Friday, May 20th: 6:00 – 9:00 PM Saturday, May 21st: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Organizer: Trace Foundation, New York The grasslands are changing. Across the Tibetan Plateau, desertification, biodiversity loss and ecological relocations are dramatically altering the landscape, and reshaping Tibetan society. What’s happening on the grasslands today poses …
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The Asia Society’s Great Debates Series: Tibetan Debate at Asia Society, New York
Date and Time: Apr 29, 2011 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm Venue: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY Free Event, limited seating available. Registration Required Debate is an essential skill in Tibetan monastic tradition. Buddhists consider ignorance to be the …
Read More »CONVERSATION WITH TIBET’S LEADING POET ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK AND FILM
Organized by Trace Foundation and Latse Library Join us as we celebrate the publication of the most recent work by one of Tibet’s most influential poets, Jangbu (Dorjicering Chenaktsang), and catch a sneak preview of his upcoming documentary Yartsa. The Nine-Eyed Agate: Poems and Stories (Lexington, 2010) features English …
Read More »Contemporary Lhasa Art Scene: A Panel Discussion at Latse Library
Eight years ago, ten artists came together to undertake an experiment. In a former Sichuanese restaurant along Lhasa’s Barkhor they created the Gendün Chöpel Artists’ Guild and Gallery, and changed what it meant to be an artist in Tibet forever. In the years since its opening, the Gendün Chöpel Artist’s …
Read More »Winter Buddhism Retreat for High School and College Students
[For Tibetan high school seniors and college students] When: Thursday, January 13 at 9:00am – January 16 at 2:00pm Location NEW YORK CITY, Central Park West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd Street Essence of Philosophy and Practice, Elements of Culture and Literature The Office of Tibet, in collaboration with the …
Read More »Kalon Tripa Debate 2011 in New York
WHEN: Sunday, January 2, 2011; from 2pm to 5pm WHERE Riverside Church (South Hall), 490 Riverside Drive (between 120th & 122nd St) in Manhattan The Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey is organizing Kalon Tripa 2011 debate in New York on January 2nd 2011. The debate will be …
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