(The following is the lecture on Day One, of a two-day series of lecture by Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche.) Host (Prof. Juergen): (Professor welcomes everyone in German, and continues in English): We are very honoured and very happy, that Professor Samdhong Rinpoche is visiting us in Germany, now in Berlin, making …
Facilitator: This group is from the US. It was put together by Warren Ebert from Lafayette, Louisiana. Warren is the president of the Home Healthcare Association for the state of Louisiana. Most of the people gathered are here through Home Healthcare, and especially caring for the elderly and the dying, …
On Buddhism and Non-Violence–A talk by Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, to a group of university students from Mexico, December 23, 2013 Facilitator: Before I say a brief introduction about Rinpoche, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Rinpoche for finding the time from his busy schedule and agreeing to …
Professor Samdhong Rinpoche ( A Speech at Lerab Ling, 23 July 2006) The vision and legacy of His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is an extremely vast subject. Let me begin by saying that I do not consider myself competent to dwell on this topic with any authority, …
Speaker: His Eminence Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche is an imminent scholar, respected throughout the world in the areas of Buddhist philosophy, science, and politics. A teacher, a philosopher, and a life-long campaigner of non-violence,
I wish to confess to my friends who have a misconception that I am a very knowledgeable person, that it is not true. Whatever I say is probably based forty percent on knowledge and the rest is information. Anything claimed on the basis of information is not true knowledge.
Prof Samdhong Rinpoche is the Chairperson of Tibetan Cabinet. He was also the Chairman of Tibetan Parliament for two terms. He was Director of Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Varanasi and was the President of Association of all India Universities in 1998.
Venerable monks, your Holiness, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna Ji and friends; I think the earlier speakers said it all. We are talking about compassion and I must be compassionate to the gathering here, without boring them anymore.