Foundation Update
As we progress through the year we thought it
would be nice to give an update of some of the
activities the Foundation has been involved in so
far this year.
In March, Marsha Clark made a visit to Tibetan
Children's Village, in Dharamsala, India, meeting
with students, teachers, counselors, and Principal
of the upper school, involved in Project Happiness.
In April, Tenzin Tethong accompanied a Stanford
University team for a meeting with His Holiness
the Dalai Lama in Seattle for their Medical
School's Project Compassion.
May was quite a busy month for all, in early May
The Missing Peace Music Team visited Dharamsala
for a meeting and filming with His Holiness. The
visit included many celebrities of music, television,
film and professional sports from around the
world. During the same visit Tenzin and Darlene
visited Tibetan Children's Village to attend a presentation by senior students studying Ethics for the
New Millennium as part of the Project Happiness collaboration.
Butner Federal Prison Complex presented The
Missing Peace Posters Exhibition at the end of May
which is available to 5,000 inmates who responded to TMP with a hand-drawn mural and
with journal writings. Talks were given by Darlene
and by Tony Hoeber, who presented the Compassion in Action award to Warden Art Beeler for his lifetime
dedication to prisoners.
The Foundation also welcomed a new board member to The Dalai Lama Foundation, Dr. James Doty
of Stanford University, neurosurgeon, and director
of Project Compassion, Stanford.
The Missing Peace Music team - Darlene, Tenzin,
Telo Tulku Rinpoche, and Rebekah Alperin met
with His Holiness in June in Philadelphia together
with guest musicians Joss Stone, K.T. Tunstall,
Moby, and Serj Tankian to film in preparation for
a 2009 concert.
In August, Rosemary Rawcliffe's two films, The
Great Mother and Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution were shown extensively in major cities in
the U.S. as a double header.
Most recently The Foundation became fiscal sponsor of two new projects:
Throughout the year Tenzin Tethong has made
numerous media and speaking appearances in
San Francisco Bay Area, Japan and India in relation to the Olympics torch controversy and demonstrations and unrest in Tibet.
These are a few of the many exciting initiatives
that the Foundation has been involved in this
year. There are many more coming up later this
year including:
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Ethics for the New Millennium in Dharamsala
During their recent visit to Dharamsala, Darlene Markovich and Tenzin Namgyal Tethong
arranged to visit the Tibetan Children's Village through Marsha Clark and Yeshi Dolkar,
the senior class teacher. Yeshi invited Tenzin
and Darlene to attend the senior students'
presentation of the fifth chapter of Ethics for
the New Millennium, part of their involvement
with Project Happiness.
After the 23 students study and discuss a
chapter, a smaller group prepares a Powerpoint presentation, which they share with all
the students in grades 9 to 12, their teachers,
the principal, and the headmaster. For chapter 5, "The Supreme Emotion," the auditorium was packed to watch the analysis of
ethical behavior, leading to empathy, which
transforms into compassion — the supreme
emotion. The presentation was written in
English but spoken in Tibetan, giving a wonderful bilingual opportunity for everyone. After the formal presentation, the audience was
asked for their own examples of ethical behavior, in an impressive display of engaged
learning and interaction.
Tenzin was then invited to speak about The
Dalai Lama Foundation and Darlene talked
about The Missing Peace. The upper-level
students have now been exposed to several
of the foundationís projects, and a follow-up
activity with Yeshi Dolkar is in the works. Using educational curricula and posters created
for The Missing Peace, she will bring The
Missing Peace into the classrooms at Tibetan
Children's Village.
It was exhilarating to be with the students in
the midst of their activities, and to witness the work in practice.
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A Quest for Happiness
 International Conference on
Global Ethics, Values and
Mindfulness: A Quest for
Happiness
Investigating the role of Ethics, Values and Mindfulness
to realize a better future
October 21-23, 2008 in Jos,
West Africa
The first-ever international conference on
Global Ethics, Values and Mindfulness: A
Quest for Happiness will bring together a
community of diverse global and local leaders
and guests to examine key issues on Ethics,
Values and Mindfulness to help catalyze a
shift in strengthening positive individual and
societal development in Nigeria.
Conference participants will gather for three
days of in-depth discussions and presentations to investigate the pressing challenges
that exist in making a commitment for personal and societal change. The conference
will provide participants with a global perspective and the knowledge, skills and tools
they need to deal effectively with personal,
interpersonal, and community needs. Participants will have the opportunity to meet individuals that share a common vision for social
change and make personal commitments to
realize a better future. Presentations will be
made in English, with translations provided
upon request.
Interested in joining the International Conference?
Click to download
registration and instructions.
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