Events 2011

Geshe Pema Dorjee
2011 U.S.A. Schedule

• August
• 27 — 31       San Francisco, California
• Contact Kimberly Welsch
• compassionsf@hotmail.com
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• 28  Sun.      1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Informal talk
• Tamalpais Aikido Dojo, Corte Madera, CA
• Attaining Greater Loving-Kindness & Compassion
• What do these terms really mean?
• How can greater loving-kindness and compassion be
• attained?
• Can a meaningful life be achieved without developing
• loving-kindness and compassion?
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• 29  Mon.     6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Informal talk
• Private home, San Rafael, CA
• Wisdom
• What is wisdom?
• What is the nature of “self?”
• Connectedness: does anything exist independently?
• What is Emptiness and what does it have to do with
• Wisdom?
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• 30 Tues.      6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Informal talk
• Private home, San Rafael, CA
• The Meaning of Life
• Is there a meaning or purpose of life?
• If so, what is a meaningful or purposeful life?
• Can happiness bring meaning to life?
• Can meaning bring happiness to life?
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• 31 Wed.       6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Informal talk
• Private home, Kentfield, CA
• How to Cultivate Compassion
• What does compassion really mean?
• How can compassion be developed?
• How to create a meaningful life?
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• September
• 1 — 5            Portland, Oregon
• For schedule, contact:
• Jampa Nynedak
• Jampa@TibetanPrayerFlag.com
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• 6 — 26          New York and Boston
• Contact Stephen and Carol Mackauf
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 9  Fri.          7:00 – 9:30 p.m.  Westchester, NY
• Training Your Mind: it is what you think
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 10  Sat.        5:00 – 7:00 p.m.  Westchester, NY
• Self-Cherishing, Attachment, and Anger
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 11  Sun.      5:00 – 7:00 p.m.  Westchester, NY
• Finding Peace of Mind in Troubled Times
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 13  Tues.     Bellevue Medical Center, NYC
• Helping Traumatized People:
• Tibetan Buddhism and psychotherapy
• – what we can do to help
• – the cultivation of compassion
• – the impact on the helper
• (For Hospital Staff, Psychology Interns, and Psychiatry Residents only)
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• 14  Wed.      7:00 – 9:30 p.m.  Westchester, NY
• Practicing Compassion: practical advice
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 15  Thurs.   3:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Staten Island, New York
• Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
• How to Cultivate Compassion
• (See course description)
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• mventrudo@tibetanmuseum.org
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• 16 — 18       Boston, Massachusetts
• Jhamtse International
• Stages of Meditation
• (See course description)
• To register go to:
• www.jhamtseinternational.org
• mark@jhamtse.net
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• 19 — 20        Kingston, NY
• Tibetan Center
• Thought Transformation: training the mind
• (See course description)
• To register go to:
• www.tibetancenter.org/wp/events
• steve@tibetancenter.org
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• 21  Wed.      7:30 – 9:30 p.m.  New York City
• National Institute for the Psychotherapies
• Perspectives on the Relief of Suffering:
• Tibetan Buddhism and psychoanalysis
• – helping traumatized people
• – cultivating compassion
• – the impact on the helper
• Register here.
• aronek@nipinst.org
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• 22  Thurs.   7:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Westchester, NY
• Mindfulness: living with awareness
• If you wish to attend, contact:
• thebuddhistcharity@gmail.com
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• 23 — 25       Tibet House USA, New York City
• Stages of Meditation
• (See course description)
• To register go to:
• www.tibethouse.us/programs
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• 26                Geshe Pema Dorjee Returns to India