Bridging Worlds Event Schedule
A Human Approach to World Peace
October 9, 2007
Barton Hall, Cornell University
His Holiness will deliver a speech entitled “A Human Approach to World Peace.” This speech will elaborate His Holiness' views on practical measures by which ordinary individuals can contribute to creating a peaceful, compassionate society through awareness of the increasing interdependence of the globalized world. Suggested reading for this event would include His Holiness' Ethics for the New Millennium. This event cosponsored with the Cornell Department of Anthropology.
Prayers for World Peace
October 10, 2007
State Theatre, Downtown Ithaca
His Holiness will lead an interfaith session entitled “Prayers for World Peace” at Ithaca's historic State Theatre. Cosponsored by Cornell United Religious Works, where Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies holds the Buddhist chaplaincy, this event will include local representatives from many spiritual faiths. His Holiness places particular emphasis on the role of religious belief in human life and considers all faiths to provide answers appropriate to various dispositions. Suggested reading for this event would include His Holiness' The Good Heart. This event cosponsored with Cornell United Religious Work.
Eight Verses on Training the Mind
October 10, 2007
Ben Light Gymnasium, Ithaca College
His Holiness will teach the brief Eight Verses on Training the Mind, a classic text of the mind training (lojong) genre. This text is a personal favorite of His Holiness' and provides concise instruction on how to engage with the world in a more compassionate and idealistic way, whereby the ideal becomes the real. This fundamental mental transformation is based in traditional Tibetan Buddhist metaphysics and epistemology and presents rational, practical steps by which to change one's way of interacting with the world and oneself. Suggested reading for this event would include His Holiness' Kindness, Clarity, and Insight. This event cosponsored with Ithaca College.
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