Teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
at Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India

Dec 19 -21st

FPMT, together with the Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, is co-hosting His Holiness in Sarnath in December. All are welcome to attend the teachings. Translation into English and French will be available. Bring an FM radio with you in order to receive translation.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to teach on Changkya Rolpai Dorjee's Identifying the Mother, A Spiritual Song on the View (Taghur Ama Ngozin) along with Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (Jangchub Semdrel). His Holiness will also confer the 1000-Armed Avalokiteshvera Initiation.

Then, Rinpoche and the FPMT Geshes on behalf of the FPMT organization will be offering a Long Life Puja to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Dec 21st.

Note:

Rinpoche is now leading a short Maitreya retreat, Dec 27 - 31st at Root Institute, Bodhgaya

REGISTERING FOR THE TEACHINGS

Everyone wishing to attend these teachings must register and get a badge allowing them access to the teaching site.

To do this you will need to arrive in Sarnath ideally on Dec 17th (two days before the teachings begin), though registration will be open from the 16th - 18th and during the teaching days also.

You need to bring with you a photocopy of the personal details page of your passport, a photocopy of your Indian visa, and two passport-sized photographs of yourself.

Come to the Sarnath Motel and Resort in Sarnath for help with registration and to collect the English prayer book and texts.
(Sarnath Motel and Resort, S 15/151 Mawaiya, Sarnath)

To enable us to get an idea of the numbers of non-Tibetans attending the teachings, please email centerservices@fpmt.org to say you will be attending the teachings.

TEACHING TIMES

His Holiness will teach 9.30 - 11.30am and 1.30 - 3.30 pm on the 19th and 20th - times not yet announced for the 21st.

ACCOMMODATION

You are very welcome to contact Rashid Khan, who is a local travel agent: Email - buddhaholidays@sify.com
Skype: Piyush Verma

PLEASE BRING WITH YOU

Don't forget to bring an FM radio to be able to hear the English and/or French interpretation of the teachings.

Regarding the benefits of inviting His Holiness to teach, at CPMT in 2004 Lama Zopa Rinpoche said:

	To invite His Holiness where a thousand people can receive very enlightening teaching, this is a very quick way to spread Dharma to sentient beings, to reach sentient beings, a quick way. Within a short time people get depth and a very wide view of Buddhism, so there’s incredible benefit, unforgettable happiness, peace they receive - they get so much in a short time. So to continue this in the future, to provide requests for initiations, teachings, to request His Holiness, and especially where His Holiness hasn’t been, put the holy feet there, where there has not been teaching at all, especially in those places to give this opportunity to those sentient beings. So this is a very important, most important function of the organization, something dynamic that in a short time can enable BuddhaDharma to reach so many sentient beings.
–Lama Zopa Rinpoche