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. 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 over 200,000 people.
Once again, in October of 2007 The Tibet Center and Healing the Divide hosted His Holiness as he bestowed teachings on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, by Shakyamuni Buddha and Seventy Verses on Emptiness, by Nagarjuna, and gave a public talk on Peace and Prosperity to an audience of 6,000 people at Radio City Music Hall.
In partnership for the fifth time, the Tibet Center and Healing the Divide are privileged to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York City in May of 2010. This visit will take place over four days, from May 20 to 23, 2010. On May 20, 21, and 22 His Holiness will give teachings on Commentary on Bodhicitta, by Nagarjuna and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva. These teachings will be followed by a public talk entitled Awakening the Heart of Selflessness on the afternoon of May 23rd.