Dalai Lama to teach Tibetan youth in June
Phayul[Friday, May 08, 2009 15:37]
By Phurbu Thinley

Dharamsala, May 8: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a two-day special introductory Buddhist teaching for young Tibetans here next month. This would be His Holiness’ third such teachings since it was first initiated in 2007 by Buddhism Introductory Committee of Dharamsala (BICD). The organizers told Phayul that the teachings would be held at UTCV School on June 24 and 25. “The teachings are primarily aimed at motivating young Tibetans in exile into learning Buddhism at academic level and to instill a deeper understanding of Tibetan Buddhist culture and its core spiritual values,” Dawa Tsering, who heads the Committee, said. “Although this special introductory Buddhist classes are meant for young Tibetans, we have not, however, fixed any age limits for the applicants. The main requirement to attend the teachings is that one must get registered with us with a brief bio-data before the end of this month,” said Dawa, who is also a member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama responds to a question from a Tibetan student during an introductory Buddhist teaching for Tibetan youths in the main auditorium of Upper Tibetan Children’s Village (UTCV) School, Dharamsala, India, Thursday, June 5, 2008. (Photo: Phayul/file/Tenzin Choejor)

To make the teachings more resourceful, Dawa said there would also be time devoted for direct question and answer session with His Holiness and other distinguished Tibetan Buddhist scholars during the teachings.

In both the two previous teachings, there were more than 3000 attendees each. And they were mostly students.

“It is very encouraging to see young Tibetans showing such keen interests. Their response in the last two years has been simply overwhelming,” Dawa said.

Dawa said at least 1000 seats out of the 3000 seating capacity of the teaching venue had been reserved for Tibetans applying from outside of Dharamsala.

The BICD is a voluntary committee formed in 2006 to help Tibetan youngsters to stay accustomed with Buddha Dharma and Tibetan Buddhist culture by arranging introductory Buddhist classes. It regularly conducts Buddhist classes on Sunday

Individuals interested in attending the teachings can register their names by writing a brief bio-data to introbodism@yahoo.co.in or, can contact: 9418185475 (Mob) or 1892-221028/220776 for further information.

The last date for registration is Friday, May 30, 2009.

Tags: Dalai Lama, Free Tibet, Namgyal Rapper, Tibet, Tibetan

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 10th, 2009 at 6:45 am and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.