His Holiness the Dalai Lama: New York City, October 12/13/14 2007, Radio City Music Hall
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A History of our New York teachings
In 1991, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was presented with an invitation by Richard Gere and The Tibet Center's Khyongla Rato Rinpoche to bestow the Kalachakra initiation in New York City. Following an eight-day preparation period during which a magnificent Kalachakra sand mandala was created, His Holiness conferred the Kalachakra initiation upon more than four thousand people in Madison Square Garden's Paramont Theater. It would be eight years before he returned to New York in 1999 to deliver teachings on Kamalashila's Middle Length Stages of Meditation and Togmay's Sangpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas. During this visit, His Holiness addressed an extraordinary public gathering in Central Park attended by over 200,000 people.
In 2003, at the request of The Tibet Center and Healing the Divide, His Holiness returned to New York City. This visit's ambitious four-day teaching on Root Verses on Indian Philosophies by the 17th-century Tibetan scholar Jamyang Shepa and The Seven-Point Mind Training by the 12th-century Geshe Chekawa also included a public talk in Central Park on The Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland by Atisha, attended by approximately 250,000 people. The 2003 visit closed with A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation at Lincoln Center which will be released on CD in July 2007.
The Tibet Center and Healing the Divide are honored to host His Holiness once again as he returns to New York City October 12th through 14th, 2007. His Holiness will bestow teachings on the Buddha's Diamond Cutter Sutra and Nagarjuna's Seventy Verses on Emptiness to an audience of 6,000 people at Radio City Music Hall®. Following these special teachings, His Holiness will also give a public talk on Peace and Prosperity.