Pema Dorjee: How To Cultivate Compassion Day Long Retreat
Event Details
- Who
- Pema Dorjee
- What
- Day Long Retreat
- Where
- Tibet House US Gallery
- When
- Saturday, May 29, 2010 At 10:00 AM
- How
- Walk-ins only.
- Details
- $50 General/ $45 Members (Suggested donation)
About the Event
What does compassion really mean? How can compassion be developed? Can developing compassion bring happiness and meaning to life? Can a meaningful life be achieved without compassion?
While our busy lives may have interfered with our thinking about these questions, Geshe Pema Dorjee has devoted his entire life to thinking about them. He was born in Tibet, escaped, and obtained his Geshe degree in India.
The Dalai Lama and the government-in-exile honored Geshe Pema Dorjee by appointing him to various positions including that of spiritual counselor to former political prisoners who had been tortured. Since then, he has devoted most of his time to numerous charitable projects including creating an orphanage, establishing schools, and building bridges.
Currently, he organizes teams of international experts to provide agricultural and other assistance to remote villages, and he personally arranges for the sick and injured children from these villages to be brought to modern medical centers. In addition, Geshe Pema Dorjee, who is fluent in English, teaches and lectures in countries all over the world, including Sweden, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Norway, France, and Israel. This year marks his second visit to the United States.
Open to all levels of interest.
Saturday, May 29th, 10 AM- 5 PM.
$50 General/ $45 Members (Suggested donation)
About the Presenter
Geshe Pema Dorjee was born in 1951 in Shillong, near the border between Tibet and India. From 1963 to 1973 he attended the Tibetan Homes Foundation School which had been established by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Thereafter, he attended the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics which was co-founded in Dharamsala by His Holiness and Lobsang Gyatso. The Institute offered a six-year program in Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Philosophy and a four-year program in Madhyamika (Middle Way) Philosophy, and he attained degrees in both, the equivalent of an undergraduate and two Masters Degrees, in 8 years. In 1995 he was awarded the Geshe degree from the Drepung Loseling monastery.
