His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Visit Japan for a Week[Tibet House Japan, Thursday 10 June 2010]
Tokyo: His
Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Japan for a week this month.
Zenkoji, a well-known 7th century Buddhist Temple in Nagano city, has
invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a special memorial talk and to
strengthen the Buddhist bond.Zenkoji Temple, in their press
release has said that the temple has received a Buddha’s statue with
prayers for peace from His Holiness the Dalai Lama some two years ago.
The visit of His Holiness and his teachings to the people here is to
celebrate the establishment of this holy bond and to affirm the
universality of message of peace.
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| Zenkoji Temple in Nagano. |
His
Holiness will visit the temple and meet the two chief abbots of the
temple. Among the main events, he will give public talk on “Guide to
Positive Clear Light – Message for today” to some 7,000 monks and lay
people in the area. The organizers hope that the talk would provide the
people of Nagano and all concerned with an opportunity to seriously
contemplate on peace within oneself and for the world.Zenkoji
is a 7th century Buddhist temple revered greatly by the Japanese
public. The temple caught international media attention two years ago
when it refused the overture to host the Japan leg of Beijing Olympic
torch relay. The international community greatly appreciated this
gesture of silent protest against the religious oppression going on in
Tibet at that time. “As a disciple of same teacher [Buddha] and
practitioners of same religion, we cannot remain oblivious to what is
going on in Tibet,” explained a temple authority to the media at that
time.His Holiness will also visit Saihoji Temple, a Jodo school
of Japanese Buddhism. Here His Holiness will address the monks and
consecrate an eight feet statue of Buddha Amitabha [Opadme, Buddha of infinite light] constructed by Tibetan artisans for the temple.On
his way back to Tokyo, His Holiness will give a one-day teaching and
talk at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall at Yokohama on 26 June. This
event is in response to the continuous request from monks, scholars and
general public to organise an event wherein people could receive
Buddhist teaching as well as hear His Holiness on more secular
subjects. The request has come from groups and individuals in
neighbouring countries also.
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| Tokyoite commuters studying His Holiness’ posters at Tokyo subway. Photo/ KM |
Accordingly, His Holiness will teach on “Dependent Arising” and “Boddhicitta” [Tendrel Teopa and Sem-kye in Tibetan], which
teaches the interdependent nature of all phenomena and generation of
compassionate heart. In the afternoon session, His Holiness will speak
on “The Essence of Happiness and Healthy Co-existence” for the general public.Participants
for Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan and other countries are also
expected to attend the events. The organisers have arranged
translation and interpretation facilities. Monks from the above
countries will also present special chants and prayers during the
teaching. It is expected that some ten thousand people will attend the
event at Pacifico Yokohama.His Holiness will make a brief
appearance at Foreign Correspondent Club of Japan (FCCJ) to meet the
press people. This is arranged at the numerous calls and request from
different section of media for interview with His Holiness the Dalai
Lama. As it is difficult to entertain everyone’s request, appearance at
FCCJ before the media was initiated to appease all concerned.–Report filed by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tokyo
