Tibetan monks tour returns to Carson City for meditations, workshops
Tibetan monks, on a two-year tour of the United States from the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India, will be visiting Carson City and South Lake Tahoe to share their unique and deeply spiritual culture of Tibetan Buddhism.
There will be cultural presentations, teachings on Tibetan Buddhism, meditations, and the always-popular series of rituals and ceremonies to promote inner healing. Join the monks with hands-on workshops for the whole family to enjoy, creating butter sculptures and trying out Tibetan calligraphy. Come and see for yourself how this ancient philosophy is relevant and illuminating in our current world.
All are welcome and all events are donation based. Nobody is ever turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds from events go directly to the Gaden Shartse Monastery.
In Carson City, the teachings will be held at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St. Carson City and Carson City Yoga, previously Yoga Sol, 305 N. Carson St., Suite 200, Carson City. The monks will be in the capital city Jan. 17-21.
Then in South Lake Tahoe at the Loft, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, Space 50, South Lake Tahoe) and at the Blue Angel Café, 1132 Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.
The Gaden Shartse Monastic College is situated amid lush green hills and jungle in the remote countryside of southern India. It was founded in 1969 as an effort to re-establish one of the great monastic traditions of Tibet. A small group of elder monks and fifteen young boys, all of whom had managed to escape the destruction in Tibet, settled on land given to them by the Indian government in Mundgod, Karnataka.
Today, the college is at the forefront of the revival of Tibetan Monastic education, with more than 1,600 resident students, teachers, scholars, and spiritual practitioners. More than 70 percent of the members are between the ages of 10 and 25 and 80 percent of these were born in Tibet.
To this day, young monks arrive at the monastery weekly from Tibet, seeking shelter and education. Due to the success of the academic program and the quality of the teachers at the monastery, Gaden Shartse has established a reputation as being the leader in the field of Buddhist and Tibetan studies.
For more information on the Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour please visit: www.sacredartsoftibettour.org. The monks will be also offering house, business and personal blessings throughout their visit. There are also opportunities to volunteer and host meals for the monks. For more information, or to schedule a blessing, please contact Melanie: Melanie@TibetanHeart.org or (775) 586-9125.
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