Friday March 21.   7pm.   An Evening With Khen Rinpoche  with Richard Barron, translator.   Fellowship Congregational Church.  2900 S. Harvard, Tulsa,OK.   Donation.

Sunday March 23.  7pm.  Taming Our "Monkey" Mind!   Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion.   918-631-2279.  University of Tulsa.  Tulsa,OK.   Richard Barron, translator

Monday March 24.  6:45.  Fundraiser:  Movie plus Reception.  Richard Barron translator for Khen Rinpoche.      "MILAREPA"  Circle Cinema Theatre.  10 South Lewis.  Tulsa,OK.  Limited Seating, Tickets sold at door.     Suggested donation  $20.

Tuesday March 25.  2-4   Buddhist Teachings to be announced.  Richard Barron, translator.    OSU Stillwater.  Stillwater,OK.   Student Union 4th floor.   Room: Case Study 3.  

Past Events

What:    A Lazy Lama Meditation Class WITH Study and Experience Guide
Where:  The Dennis  Neil Equality Center, Tulsa Oklahoma
            621 E 4th Street,   Tulsa,OK   74120      
When:  THIS Tue Nov 13 7pm - Tue Nov 13 9pm (Weekly at 7pm on Tuesday until Tue Dec 18 9pm)  
Why;   A good grounding in both Buddhist principles and practice.  Good practice habits.  Western understanding stressed.  Can then really know what you're doing in our Group Friday practice, 7pm at Fellowship Congregational Church.   
Cost:   60.  for 6 week course; space rental, Three Ring Binder, Text, Study Guide, Q&A, Handouts, meditation instruction handout, bibliography etc.  (we are going more and more professional)
 Register ASAP:   programs@okeq.org     or call  918.743.4297   (info line, perhaps leave message?)    Or register at door.
Our Goal:  1. to make this class available at different locations in the city.  2. To offer the complete 7 series.  
The center website is http://www.tohr.org/index.html   There is a link on the home page to obtain directions from specific addresses.  
--
Jacqueline Roemer
Director, Bodhicharya Oklahoma Buddhist Sangha

CURRENT

Free Meditation Instruction: all levels.  2nd Monday of each month at All Souls Church.  2952 S. Peoria, Tulsa Oklahoma  74117-5323.   7-8:30pm.  Phone at All Souls Church   918  743-2363   For Information contact Bodhicharya@gmail.com

PAST EVENTS

2005---EVENT SHORT SCHEDULE sponsored by Bodhicharya Oklahoma Buddhist Sangha

In Tulsa- Khen Rinpoche The Head Abbott of Tashi Lungpo Monastery

Four Events

information: www.bodhicharyaoklahoma.com

Free Film Event

All proceeds to Siddhartha School for Tibetan Children in Ladakh

0. Calming the Mind with Meditation Public Talk Friday March 17^th, 7-9 pm. Fellowship Congregational church. 2900 South Harvard. Tulsa 918 747 7777 $15. donation.

      2.   Meditation and Mindfulness An Afternoon Retreat Saturday March 18^th, 1-5pm  Fellowship Congregational church.  2900 South Harvard  Tulsa,OK  918 747 7777  $15. donation

           FREE film event. Werner Herzog’s Wheel of Time and Int’l Campaign for Tibet’s Devotion and Defiance Sunday, March 19, 7-9:30 pm. Fellowship Congregational 2900 South Harvard 918 747 7777 Bring your popcorn and soda!!!

0. Living with Others as Spiritual Practice Public Talk Monday March 20 7-9 pm. All Souls Unitarian Church. 2952 South Peoria Tulsa. 918 743 2363. $10 donation. Minister may join discussion.

At 16 Khen Rinpoche walked 800 miles to attend Tashi Lungpo Monastery. Today he is the Head Abbott, performing the Tasks of the absent Panchen Lama.

Full Bio

http://siddharthaschool.org/index.htm 

Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan founder of the Siddhartha School Project Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan founder of the Siddhartha School Project Geshe Tsetan is a Tibetan Buddhist monk from Ladakh, India who has been living and teaching in the United States for nearly fifteen years. He began his monastic life at age seven in Stok, his family village. At age thirteen he joined the Stok Monastery to study and memorize Buddhist scriptures. Then in 1952, when he was sixteen years old, he walked with his father from Ladakh to Shigatse, Tibet to enter the famous Tashilungpo Monastery. The 800 mile trek took them over two months to complete. Geshe Tsetan received his novice monk vows there and studied Buddhist philosophy at the monastery's Skilkhang College with many prominent Tibetan scholars. His dream was to receive the Geshe degree in Buddhist philosophy, similar in level to that of the Western Ph.D. This dream was deferred for him when the Chinese government intensified their policy of cultural genocide on occupied Tibet in 1959. The daily public humiliation and torture of monks by Chinese officials and the mass destruction of the monasteries and colleges made it impossible to continue the pursuit of this degree there. He fled to his homeland in 1960 for safety. Once back in the village of his birth, Geshe Tsetan studied tantric practices, and then joined the School of Buddhist Philosophy in Choglamsar for seven years. Due to the fact that the Buddhist tradition in Ladakh is dependent on the Tibetan lineage of teachers to transmit and bestow higher Buddhist degrees, he chose to leave Ladakh again in 1970 in pursuit of his Geshe training. This time he went to Varanasi, India where many high lamas in exile had resettled and built new monastic colleges. There he received his Shastri degree, the equivalent of a bachelors degree. Afterwards, he felt a responsibility to return to Stok and contribute to the community through teaching. From 1974-1978 he taught high school in Ladakh. Then he met with a special invitation to come to the United States and teach at the first Tibetan Buddhist learning center of America, Labsum Shedrub Ling in Washington, New Jersey. He went in hopes of learning English and completing his Geshe degree studies. He accomplished both, and in 1984 returned to the Drepung Monastery for commencement. Since that time Geshe Tsetan has been living and teaching in the United States from October to June and returning to Ladakh during the summer months to oversee activities at the school. While in the states, he divides his time between Maine and New York City with additional teaching trips to Amhurst, MA and other areas of the United States. His association with the Manjushri Center in Amherst has provided him with extensive teaching positions and lecturing opportunities at a number of schools including Smith, Bowdoin, Amherst, Hampshire, Drew, Maine College of Art, Bangor Theological Seminary, Phillips Exeter Academy, Deerfield Academy, and others. Geshe Tsetan wants to further extend his teaching to the young people of Ladakh, making the Siddhartha School/Choskor Stok the fulfillment of his lifelong commitment to learning. In 1996 shortly after founding the school, H.H. Dalai Lama, appointed Geshe Tsetan to be the head abbot of the new Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India. (This is in the absence of the Panchen Lama, who has been missing since the Chinese Government took him and his family into custody when he was 4 years old.) This was a great honor for Geshe-la, and one that was humbly set aside, so that he could devote himself completely to the Siddhartha School, with the Dalai Lama's blessings and support. However in 2005 HHDL again asked Geshe-la to accept the abbot position, and this time he could not refuse. In July 2005 Geshe-la was installed as Khenchen, or head Abbot of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in southern India. His new title is Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, and he has assumed his new responsibilities over seeing the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in exile. He is now, in essence doing the Panchen Lama's job. For more information on this go to the website: www.tashilhunpo.org. Geshe Tsetan's life experiences will clearly serve as a living example for Ladakhi youth in the art of transforming the problems of rapid change into fruitful opportunities.