*** UPCOMING EVENTS ***
Fri Feb 28 new moon ~ Mon Mar 3, Losar, the Tibetan New Year Celebration: Tibetans traditionally celebrate the day of Losar (Feb 28) with only those in their household, and on the 2nd day with family & friends, then on the 3rd day with neighbors.
Sat Mar 1 @ Noon: Losar celebratory potluck
Mon Mar 10, 2025: 66th Tibetan National Uprising Day
Sat Mar 15 @ 3-4:30pm: 3rd Saturday Sangha Social: Movie “Expelled from the Top: A Story of Tibetan Refugees” We are showing this in remembrance of Tibetan National Uprising Day (March 10), and the reality 70 years later for Tibetan refugees. Expelled from the Top is a 2023 documentary including interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, follows the Tibetan Refugees in Dharamsala, the Capital for the Central Tibetan Administration nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, as well as Mundgod, in Southern India where Geshe-la went to the Drepung Loseling Monastery. refreshments & snacks will be offered, and you’re welcome to share a snack of your own.
*** PAST EVENTS *** for more past events, see SPECIAL EVENTS under Calendar on menu bar
Sat Feb 15@ 3-4:30pm 3rd Saturday Sangha Social: Movie “Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet”. With the upcoming Tibetan New Year as well as National Uprising Day on March 10, we are offering this 45 minute documentary (1997) to raise awareness of Tibet’s crown jewel: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & his life’s experience from being recognized as The Dalai Lama as a young boy, to becoming tibet’s leader, then having to escape his Tibetan homeland and finding refuge in The Buddha’s homeland of India.
Mon Feb 3: We welcomed Dr. Tsai’s class from The Citadel that includes a section on Tibet, and are glad to be able to share with our neighbors. Geshe-la shared some info on Tibet and its unique & distinct 6,000 year old history (from China). Unique in the sense of having a firm grounding of morality rooted in compassion and not necessarily the best. Geshe-la also shared about the plight of the 6 million Tibetans living in Tibet when the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) initially invaded Eastern Tibet in October 1950 and started a cultural revolution. Soon after, the CCP started constructing roads that would eventually lead to Lhasa, Tibet’s capital by 1958/59. In March 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled Tibet over the Himalayas to find exile in India, and 80,000 Tibetans followed him there while around 1.2 million Tibetans would die as consequences of the Chinese invasion. In 1966, Chairman Mao launched another attack to purge Tibet of the “4 olds”: old ideas, old culture, old customs & old habits. Geshe-la encouraged the cadets to search for happiness within themselves and that they actually have a responsibility to do so, as well as to diligently search for ones own faults before placing faults on others, After Geshe-la’s talk, he shared his delicious chai with them.
