Schedule
Everyone is welcome to participate in this event with His Holiness the Dalai Lamа, both Buddhists and those who are simply interested in the Buddhist philosophy that harmoniously combines profound wisdom and limitless compassion.
5 May 2014
Teachings on the Heart Sutra and the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas by Gyalsey Thogmey Zangpo.
9.30 ‒ 11.30 First session
11.30 ‒ 13.30 Lunch
13.30 ‒ 15.30 Second session
16.00 “Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV”. Documentary by Vitaliy Manskiy
“Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV” depicts nominal 24 hours spent by the film crew inside the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from the beginning of his day which starts at 3 am till sunset when the Buddhist leader goes to bed.
6 May 2014
Teachings on the Heart Sutra and the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas by Gyalsey Thogmey Zangpo.
9.30 ‒ 11.30 First session
11.30 ‒ 13.30 Lunch
13.30 ‒ 15.30 Second session
16.30 Benefit concert of Boris Grebenshikov & Aquarium
At the teachings hall the participants could view two unique exhibitions:
Photo exhibition “Dalai Lama. As long as space endures…” tells about the everyday work of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Photographers Tenzin Choejor and Igor Yahchoglov followed the Buddhist spiritual leader I his trips around the world, documenting his daily life.
Exhibition “Live tradition – Buddhist painting by Nickolai Dudka” will introduce you to the thangka, or scroll painting, is a special art of Tibetan Buddhism. Nickolai Dudka received a European art education at college in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia, and at the Academy of Art in Kiev, Ukraine. At the beginning of the 1990’s he began an intensive study of thangka painting with visits to Mongolia, Nepal and India. He studied at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) in Dharamsala, India, under the guidance of Ven. Sangei Yeshe, the personal artist of HH the Dalai Lama. At present, Nicolai works as a teacher of drawing and painting of thangkas in the State Academy of Art in Ulan-Ude and continues to work in his studio. Many of his thangkas are in Buddhist Temples in Buryatia and in museums and private collections of many countries around the world. For more information about the artist and his work visit the website www.thangka.ru