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4/8/02

TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONK LEADS MEDITATION ON TERRORISM AT SLU

CANTON - Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, from the Namgyal Monastery 
in India and professor of Tibetan Buddhist studies at Hobart 
and William Smith Colleges, will lead a public teaching and 
meditation on "Global Terrorism: Universal Responsibility" on 
Saturday, April 20, at 2 p.m. in the formal lounge of Dean-Eaton 
Residence Hall at St. Lawrence University. The event is open to 
the public, free of charge.
	In 1969, Tenzin entered the Tibetan Buddhist Namgyal 
Monastery (the personal monastery of His Holiness, the Dalai 
Lama) in Dharamsala, India, where he studied monastic ritual 
and philosophy. He was ordained as a monk by His Holiness, 
the 14th Dalai Lama, and received the monastery's highest 
degree, "Master of Sutra and Tantra," with highest honor in 
1985. During 1989-90, Tenzin assisted with the research and 
translation for The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala: Visual 
Scripture of Tibetan Buddhism (HarperSanFrancisco 1992), 
published in conjunction with the Samaya Foundation in New 
York City. He was invited to Gaden Thekcheling Monastery in 
Ulan Bator, Mongolia, in 1993, where he taught tantra and 
mandala construction for two years.  
	Tenzin was selected in 1995 to teach at Namgyal 
Monastery's North American Seat in Ithaca, New York. He has 
since remained in the United States, providing instruction in 
tantric ritual, Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan Buddhist sacred 
art forms.  For the last four years, Tenzin has been professor 
of Tibetan Buddhist studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges 
in Geneva.  He has constructed sand mandalas in the United 
States at several museums and universities including the Natural 
Museum of History in Los Angeles; The Cleveland Museum of Art; 
The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York; The Asia Society, 
New York City; the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, 
DC; Trinity College; and Cornell University. In 1999, Tenzin and 
Ven. Tenzin Gephel, also of Namgyal Monastery, constructed the 
Kalachakra Mind Mandala at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at 
St. Lawrence, as part of the Festival of the Arts, Circle of 
Enlightenment: Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala.
	For more information, contact Brush Gallery Director 
Catherine Tedford, at 315-229-5174.

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