His Holiness to visit United States and Canada
Monday, 8 October 2007, 4:30 p.m.
Dharamshala:His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamshala yesterday for a month-long visit to the United States and Canada from 9 September to 2 November.
On 9 October, His Holiness will speak on Human Approach to World Peace at Barton Hall in Ithaca, New York.
Next day, His Holiness will give teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsikgyama) organized by the Namgyal Institute.
From 12 to 14 October, His Holiness will confer a three-day teachings on Diamond Cutter Sutra and Nagarjuna’s Seventy Verses on Emptiness at the Radio City Music Hall organised by the Tibet Center and Healing the Divide in New York.
Later in the day, His Holiness will deliver a pubic talk at the Radio City Music Hall.
On 17 October, His Holiness will receive the US Congressional Gold Medal at the Capitol Hill. The US President George W Bush will confer the gold medal to His Holiness.
His Holiness will participate in a mind and life conference at Emory University on 20 October.
On the following day, His Holiness will confer teaching on Je Tsongkhapa’s Praise to the Buddha for His discourses on dependent origination (tendrel toepa) at Emory University.
On 22 October, His Holiness will give a public talk on Educating the Heart and Mind at Centennial Olympic Park in Georgia, Atlanta.
His Holiness will confer a three-day teachings on Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron) in Bloomington in Indiana from 24 to 26 October.
On 26 October, His Holiness will deliver a talk on Cultivating Happiness at Purdue University. This is followed by a public talk on Compassion: the Source of Happiness at the Mellencamp Pavillion.
His Holiness will confer a public talk organized by the Canada Tibet Committee on 28 October.
On 31 October, His Holiness will deliver a public talk organized by the Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario.