May 19 Tip: Attend Tonight's 1st Anniversary Celebration of the Dalai Lama's 2013 visit to Louisville

Attend Tonight's 1st Anniversary Celebration of the Dalai Lama's 2013 visit to Louisville

(The May 19 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Engaging Compassion in 2014:  An Interfaith Discussion in Commemoration of

His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 2013 Visit

(Louisville, KY)  The Drepung Gomang Institute (DGI), Louisville’s Tibetan Buddhist dharma center, announces the commemoration of the 2013 visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in an event called “Engaging Compassion in 2014:  An Interfaith Discussion”:  Monday, 19 May, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., 411 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY  40207.

“Engaging Compassion in 2014” celebrates the auspicious 2013 visit of the great leader of compassion, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Over three days and in a number of venues His Holiness spoke to over 17,000 participants about how everyday people can engage compassion in their lives.   Authentic peace, His Holiness told us, will be possible only through interfaith understanding. 

DGI is honored to welcome local interfaith speakers for this important commemoration.  These include peacemaker Christopher 2X, Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor from the Kentucky Council of Churches, Aisha Marzieh Shariful-Atibba from the  Baha’i community, Virginia Peck from Mayor Fischer’s office, Dr. Kathleen Lyons from the Center for Interfaith Relations, Daya Singh Sandhu from the Sikh community, Buddhist leader Rev. Thich Hang Dat, of Ten Thousand Buddhas Summit Monastery, Haleh Karimi from the Muslim community, among others.  They will share reflections on how His Holiness' visit and teaching inspired their community to engage compassion and in what ways we might foster continued growth of interfaith engaged compassion in Louisville Metro.

Terry Taylor, Executive Director of Interfaith Paths to Peace will facilitate an interfaith dialogue following. 

DGI Director and spiritual leader, Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal, explained that when the Dalai Lama blessed the center on May 19, 2013, he challenged the members of DGI to establish a center of education that welcomes interfaith dialogue and shares the philosophy of compassion and non-violence. 

The Drepung Gomang Institute, the Tibetan Buddhist dharma/teaching center of Louisville, is located at 411 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY 40207.  For more information on the center visit www.drepunggomangusa.com or call Anne Walter, President DGI Board of Directors, at 502-619-1652.