Over 20,000 people attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings and lecture at Crisler Arena on April 19 and 20th. We would like to thank everyone who attended and the hundreds of volunteers who helped make this a brilliant success. Using traditional Buddhists texts and his own personal experience for teachings on compassion and wisdom the Dalai Lama conveyed a universal message of tolerance, human value and hope.

Video pod casts of the weekend teachings are available from the Ann Arbor News and MLive at http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews_multimedia for a limited time.

Declaration by Gelek Rimpoche

I was surprised to discover my photograph on a Dorje Shugden website as one of the “prominent masters” on that website.

I would like to confirm that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the unquestioned leader of Tibet and all Tibetans inside and outside of Tibet and has my total respect.

I received the initiation of Dorje Shugden from Kyabje Trijang Rimpoche in the 1950s. I was a practitioner from that time until June 20th, 2000 at the Western Buddhist teacher’s conference at Spirit Rock, Woodacre, California. At that conference His Holiness asked me, “What would you like to do?” I answered with folded hands, “Whatever you say.” Then His Holiness said, “Alright, stop practicing Dorje Shugden and tell Dorje Shugden that I told you to stop.” He further said, “And don’t change your mind.” Since then I have stopped the practice completely.

Therefore, to display my picture in a list of Dorje Shugden masters is inappropriate.

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Upcoming Retreats

Memorial Weekend Retreat
"Inner World of Mind"
at Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
Friday, May 23 – Monday, May 26
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Summer Retreat
"Engaging Wisdom and Compassion"
at  Jewel Heart Ann Arbor, MI
Friday, June 27 – Sunday, July 6
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Friday, August 29 – Monday, September 1
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Fall Retreat
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Winter Retreat
"Vajrayogini"
Sat., Dec. 27 – Sat., Jan. 3

Webcast Schedule

We invite you to view the member webcast schedule of Gelek Rimpoche’s teachings on the Member Webcast Page. The webcasts loop 48 hours beginning Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm and closing 7:00 pm Thursday unless otherwise noted. If you would like to become a JH Member and listen to these broadcasts, please visit our Membership Page to learn more.