Tashi Delek! Here is list of TANC’s events being held in the month of April 2015. All programs are being held at the TANC community center located at 5200 Huntington Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond, CA 94804, unless otherwise indicated. TANC board looks forward to your maximum participation in the upcoming events.
What: Full Moon Prayer
When: April 4, 2015, Saturday, 7pm
What: Food Sale at Gyuto Foundation**
When: April 5, 2015, Sunday, 10am
Where: 6401 Bernhard Ave, Richmond, CA 94805
**Gyuto Foundation is celebrating its 15th anniversary of the founding day. The foundation has generously offered TANC to sell food at the event. All the proceedings will go towards TANC.
What: Lhakar – Who is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima?
When: April 8, 2015, Wednesday, 7pm
In 1995, at age 6, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibet’s second most important spiritual leader. Shortly thereafter, the young child and his family were detained by the Chinese authorities. (Historically, the Panchen Lama has played a pivotal role in identifying the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and vice versa.)
Shortly after Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s detention, the Chinese government installed another young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, in his place. The Chinese government continues to meddle ruthlessly in Tibetan Buddhist affairs in an attempt to exert political and social control over Tibetans through the religious institutions at the center of Tibetan life. To date, China has denied all requests from the international community to see Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the real Panchen Lama; his whereabouts remain unknown. Tibetans and supporters worldwide call for the immediate release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and for his return to his rightful seat in Tashilhunpo Monastery.
*** Organized by SFT-West
What: Amchi Pema Dorji’s Talk – The Spiritual Medicine of Tibet
When: April 12, 2015, Sunday, 6pm
Dr. Pema Dorjee is the most senior and renowned Tibetan physician practicing today.
He has been awarded various honors throughout his career, including the Gold Medal and the Gem of Alternative Medicine from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicine, in recognition of his dedicated service to Tibetan medicine.
Dr. Dorjee travels extensively representing Tibetan medicine at various international symposiums and conferences and to give consultations throughout the world. Dr. Dorjee has written several books and numerous articles on Tibetan medicine, and has translated text-books from other medical systems into Tibetan. His latest book is Spiritual Medicine of Tibet.
Dr. Dorjee was elected the first chairperson of the Menpa Lhentsog (Tibetan Medical Council) and for three years served as General Secretary of Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute.
Currently he is Technical Advisor to their Research and Development Department. In this capacity he is also collaborating on various medical research projects around the world on the efficacy of Tibetan medicine for treating chronic illnesses such as Hepatitis C, leukemia, and other forms of cancer.
Source: http://www.scienceandsociety.emory.edu
What: Community Cafe – Food Sale, Both Lunch & Dinner
When: April 12, 2015, Sunday, 1pm-8pm
What: Long Live Prayer for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
When: April 15, 2015, Wednesday, 7pm
What: Free Health Screening; CPR & AED Training
When: April 18, 2015, Saturday, 9am – 2pm
**It is organized by TANC health committee.
What: Former Kalon Tripa, Professor Samdhong Rinpoche’s Address to Tibetans
When: April 29, 2015, Wednesday, 6pm
Where: Albany Veterans Memorial Building, 1325 Portland Ave. Albany, CA 94706
Venerable Professor Samdhong Rinpoche was born as Lobsang Tenzin in 1939, in the Tibetan province of Kham. At age five, he was recognized and enthroned as the reincarnation of the fourth Samdhong Rinpoche. He began his monastic studies at age 12 at the University of Drepung in Tibet and eventually obtained a Doctorate in Buddhist sciences at Gyuto Tantric Monastery, Dalhousie, India in 1970. In 1959, Rinpoche fled to India to escape the repressive Chinese government in Tibet. There, he was commissioned by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as a teacher to monks in exile. He was appointed director of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi in 1988 and remained there until 2001. On July 29, 2001, Rinpoche was named as a Prime Minister of the Tibetan Exile Government, the first political leader to be directly elected by the people in exile.
He is an eminent and distinguished scholar, teacher, philosopher, and a life-long campaigner for Gandhian principles, especially of non-violence and peaceful resistance.
He is regarded as one of the leading Tibetan scholars of Buddhism and is also an authority on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. He is fluent in Hindi and English, Tibetan being his mother tongue.
Bio: http://samdhongrinpoche.com/en/an-brief-biography-of-prof-samdhong-rinpoche/
Note: Tibetan Green Book and TANC membership contributions will be accepted at TANC’s major events.
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