Save the Date:
Sept 12, 13 & 14th, 2006

Welcome to the website for the visit of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Los Angeles, 2006!

Venerable Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen and the students of Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center in Long Beach, California, are greatly honored and deeply pleased to be hosting His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama on September 12, 13, and 14, 2006 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.

Our time with the His Holiness will be divided into two days of teaching and one day of initiation at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, and a public talk at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City.

This year's teachings, while open to everyone interested, will be focused toward practicing students of Buddhism. On the first two days His Holiness will teach from Arya Nagarjuna's splendid and concise text, Jangchup Semdrel, Commentary on Bodhicitta (mind of enlightenment). On the last day, His Holiness will confer the Chittamani Tara Permission Initiation (Dolma Chittamani Jenang). The teachings and initiation will be translated into English, Chinese and Vietnamese.

The public talk will be given by His Holiness on Wednesday, September 13th at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City. The talk will begin at 2:30 pm. The topic is Compassion: the Source of Happiness.

A verse quoted often by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from Shantideva's The Way of the Bodhisattva:

As long as space endures
As long as sentient beings remain
Until then, may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world.
    (Chapter 10. verse 55)

This is the dedication and way of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama.

Additional Information :

Hear His Holiness' teachings online

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