Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche’s Talk to an exchange group from New Orleans, USA Facilitator: Rinpoche, thank you for coming today. I have already informed our group about some of your many, many accomplishments over many years; very important work. But I want to just remind the group that Rinpoche has worked …
With Impulses for Dialogue with other Religions and Worldviews Interdependent arising, in Tibetan “tendrel” is a translation of the Sanskrit expression “pratityasamutpada”. The word pratityasamutpada has a very complex connotation. Actually the entire Buddhist philosophy is based on the concept of pratityasamutpada, which can be very roughly interpreted in the …
Dear esteemed friends and colleagues, I am so honored to be given this opportunity to be with you and share our experiences on a very important topic of the 21st century. I was asked to give you some impulse from a Buddhist perspective for your research project “Religion and Dialogue …
(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, …
April 27, 2011 Ward Mailliard: This is a big honour for us, so I’m going to ask Emma to introduce the group. Emma: We are seniors from Mount Madonna School in California and this is our Values in World Thought Program. Our project we’re here for is called Vidhya Dharma, …
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, …