Cinema Village Theater
Trip to BodhGaya, India for Kalachakra Jan. 1-10, 2012
Trip to BodhGaya, India for Kalachakra Jan. 1-10, 2012
Arranged by Dr. Kazuko
Special Invitation:
We have just received cancellation of two spots for this extraordinary trip to Kalachakra; VIP seating, private housing with private cook and transportation, nightly interpretation by a Rimpoche and visit to some important Buddha sites, Rajgir, Nalanda, Pawapuri, Sarnath, Varanasi, etc.
“The initiation to the Kalachakra is one of the most important...because it takes everything into account: the body and the human mind, and the whole external aspect -- cosmic and astrological. We firmly believe in its power to reduce conflict and we believe it is capable of creating...peace of spirit and therefore peace in the world". ---- His Holiness the Dalai Lama the14th http://www.kalachakra2012.org/kalachakra.html
Kalachakra means Time-Wheel, as "Kala" is Time and "Chakra" is Wheel in Sanskrit. It is also translated as Time-Cycles. Much in this tradition revolves around the concept of time and cycles; from the cycles of the planets, to the cycles of our breath and the practice of controlling the most subtle energies within one's body on the path to enlightenment.
Fee: $3600 (domestic flights, local tours, luxury hotels) excluding international air fare (12/29/11 NY-Delhi-NY 1/11/12), apprx. $1350.
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Journey from Zanskar Opens - Friday, Sept. 23 - Quad Cinema
"Beautiful, powerful, and heart-warming… I hope the film will bring much needed assistance to the noble Zanskari people". Robert Thurman
Daily Dharma: The Yogic Arts in Everyday Life
Registration: $60 click here to register (portion of the proceeds to benefit Tibet House).
BuddhaFest Film Festival
Note: All events will be held at: Artisphere's Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent Street, at the corner of Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209.
BuddhaFest Week Is Here!
Be part of an amazing community this week at the 2nd annual BuddhaFest. The response to this year's festival has just been tremendous -- we want to thank all of you for your support and encouragement. It has meant a lot to us. Seating at BuddhaFest is limited, and some events are going to sell out, so please get your tickets and passes soon.
Here are some BuddhaFest highlights for you to consider:
• A special opening night presentation on Thursday, including a sacred ceremony by a group of East Asian monks, a short talk by Hugh Byrne, and the powerful film I AM.
• The Friday East Coast premiere of a film that has created much buzz, CRAZY WISDOM. Filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas will be present for this film about Buddhist icon Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Lama Tsony will lead a talk and meditation before the film.
• Saturday morning talk and meditation by Rudy Bauer on becoming aware of awareness. Rudy shows us how inhabiting this field of awareness can help us more fully experience our own true nature, and realize the contiuous benefit of true peace.
• The world premiere of FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS on Saturday. We think you're going to fall in love with Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, the loving and compassionate subject of this inspiring film. Filmmaker Christina Lundberg will be present. Tara Brach will lead a talk and meditation before the screening.
• Roshi Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of the Village Zendo in Greenwich Village and Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Peacemakers, explores how we can engage our Buddhist principles while serving in our communities and in the world.
• The East Coast premiere on Saturday of a moving Spanish language film, UN BUDA, featuring a soundtrack with music by Krishna Das.
• A free Sunday morning panel discussion on Mindful Parenting, with free childcare provided during the program.
• A special double-event on Sunday: CAVE IN THE SNOW, about the amazing life of Tenzin Palmo and her quest for equality for women monastics, followed after a lunch break by an important workshop with Ruth King -- Emotional Wisdom: Healing Heart & Mind.
• Sunday afternoon program about next month's Kalachakra for World Peace here in DC, featuring a talk and meditation by Hugh Byrne, a presentation by a representative of the Kalachakra, and the mesmerizing Werner Herzog film WHEEL OF TIME.
• A Sunday Tibetan dinner provided by members of the Tibetan community.
• Our closing program: The award-winning film WITH ONE VOICE, with filmmaker Matt Flickstein present for questions. Followed by a talk and meditation on finding real happiness by NY Times best-selling author Sharon Salzberg.
Please visit buddhafest.org for the full schedule, trailers & descriptions, and tickets & passes.
Note: All events will be held at: Artisphere's Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent Street, at the corner of Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209.
An Evening of Blessings with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
DATE: Friday, June 10, 2011
TIME: 7:00PM-10:00PM
LOCATION: Urban Zen Center
711 Greenwich Street, New York City
click here to register
Please join the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers as they offer their wisdom, teachings, and prayers for staying in balance in these tumultuous times. They walk the spiritual world with practical feet, inspiring joyful service. Come be transformed by the knowledge of the ages, in the pursuit of creating a brighter future for us all.
The Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. The Grandmothers are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. They believe the teachings of our ancestors will light the way through an uncertain future and look to further their vision through the realization of projects that protect their diverse cultures, lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer , and especially through projects that educate and nurture our children.
View the livestream of this event at: ww.livestream.com/urbanzen
TICKETS - $100 - click here to register
URBAN RIVER ARTS & LAUNCHPAD presents
Lama Tenzin in making THE SAND MANDALA OF COMPASSION
VIEWING: May 9th - Thurs. May 13; 9am - 12pm & 1pm - 4pm
DHARMA TALK: Wednesday May 11; 6:30 - 8pm
CLOSING CEREMONY: Friday May 13; 1pm
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LOCATION:
721 Franklin Ave (btw Sterling Pl & Park Pl)
Crown Heights Brooklyn, 11238
Trains: 4/5 & 2/3 to Franklin Ave
Suggested Donation: $2 - $10 per person
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Sunday, March 20 - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Robert A. F. Thurman
Ritual in Contemplation: Text and Tools in Tantric Buddhism
Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism
The imagery of Tibetan tantric rugs is potent and often shocking to those unfamiliar with the meanings of Buddhist art. Learn about the rituals, rites, and texts involved in the quest for spiritual detachment from the corporal body.
3:00 Ritual in Contemplation:
Text and Tools in Tantric Buddhism
Introduced by John Guy, Curator of South and Southeast
Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
All programs are in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium and are free with Museum admission. Assistive listening devices are available from the ushers.
This lecture is made possible by the generous support of Jeff Soref and Paul Lombardi, Jeff Soref Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation.
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Robert A. F. Thurman is Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Department of Religion, Columbia University.
*Note: This event does not take place in New York but in Bloomington, Indiana.
BloomingtonKatmandu Exhibit - May 2011
Place: TMBCC, Bloomington, Indiana
The 14th Dalai Lama, the self described "simple Buddhist monk" states that being forced to be a refugee made him into a world citizen. Some of us never leave the place we are born in, some of us are forced to leave and to find a new home, some of us leave by choice for a far away place, and some of us are permanent postmodern cultural nomads. BloomingtonKatmandu reflects the impermanency and the mobility of the 21st century’s ever changing geographical, emotional and physical borders that we humans cross daily. The local, international, exilic and nomadic artists are asked to choose and-or create works of art that best represent the place, the person, and-or the object that they call “home”.
The exhibition will take place on May 28th, 2011 at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana. When the founder of the TMBCC, Thubten Jigme Norbu--the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama--had the dream to build an interfaith center that all religions could call home, people from many faiths donated land, money, building supplies, and labor. In 1979, the Cultural Building was constructed by Mennonites, Conservative and Liberal Christians, Muslims, and Jews. In 2003, the Dalai Lama dedicated the Kumbum Chamtse Ling as an Interfaith Temple to promotes interfaith peace and harmony. In his most recent visit in May 2010, the Dalai Lama asked that the center be used as a hub for artistic and cultural events for people from all backgrounds. Hence TMBCC strives to be a temple not just for the religiously inclined, but also a temple for the mind of the intellectually and artistically inclined -- spirituals, seculars, pagans, atheists and agnostics alike.
For more information, visit: Bloomington Katmandu
Monday & Wednesday; 8 - 9:50pm
Book Launch - In the Shadow of the Buddha
Matteo Pistono
Rubin Museum of Art
Buy a book before 7:00 p.m. and receive free admission to the museum's galleries!
"This story of Matteo Pistono's quest to visit places in Tibet associated with Tertön Sogyal, the adept who was a companion of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, is revealing not only of the Tertön's life but also of circumstances in contemporary Tibet." –The Dalai Lama
"From Wyoming to Himalayan meditation caves to Capitol Hill, Pistono's account of his quest for spiritual illumination and political justice is heartbreaking and awe-inspiring. Pistono, raised with the belief that social activism is a core responsibility, began traveling to Tibet in 1999, motivated, in part, by his fascination with Tertön Sogyal, a nineteenth-century mystic and 'Tibet's great champion and protector.' Pistono follows in Tertön Sogyal's footsteps while telling the mystic's astonishing story, from his father's insistence that he join a band of highway robbers to serving as teacher to the XIII Dalai Lama and guiding Tibet through political turmoil and the intrusion of British forces. Traveling as both a journalist and a Buddhist pilgrim, Pistono also found himself at the crossroads of spirituality and politics when he was asked to serve as a human-rights courier, carrying to the West hard evidence of China's systematic brutality in occupied Tibet. Pistono tells chilling cloak-and-dagger tales and offers mesmerizing descriptions of haunting landscapes and miracle-performing lamas. But what shimmers most in this riveting and mysterious chronicle, which includes a foreword by Tibet activist Richard Gere, is the courage of those dedicated to 'the Dalai Lama's vision for real autonomy and religious freedom in Tibet through nonviolent means.'" –Donna Seaman
"What a fabulous saga! A mystical tale of defending the land of the Buddha Dharma at the turn of the twentieth century interwoven with the life and death struggle now going on at the turn of the twenty-first. This moving account is written beautifully from the heart, and it lifts the heart to read it. It is both unearthly and powerfully real. I recommend it with the strongest enthusiasm." –Robert Thurman, author of Inner Revolution and Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within.
Compassion Transformed
January 27 – February 26, 2011
Opening reception: Thursday, January 27, 6–9 PM
New York,NY December 22,2010 -- Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Compassion Transformed,an exhibition of new paintings by the New York-based Tibetan artist Pema Rinzin. Making his solo debut in New York,this is Rinzin’s first one-man exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery.
A master in the art of Thangka painting,Pema Rinzin has adapted the techniques and mystical motifs of this centuries-old Buddhist tradition to create spellbinding abstract works of contemporary art.Originally used in scrolls that depict the life of the Buddha,other deities,and religious figures,traditional Thangka featured the use of ground mineral pigments and gold applied to paper or silk cloth,as well as works in embroidery.Thangkas were objects of meditation,stimulation and religious education.The imagery is characterized by great intricacy in decorative pattern and brilliant color,which serve to advance the spiritual objectives of enlightenment and transcendence,while also conveying the artistic vision of individual master painters through unique expressions of style and composition.
In his stunning abstractions,Rinzin demonstrates how the individual artist can place his own stamp on a traditional form—he both transforms and transcends classical Thangka,while preserving its ancient artmaking techniques.His Peace and Energy series includes four large works on canvas that present a compelling image for contemplation:in each,a dynamic embolus of layered “handkerchief”forms hums at the center of each picture against a traditional monochromatic background of bright orange,purple,white,or yellow.The fluttering,interlocking forms are thoroughly contemporary,but each carries a unique pattern derived from the ancient Buddhist traditions,and the whole is shot through with pulsing striped flames of blue,white,black,and gold.
We hope you will join us to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, the Year of the Iron Rabbit!
Tibet House US will hold its 21st Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 3rd. Philip Glass, Tenzin Choegyal, Flaming Lips, Angelique Kidjo, Taj Mahal, James McCartney, The Roots, Patti Smith with Jesse Smith and Michael Campbell, and Michael Stipe have confirmed and we are expecting other artists to join the line-up soon so check the Tibet House US website regularly as all new updates will be posted!
Concert tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue)
Please note: concert only tickets are not available through Tibet House US.
Benefit package tickets including concert tickets and entrance to a post-concert dinner party with the honorary chairs and artists are available now online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Carnegie Hall is located at 881 Seventh Avenue (at 57th Street).
Tour Bhutan with Dr. Robert Thurman
BHUTAN: LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON WITH DR. ROBERT THURMAN
Join scholar and author Dr. Robert Thurman on this journey to the last remaining Tibetan Buddhist Kingdom - Bhutan. On our travels we explore sacred temples and monasteries, enjoy active day hikes, and take time for daily meditation and teaching with Dr. Thurman. Throughout the trip, we examine Bhutan’s unique cultural, religious, and environmental positions and its efforts at continuation and preservation. The trip is co-led by Brent Olson, former Director of Bhutan Programs at Geographic Expeditions. Brent has traveled to Bhutan over 40 times in the last 20 years.
Dr. Robert Thurman is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. The New York Times recently said Thurman "is considered the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism." Professor Thurman also translates important Tibetan and Sanskrit philosophical writings and lectures and writes on Buddhism, particularly Tibetan Buddhism.
NY Premiere November 10th at Carnegie Hall
"Philip Glass' new violin concerto is the most beautiful music, by far, to come from him in at least a decade." -The Buffalo News
"I specifically asked Philip Glass for four large movements, originally thinking that we would be naming the movements as seasons -- until we both diagreed on what was summer and what was winter. He said, this is a great opportunity actually...why don't we just leave it up to the audience to decide?" -World-renowned violinist Robert McDuffie
For more information, please visit the following links:
Tickets now available for Tibet House US Benefit Auction at Christie's NYC
Each year Tibet House US holds a Benefit Auction at Christie's NYC attracting the support of world-renowned artists and high-end retailers whose generous support has made this event an enormous success.
In the spirit of the generosity, making this event possible, each year we donate a percentage of the proceeds of the auction to other non-profit organizations. This year we will give a portion of the proceeds to the Tibetan Children's Village (TCV), an integrated educational community for destitute Tibetan children in exile
We will also give a portion of the proceeds to the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey.
For more information regarding the auction call Lynn at 845.688.6897 (ext. 7523).
For tickets please call: 917-725-1195
SAVE THE DATE: MONDAY DECEMBER 6TH AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK
Tibet House US is gearing up for another fun and exciting auction at Christie’s, which will be held on Monday, December 6th at Christie’s!
Our Honorary Chair Committee this year is: Christy Turlington Burns & Ed Burns, Donna Karan, Yoko Ono Lennon, Sandra & Eric Ripert, Trudie Styler & Sting, Martin Scorsese, Uma Thurman, and Arden Wohl.
We have acquired a number of exciting donations including: art pieces from Donald Baechler and Joseph Kosuth; a Great Migration luxury Safari adventure for two in East Africa, custom designed by Explore Inc; an internship at the legendary Rolling Stone and Hollywood magazine US Weekly; a journey to Bhutan for two organized by Geographic Expeditions with accommodations at the renowned Amanresorts; a flight on a private jet to destination of your choice; a week stay at the Villa Kubu and the Legian Resorts in Bali; two VIP tickets to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2010--and these are only the beginning.
This annual event has become a festive holiday party for all those who attend, and a sure place to find unique, beautiful and interesting items (and great bargains!) to take home with you or to give as a holiday gift. We are looking forward to another great year and as always you will be able to bid on those one-of-kind items! See you on December 6th!
Join Robert Thurman, Marianne Williamson & others for this New York Open Center & Tibet House US co-sponsored conference at Menla Mountain Retreat October 1st -6th, 2010!
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Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. Four of her eight books, including A Return to Love, and her latest, Everyday Grace, have been No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. She also founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves over 1000 homebound people in the Los Angeles area daily, and co-founded the Global Renaissance Alliance (GRA), a worldwide network of peace activists.
Art of Dying: Living, Dying & Being In BetweenMenla Mountain Retreat & Conference CenterOctober 1st-6th, 2010 |   |
The NY Open Center & Tibet House US present Christ & Buddha
with Robert A.F. Thurman & Marianne Williamson at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on June 10th.
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AN EVENING TALK & DIALOGUE Thursday, June 10, 7–9 PM *Please contact NY Open Center to register
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Notes from the Menla Mountain Community: A letter from the Manager of Administration and Operations on the start of the 2010 retreat season.
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The new group of staff for the 2010 retreat season has arrived. We’ve just completed 3 days of orientation and training with them. I am delighted to report that they are an exceptional group of people who are friendly, helpful and enthusiastic. They are all looking forward to being of service to our visitors, both new and returning guests. Also, new to the Menla team is the addition of our caretaker Henry. Henry is an iron man triathlete. He has participated in over a dozen competitions. No maintenance task is too big or too small for him to handle. This week we kick-off our retreat season with both an in-house, Tibet House US sponsored program and a rental group. Tibet House US/ Menla is hosting John Campbell, Richard Freeman & Robert Thurman for Buddha and the Yogis. The North West Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition is here for a gathering of social justice groups in New York State. Some of the organizations represented are Jobs with Justice, New York Immigration Coalition & Citizen Action. Looking forward to meeting new friends and seeing returning ones this season! Happy Spring! For information regarding commuter rates please call (845) 688-6897. Tania Robyn Cyrlin, Manager of Administration and Operations 4/14/10 |
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Notes from the Menla Mountain Community: First blog in a new series from the retreat center staff & volunteers.
As we finish preparing for another incredible retreat season here at Menla, I want to remind people that there are many ways to interface with us. People, of course, can rent space here to facilitate a retreat for others, or attend one the many programs that happen here each year. People can work here as seasonal staff, living, working, and growing personally in our magical valley. Locals can come for a walk or hike or just to say hello. And we're always looking for volunteers--we handle an immense amount of work with a very limited number of staff, and there is always much to do. However it is people are drawn to Menla, I've noticed over the years that people get out of it what they put into it. I see Menla's pristine mountain valley and forest as a kind of karmic magnifying glass--allowing people to take a closer look at what lies beneath the surface of their daily lives. And this goes for the dreamscape as well. I've had innumerable extremely vivid dreams here and have had the pleasure of hearing others' dreams as well. Perhaps it's the fact that our mountain sits on top of the oldest known meteor impact crater on Earth and has a gravitational field that is less than it should be. Perhaps it is the collective accumulation of tens of thousands of people's inner work here since the 60s. Or perhaps it's simply the fact that this is one of the most beautiful hidden realms of the East Coast. Regardless, a visit to Menla--however brief or extended--will definitely change your life. I invite you to discover the magic of Menla for the first time or, if you've already graced the land with your presence, keep coming back! We deeply appreciate the collective matrix that keeps us growing year after year! I highly recommend walking or sitting by our babbling brook, the Pantherkill Stream, and listening to the voices of Nature, or taking a hike up one of the rock-laden ridges that embrace the valley. Some of the best moments seem to happen on one's own, when one can digest the personal meaning of whatever teachings one has come here for. Michael Burbank, Administration & Operations Assistant 4/6/10
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Tibet House US is proud to annouce the XX Annual Benefit Concert to be held on Friday, February 26th, 2010.
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Philip Glass, the concert's esteemed Artistic Director and Vice President of Tibet House US, has once again created an incredible show. 2010 Concert Line-up to date
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Losar, Tibetan New Year, begins on February 14th with prayer & community gatherings across the globe
| Westerners who joked they were glad to see 2009 gone, hoping for a better 2010, may find kindred spirits in the Tibetans this month. Though on the traditional Tibetan calendar it is 2136 being bid a fond farewell to and 2137 being greeted. Losar, the Tibetan New Year, will begin on February 14th with celebrations by Tibetan communities across the globe and will culminate with Tibet House’s XX Annual Benefit Concert At Carnegie Hall on February 26th, 2010. The Tibetan calendar is based on a lunar cycle of 60 years; it consists of 12 animals (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Donkey, Bird, Dog and Hog), which are then combined with the 5 elements (water, wood, fire, earth and iron) and two aspects (male and female). 2010 is the year of the male iron tiger (lcags-pho stag-lo) under Tibetan astrology. Tibetan systems of knowledge are inter related and the astrological calendar system is deeply tied to its comprehensive medical diagnostic methodology. Losar activities center on ushering out the old, purifying, and welcoming the new. The celebration can last between three and 14 days. The first three days of Losar are divided between giving thanks to both symbolic & material individuals locally, regionally & nationally. From elaborate food offerings made on home shrines to public festivals it is a time to display gratitude for the past year and hopes of the next to friends, family, deities and religious figures alike. The monastic community cleans and decorates the monasteries and performs special rituals evoking protective deities. The lay community embraces purification for the New Year; in the days before, new clothes are made or purchased, houses are cleaned (sometimes repainted) and decorated and new prayer flags (Tib. Lungta) are raised. The first day of Losar is traditionally spent with immediate family. Celebrants wear their new garments to signify a new beginning. There are special dishes and treats such as phagthuk and khapse, and lots of chaang – a beverage similar to beer. There are prayers in the home for purification, and for an auspicious new year. Juniper incense is burned and small amounts of barley flour (Tib. Tsampa) are thrown into the air to ensure successful livelihoods and crops. The second day tends to be when public festivals occur and the third ends with burning of traditional butter lamps. Here are some different prayer events organized by different Tibetan associations in the US:
New York City: The Tibetan Community of NY and NJ Boston, MA: Tibetan Association of Boston Seattle, WA: Tibetan Association of Washingtion
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"I will be with some of my Tibetan friends and students from Tibetan Children’s Village. When I was a child in Amdo, we spent the entire day eating, visiting with family, receiving gifts and playing with friends.” Tamding, Artist, Dharamsala
“I will be with my close friends and family, eating special rice, momos and vegetables. On the first day, many people will be at temple by 3 am. In Tibet, Losar is celebrated for 14 days, in exile it is only celebrated for three.” Tashi (artist), Dharamsala
"In India, we would go to the monasteries, wear new clothes, visit family and celebrate. My family would have an extensive prayer and ritual ceremony the first day of Losar, usually conducted by my father or my late grandfather.” Shenpenn (Film maker, musician), Toronto |
Written by freelance writer Heidi Minx
For more information please visit: www.builtonrespect.com
Tibetan Healing Culture Meets The Modern Spa:
Tibet House US Wellness Center at Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia, NY.
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center, operated by Tibet House US, was founded to provide a place for groups and individuals to further their professional and personal development.
Since opening in 2002, we have received rave reviews for the stunning beauty and meditative environment of our land, the high-quality of our accommodations, our nutritious and delicious gourmet meals, and the personalized nurturing care of our small dedicated staff.
Many leading professionals, yogis, shamans, and spiritual teachers have come here to offer their teachings—including H.H. XIV Dalai Lama, under whose auspices Tibet House was founded. Our magical hidden 320-acre valley sits in the heart of the Catskill National Forest Preserve and is an officially recognized Audobon Important Bird Area.
Named after the Medicine Buddha, Menla’s long-term mission is to develop into a healing arts center offering an integrated healing system combining the best of Tibetan medicine with elements of Western, Ayurvedic, and other holistictraditions.
The first of its kind, our healing arts center will help transplant the Tibetan medical tradition into the west and will serve as a leading prototype for others to follow. To this end, we are currently building an exquisite 3000 square foot two-story spa facility. The healing center will feature Far Infrared saunas, authentic Finnish saunas, steam rooms, showers, and hydrotherapy Vitality Pools. It will also house two colonics treatment rooms with
state-of-the-art equipment for deep detoxification.
Under Dr. Tashi Rabten’s expert supervision, two rooms will be dedicated solely to Tibetan herbal soaking treatments, which are especially good for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Also in conjunction with Dr. Rabten, we are working on developing our own health and wellness product line. When the facility opens, a variety of local massage and other body-work practitioners will be available to offer a wide array of wellness services.
To learn more or to help us achieve our mission, please email Michael Burbank at
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or call 845-688-6897 ext. 7513.
