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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 2008 Teaching Schedule
His Holiness the Dalai Lama continues to teach and give public talks throughout the world. Below is a partial list of teachings and talks that HH the Dalai Lama will be giving during the first half of 2008. Also provided are information about the topics of his talks, where known, suggested readings, and links to books or recordings related to the material he will be covering.
July 20 to 24
MADISON, WISCONSIN, US
Alliant Energy Center Colliseum
www.deerparkcenter.org
www.dalailama2008na.com
Long Life Offering (tenshug) on July 24
Teachings: Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) and Kamalashila's Middle Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) at the request of Geshe Lhundup Sopa
Suggested reading for Shantideva teaching:
A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life by Shantideva, trans. by Vesna and Alan Wallace
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva, trans. by Stephen Batchelor
The Way of the Bodhisattva--CD and book set, by Shantideva, trans. by Padmakara Translation Committee
Suggested reading for Kamalashila teaching:
Stages of Meditation by Kamalashila with commentary by HH Dalai Lama
Essential Practice by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
August 4 to 6
DHARAMSALA, INDIA (H.P.)
At the request of Korean group
Teaching: Atisha's Lamp for the Path To Enlightenment (jangchup lam kyi drolma)
August 15
NANTES, FRANCE
Zenith Nantes Metropole
Ocean de Sagesse
www.dalailama-nantes2008.fr
Public talk: "Peace Through Inner Peace"
Suggested reading:
How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
August 16 to 20
NANTES, FRANCE
Zenith Nantes Metropole
Ocean de Sagesse
www.dalailama-nantes2008.fr
Teachings: Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way, Chapters: 26 (Examination of the 12 Branches of Dependent Arising), 18 (Examination of Self and Phenomena) and 24 (Examination of the Arya-Four Noble-Truths); Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary (Jangchup Semdrel); Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, Chapter 3 (Summary Teaching on the Causes of Enlightenment).
Bestowal on August 20: Quintessential Collection of the Inner Siddhis (Thuk-Drup Yang-Nying Kun-Tue) from the 5th Dalai Lama's Secret Teachings
Suggested reading:
Commentary on the Awakening Mind by Arya Nagarjuna DVD
Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika translated by Jay Garfield
Nagarjuna's Precious Garland: Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins
September 6
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Zocola
Organized by Casa Tibet Mexico
www.dalailamaenmexico.org
Free Public Talk: "Outer Peace Through Inner Peace"
September 8 to 10
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
The Metropolitan Theater
Organized by Casa Tibet Mexico
www.dalailamaenmexico.org
Teachings: The Six Paramitas
September 25 to 27
DHARAMSALA, INDIA (H.P.)
At the request of the Bliss & Wisdom Monastery of Taiwan
Contact: The Tibetan Buddhist Center (Singapore), 02-28 No. 1 New World Center, Singapore 209037
Singapore Tel: +65 6491 1027
www.tibetanbc.org
Teachings: Je Tsongkhapa's The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim chenmo)
September 30 to October 4
DHARAMSALA, INDIA (H.P.)
At the request primarily for Chinese Buddhists mainly from Taiwan
For contact information, email Office of Tibet at otny@igc.org
Teachings: Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) (Jigjey Lha Chusoom Wangchen), and Kamalashila's The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa)
October 10 to 12
BASEL, SWITZERLAND
Messezentrum Basel, organzied by the Tibetan Communities in Europe.
www.dalailama2008.ch
Teachings: Kamalashila's The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) and Ngulchu Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (gyalsey laklen sodunma)
October 12: Long life ceremony will be offered to His Holiness.
October 12
BASEL, SWITZERLAND
Messezentrum Basel, organzied by the Tibetan Communities in Europe.
www.dalailama2008.ch
Public Talk: Ethical Act - Happy Life
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