The XIV Dalai Lama’s Teaching Schedule
Please note that the below dates are subject to change.
2013
Lecture in College Park, MD, USA on May 7: His Holiness will deliver the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace on Peace Through Compassion: Connecting a Multi-Faith World in the morning organized by the University of Maryland. Contact Website: www.umd.edu/lecture
Dialogue in College Park, MD, USA on May 7: His Holiness will participate in A Meeting of Two Oceans: Dialogue on Sufism and Buddhism in the afternoon organized by the Roshan Institute of Persian Studies. Contact Website: www.roshan-institute.org
Interfaith Event in Portland, OR, USA on May 9: His Holiness will participate in an interfaith event on Spirituality and the Environment in the morning organized by the University of Portland and Maitripa College. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Lecture in Portland, OR, USA on May 9: His Holiness will give a lecture on Universal Responsibility and the Inner Environment: The Nature of Mind in the afternoon organized by the University of Portland and Maitripa College. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Symposium in Portland, OR, USA on May 10: His Holiness will participate in a symposium on Life After Life in the morning organized by Maitripa College. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Public Talk in Eugene, OR, USA on May 10: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society in the afternoon organized by the University of Oregon and Nyengyud Samten Choeling. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Summit in Portland, OR, USA on May 11: His Holiness will participate in an environmental summit on Universal Responsibility & the Global Environment in the morning organized by Maitripa College. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Public Talk in Portland, OR, USA on May 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion and the Global Environment in the afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. Contact Website: www.dalailamaportland2013.net
Teachings in Madison, WI, USA on May 14: His Holiness will give a teaching on Je Tsongkhapa’s Praise to Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) in the morning at the Alliant Energy Center. Contact Website: www.deerparkcenter.org
Panel Discussion in Madison, WI, USA on May 15: His Holiness will lead a panel discussion on Change your Mind Change the World, co-hosted by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center and the Global Health Institute, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Contact Website: cmcw2013.wisc.edu
Panel Discussion in New Orleans, LA, USA on May 17: His Holiness will participate in a panel discussion on Trauma Resolution and Healing Through Compassionate Means in the morning organized by Tulane University. Contact Website: www.dalailamanola.com
Public Talk in New Orleans, LA, USA on May 17: His Holiness will give a public talk on Strength Through Compassion in the afternoon at the Morial Convention Center New Orleans Theater. Contact Website: www.dalailamanola.com
Public Talk in New Orleans, LA, USA on May 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on Strength Through Connection in the afternoon at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. Contact Website: www.dalailamanola.com
Public Talk in Louisville, KY, USA on May 19: His Holiness will give a public talk on Engaging Compassion in the afternoon at the YUM! Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamalouisville.org
Teachings in Louisville, KY, USA on May 20: His Holiness will give a one-day teaching on Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (jangchuo lamdron) at the YUM! Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamalouisville.org
Talk in Louisville, KY, USA on May 21: His Holiness will give a talk to middle and high school students at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. Contact Website: www.dalailamalouisville.org
Teachings in Dharamsala, HP, India from June 1 to 4: His Holiness will give four days of teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Boddhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) at the request of a group of Indian sanghas at the Main Tibetan Temple. Contact Email: nalandashiksha@gmail.com
Teaching in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 9: His Holiness will give a teaching on The Four Noble Truths (denpai shi) in the morning at the CBS Canterbury Arena. Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz
Public Talk in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 9: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion, The Pillar of Peace in the afternoon at the CBS Canterbury Arena. Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz
Public Talk in Dunedin, New Zealand on June 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on Beyond Religion: Ethics for the Whole World in the afternoon at the Dunedin Town Hall. Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz
Public Talk in Auckland, New Zealand on June 12: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Path to Happiness in the afternoon at the Aotea Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamavisit.org.nz
Teachings in Sydney, Australia from June 14 to 16: His Holiness will give two-and a half days of teachings on Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s Jewel Lamp, A Praise of Bodhichitta (jangchup semkyi toepa rinchen dronme) at the Sydney Entertainment Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Public Talk in Sydney, Australia on June 16: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethical Mindfulness in Everyday Life in the afternoon at the Sydney Entertainment Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Public Talk in Melbourne, Australia on June 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion, the Foundation of Wellbeing in the afternoon at the Melbourne Convention Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Teaching in Melbourne, Australia on June 19: His Holiness will give a teaching on The Heart Sutra and Geshi Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind at Quang Minh Temple, Braybrook, Melbourne. Contact Website: www.heartsutra2013.org.au
Public Talk in Adelaide, Australia on June 21: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Quest for Happiness in the afternoon at the Adelaide Convention Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Teaching in Darwin, Australia on June 23: His Holiness will give a teaching on The Four Noble Truths in the morning at the Darwin Convention Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Public Talk in Darwin, Australia on June 23: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethics In Our Shared World in the afternoon at the Darwin Convention Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org
Teachings in Dharamsala, HP, India on June 27 & 28: His Holiness will give teachings at the TCV Auditorium at the request of Tibetan youth. Please note that only students will be allowed in the hall. Public interested in attending the teaching will be seated outside the hall and must bring fm radios with them in order to listen to the teaching.
Teaching in Dharamsala on July 1 & 2: His Holiness will give a one and a half-day teaching on Tsongkhapa’s The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (lamtso namsum) and confer a Medicine Buddha Empowerment (menlha jenang) at the request of a group of Vietnamese at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Teaching in Dharamsala from August 25 to 27: His Holiness will give a two and a half-day teaching on The Sutra Unraveling the Thought – Samdhinirmochana Sutra (dode gongdrel) at the request of a group of Koreans at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Teaching in Dharamsala from September 3 to 5: His Holiness will give two and a half-days of teaching and continue from Chapter 8 from Shantideva’s A Guide to the Boddhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) at the request of a group of Southeast Asians at the Main Tibetan Temple.Contact Website: www.tibetanbc.org
Teachings in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India from December 25 to January 3: His Holiness will continue his teachings on 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery at the request of H.E. Ling Choktrul Rinpoche and Gaden Shartse Monastery. Contact Websites: http://www.jangchuplamrim.org and http://www.jangchuplamrim.com
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from September 30 to October 3: His Holiness will give three and a half-days of teaching (topic yet to be decided) at the request of a group of Taiwanese at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Public Talk in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 8: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Pillars of Responsible Citizenship in the 21st Century Global Village in the morning at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Panel Discussion in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 8: His Holiness will lead a panel discussion on Secular Ethics in Education in the afternoon at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Lecture in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 9: His Holiness, a presidential distinguished professor at Emory Univrsity, will teach a class titled Secular Ethics101 for students at the campus of Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Symposium in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 9: His Holiness, a presidential distinguished professor at Emory University, will lead a symposium with faculty and graduate students in religion and ethics on Secular Ethics at the campus of Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Teaching in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 10: His Holiness will give a teaching on the root text of Mahamudra by the 1st Panchen Lama, Losang Choekyi Gyaltsen at the campus of Emory University at the invitation of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Teaching in New York, NY, USA from October 18 to 20: His Holiness will give two and a half-days of teachings on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo), The Sutra of the Recollection of the Three Jewels (kunchok jeden) & Shantideva’s 9th Chapter of The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) as well as bestow an initiation into The Buddha Establishing the Three Pledges (thupa damtsik sumkoe) at the Beacon Theater. Contact Website: www.dalailamany.org
Teaching in New York, NY, USA on October 20: His Holiness will give a public talk in the afternoon at the Beacon Theater. Contact Website: www.dalailamany.org
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from December 2 to 4: His Holiness will give a two and a half-day teaching on Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Paths (lamtso namsum) & Tsongkhapa’s Foundation of All Good Qualities (yonten shekyurma) at the request of a group of Mongolians led by Lamiin Gegeen at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Teachings in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India from December 25 to January 3: His Holiness will continue his teachings on 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery at the request of H.E. Ling Choktrul Rinpoche and Gaden Shartse Monastery. Contact Websites: http://www.jangchuplamrim.org and http://www.jangchuplamrim.com
