TCIA Weekly Update
Tibetan Cultural Institute of ArkansasMay 9, 2012
In This Issue
Tibetan Footprints
Refuge & Bodhisattva Vows
Weekly Meditation
Wisdom of Tibet
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Tibetan Footprints screening - May 10

The documentary, Tibetan Footprints, a film by Luke Gramlich and Rita Davis, will have its first screening on Thursday, May 10 at 3:00 pm, in Giffels Auditorium, Old Main, on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The event is free and open to the public.

 
Tibetan Footprints  presents the story of Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan Buddhist monk who has taught in Northwest Arkansas since 2006, and who has touched many lives through his commitment to spreading love, compassion, and the philosophy of nonviolence. ... more ->

 
Refuge & Bodhisattva Vows - May 26

Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows will be given to those interested on Saturday, May 26 at 10:00 am at Geshe Dorjee's house located at 235 Louise Street in Fayetteville.

 

Preregistration is required for taking the vows. Please register as soon as possible with Scott Johnson. You can register at meditation classes or email him at scojo70@gmail.com. 

 

Everyone is invited to attend the ceremony. For those who have already taken the vows, come and be present to support fellow your sangha members.  A potluck lunch will follow, so bring a dish to share. After lunch we will learn to make tsa tsas. The tsa tsa's will be for the Retreat Center.

 

Weekly Meditation
 
Sunday 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Geshe Dorjee teaches and leads meditation each Sunday morning from 11:00 am to approximately 12:30 pm. Teachings are held in the the Mojo Hot Yoga Studio in Fayetteville at 908 Rolling Hills Drive, Suite 8 in Fayetteville.

Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Geshe Dorjee also leads an advanced class on Wednesday evenings at his home. This class is for advanced students, and requires the permission of the teacher for attendance.

The Wisdom of Tibet
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can." 

(His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama)