York Open Center (NYOC) via 212 219 2527 x200
About the Event
We will be looking at His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s wisdom teachings, which some may find challenging to align with the basic ethical and positive emotional teachings of the Dharma. We will show how essential these wisdom teachings are as a foundation, using works of Nagarjuna, Atisha and Shantideva.
This series will serve as a warm-up for His Holiness’ summer teaching on Lam Rim Chen Mo in Pennsylvania. We’ll also have a fun Q&A on all areas of Buddhist thought and practice.
FULL MODULE
(3 sessions) Wednesdays, April 30, May 7 & 14, 7–9pm
08WSB06T
Members: $60 / Nonmembers: $70
Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House: $25 (cash) at door only, as space permits.
(Click Here To Register Online)
About the Presenter
Robert A. F. Thurman is the Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, the first endowed chair in this field of study in the United States. He is also the President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tanjur, and the co-founder and president of Tibet House U.S.. Dr. Thurman is highly-regarded for his lucid, dynamic translations and explanations of Buddhist religious and philosophical material, particularly that pertaining to the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and its founder, Je Tsong Khapa, including The Tibetan Book of the Dead (1994), Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness (1999), and Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well (2004). In 1997, Time chose Professor Thurman as one of its 25 most influential Americans, describing him as a "larger than life scholar-activist destined to convey the dharma, the precious teachings of Siddhartha, from Asia to America." At the age of 24, he became the first American monk of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. A close friend of Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama, he has served as occasional translator to the 14th Dalai Lama.
