By Dr. Kazuko Hillyer. New York, N.Y. After unbelievable trips to five countries this fall – Argentina, Japan, Peru, Mexico, and Israel – I was ready looking forward to taking 36 international friends to Bodhgaya, India for the Dalai Lama’s teaching and initiation of Kalachakra. The rumor was going around that this might be the [...]
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My Pilgrimage Complete: Life Continues Like a Wheel
Bodh Gaya, India. Four years ago I wrote the most-read piece of my life: Will a Vow of Poverty Fill the Void in My Soul? One of the reasons I was interested in this pilgrimage is to meet so many people who have taken a similar vow – the hundreds of thousands of monks who have descended in Bodh [...]
On the Banks of the Ganges: Reflections of a Journey in Time
Varanasi, India. I realize this is winter in northern India just like in New York, but I had thought that India would be warmer and greener. The countryside is often drab, so different from the vibrant rice fields of Bali. Here, they appear to be either dusty or muddy. I was unprepared for the cold [...]
Buddhism and the Universal Concept of Social Responsibility
Bodh Gaya, India. Studying in Japan back in college, I had a very unique Buddhist experience, one of which I did not understand until years afterwards. I had joined a Buddhist student group that took me to the far north of Japan where we re-planted the mountainsides (“Shinnen No Mori”). This was an international concept [...]
Dalai Lama: Most-Photographed Man Prepares to Retire
Bodh Gaya, India. The 14th Dalai Lama, known to his followers for having a charismatic personality and universal values, is actually named Tenzin Gyatso. Dalai Lamas are the most influential figures – Pope-like – in the Gelugpa line of Tibetan Buddhism. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, the current Dalai Lama is also [...]
Construirá Escuela para Huérfanos Tibetanos
Tawang, India. Conocí a Kazuko Tatsumura, OMD, en un evento de beneficencia de Christie’s para la Case del Tíbet (Tibet House), en el Rockefeller Center. Comenzamos a charlar sobre Japón, donde una vez estudié, así como también sobre el Tíbet y los muchos tibetanos que viven en la frontera con China, en la India. Lo [...]
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in soft-launch, The Jim Luce Stewardship Report (JLSR) is focused on “Connecting Goodness.” Covering Faces, Issues, World Affairs, Life Style, the Arts, and Video, JLSR offers articles [...]
Israeli Film: Unmistaken Child in Tibet
New York, N.Y. The Buddhist concept of reincarnation, while both mysterious and enchanting, is hard for most Westerners to grasp.A new film — from Israel — is out to change that. The film features the Dalai Lama. Unmistaken Child follows the search for a reincarnated Tibetan master. It opened in New York June 3 at the Film [...]
