RETREATS
TORONTO TRIP
October 21st-26th
$ TBA (around $800 per person)
Includes lodging, travel, two meals a day, tickets to see His Holiness and more.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Visits Toronto!
Friday, October 22nd
Public Talk
Saturday, October 23rd
Afternoon Talk at the New Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center, Tibetan Community Audience
* This talk is in the Tibetan Language and therefore may not be part of our tour
Sunday, October 23rd
Long Life Initiation/Ceremony, Lojong Training the Mind Teaching
Thursday, October 21st
Depart: TBA
Arrive: TBA
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 2:30pm
Human Approaches to World Peace
In today’s modern world, science and technology play vital roles in bringing unprecedented material comfort to the lives of human beings. However, the basic human problems of suffering, fear and tension still remain and form part of our daily lives. We are still constantly confronted with devastating news such as violence, crime, wars and natural disasters. Thus, it is only logical to try to strike a balance between material developments on the one hand and the development of spiritual, human values on the other hand. In order to bring about this great adjustment, we need to revive our humanitarian values. His Holiness will share his personal outlook on how we may bring about peace not only on a personal level but at the community and world wide level.
Dinner: Little Tibet Restaurant, 712 Queen Street West, Toronto
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Activities TBA
Dinner: TBA
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Long Life Initiation Ceremony [Tibetan: Tsewang]
The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Teaching [Tibetan: Lojong Tsig Gye-ma]
On Sunday October 24, 2010 the following will take place at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre:
Long Life Empowerment – Tsewang
Long Life Ceremony – Tenshug (Jointly sponsored by CTAO & Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver)
Mind Training Teaching - Lojong
His Holiness will offer a Long Life Empowerment ~ Tsewang. An empowerment creates the necessary conditions for the development in us of the same qualities as the Buddha. This initiation is open to all, and can also be received by non-Buddhists as a blessing.
The Long Life Ceremony or the practice of Tenshug has existed for a long time in the Buddhist tradition. It consists of a religious offering destined to request a spiritual Master to live for a long time, so that he can work for the welfare of all beings as long as possible. This ceremony realized by the Tibetan community of Ontario and Tsengdok Monastery, Vancouver are a great occasion to pray for the long live of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and at the same time are a unique opportunity for each practitioner to strengthen their connection with His Holiness. The Tibetans who participate in the Tenshug aspire to develop a pure motivation and compromise, reciting as many long life prayers as possible for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a ceremony open to everyone.
Lojong - Mind Training Teaching
The Eight Verses of Training the Mind [Tibetan: Lo-jong Tsig Gye-ma], a classic text by Kadam Geshe Langri Thangpa, is a topic that His Holiness frequently chooses to teach.
Lojong (often translated into English as Mind Training) is a practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the Eight Verses formulated in Tibet by Geshe Langri Thangpa. Practitioners undertake to connect with the world in an unconditionally positive way, and also to take full responsibility for their experience of it. The practice involves redefining, reconceptualizing and reprogramming one's intent and way of thinking. The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes - hence "Mind Training".
