Drepung Gomang
Institute
Tashi Gomang Dharma Center
Drepung Gomang Institute
1578 Parsons Place
Louisville , KY 40205
Latest News
We are sad to announce that our touring monks have completed their activities and returned to India!! We are in the process of getting a tour together for 2010. Please check back for updates.
Special event
March 7, 2010
Friends,
IPP will hold a special noontime meditation program (In lieu of Lectio Divina) at 12:10 p.m. on Wed. March 10, 2010 at Christ Church Cathedral, 425 South Second Street in Louisville. This special noontime meditation will be led by Geshe Sangay and Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal, Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Drepung Gomang Institute, with chants and a reflection on the Eight Verse Attitude Training. Anne Walter, President of the DGI Board of Directors, will help guide the process of chant, reflection and meditation. We will offer our prayers for the freedom movement in Tibet, which commemorates the 10th of March 2010 as a day of mourning for 51 years of occupation.
Peace,Terry
Terry TaylorExecutive DirectorPlease visit IPP's new web site: paths2peace.organd also visit my web site: helpforbrokenness.comDGI welcomes our new geshe!!!!
3/2/2010We were fortunate enough to welcome Geshe Rapgyal for his first teaching Sunday. Geshe Rapgyal was picked by the monastery due to his academic accomplishment, he has obtained the Lingse level of the Geshe degree.There are four levels of Geshe degrees categorized under the set criteria of a Gelugpa university – Lharam, Tsokram, Rigram, and Lingse. To qualify for the monastic degree of Geshe, the student must undergo the vast and extensive traditional monastic studies on the five major treatises of Buddhist philosophical texts [The Perfection of Wisdom (as elaborated upon by Maitreya in the Abhisamayalamkara; Chandrakirti’s commentary on Nagarjuna’s root text on Madhyamaka; Dharmakirti’s Pramanavartika – Compendium on Valid Cognition; Vasubhandu’s Abhidharmakosha; and Vinaya – studies in monastic discipline].
At the end of the teaching Geshe Rapgyal stated his goal is to be able to teach in English by the end of the year, which we all hope he accomplishes!!! Geshe Sangay Gatso, Geshe-la to all of us, has obtained his green card and will likely visit India and Tibet sometime in the future, although no immediate plans have been made. He has assured us that he is coming back after taking a much deserved vacation!!! As our new geshe gets settled, we will be working on future events. Please check back as we add more special events.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Biography and Beacon of Peace
2/23/2010
The Indiana Buddhist Center
Announces
A Public Presentation
and Invitation to Attend
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"His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Biography and Beacon of Peace"
Speaker: Gedun Rabsal (Faculty Member, Tibetan Studies – Indiana University)When: March 6, 2010
Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Where: Peace House,
1421 North Central Ave
Indianapolis, IN
Sponsored by: Indiana Buddhist Center (IBC)
Hosted by: Indianapolis Peace Institute
This coming May, His Holiness The Dalai Lama will give a public talk in Indianapolis. While many individuals now recognize the name, The Dalai Lama, many are unaware of His background, lineage, and His global effort to promote mutual understanding and respect between people of all ethnicities, faiths, and backgrounds.
This program offers attendees an opportunity to learn about the history of The Dalai Lamas and the specific biography of the current 14th Dalai Lama. The esteemed speaker will also discuss The 14th Dalai Lama's tireless efforts to promote peace worldwide, as well as his efforts to achieve a peaceful solution to the Tibet-China dispute.
This program is sponsored by one of the organizations, Indiana Buddhist Center, hosting The Dalai Lama's May 14 public talk at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Background Information
Gedun Rabsal is originally from Tibet. In 1987, He escaped to India where he launched a highly successful Tibetan language newspaper, Tibet Times. Since arriving in the United States in 2001, Rabsal has written, published and translated many non-fiction and fiction books, and he launched a very popular Tibetan language blog. For the past 8 years, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University-Blooming ton teaching the Tibetan language and literature.
HHDL public talk- don't forget Heart sutra teaching as well
2/14/10
Open board meeting
2/8/2010
You are invited to attend the first“State of Drepung Gomang Institute” meeting.
We will be discussing the current affairs of Drepung Gomang Institue as well as plans for the future. A lot of effort and work has gone in to making Drepung Gomang Institute the group it is today. Please join us on Sunday, March 7th, to hear more about where we started, where we are now, and where we are headed. The meeting will be held at Drepung Gomang Institute on March 7th from 3:30-5:00.
Refreshments will be served.
Thank you for being a supporter of Drepung Gomang Institute!Happy new year!!
2/8/10
.Tibetan Metal Tiger Year 2137 starts from 14th February 2010.
Drepung Gomang Monastery extends its warm greetings and best wishes to every sponsors, friends, supporters, volunteers and coordinators, kind hosts and our monks abroad on Tibetan New Year which falls on 14th Feb, 2010. The monastery will never forget the precious and continuous support from everyone that kept this monastery running for so many years. Thank You so much.We pray for the well being, happiness, success of all our well wishers and for the peace, harmony and healthier world.
Drepung Gomang Institute
1578 Parsons Place
Louisville , KY 40205
