His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s October 12, 2010 Teaching

The Gyuto Vajrayana Center is honored to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a teaching at the San Jose Convention Center on October 12, 2010, and we are pleased to offer you the opportunity to be a vital part of the event by becoming a sponsor.

With your sponsorship, you will help make His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit possible. Additionally, your sponsorship will result in the wider benefit of keeping ticket prices down, thus ensuring that this special event will be accessible to the largest number of people possible.

The Gyuto Vajrayana Center values the interest of those wishing to help as a sponsor and offers the following levels of sponsorship,

PATRON (a sponsorship of $5,000)

PATRONS will receive:

• 4 admissions to the teaching with VIP seating
• 4 VIP entry passes
• 4 Invitations to the Sponsor Luncheon on October 12, scheduled to include a brief visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Recognition of your generous support in the event program

BENEFACTOR (a sponsorship of $2,500)

BENEFACTORS will receive:

• 3 admissions to the teaching with VIP seating
• 3 VIP entry passes
• 3 Invitations to the Sponsor Luncheon on October 12, scheduled to include a brief visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

SPONSOR (a sponsorship of $1,500)

SPONSORS will receive:

• 2 admissions to the teaching with VIP seating
• 2 VIP entry passes
• 2 Invitations to the Sponsor Luncheon on October 12, scheduled to include a brief visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

SPECIAL FRIEND (a sponsorship of $500)

SPECIAL FRIENDS will receive:

• 2 admissions to the teaching with VIP seating
• 2 VIP entry passes

About the Luncheon Event: Sponsors from the "Sponsor" level and above are invited to a private luncheon. In honor of your great kindness and generosity, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has graciously offered to visit the luncheon briefly to offer a personal thank you for supporting the teaching. Luncheon seating is limited. Please register early!

To register for sponsorship tickets, please download, print, and return the Sponsor Registration Form. A Sponsorship Package with luncheon and seating information will be sent to you by postal mail.

For more information, please call 408-824-1376 and select option 1.

Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
We thank you for your generous support of this special event.

Eight Verses of Training the Mind

This text was written by 11th-century master Langri Tangpa, Eight Verses of Training the Mind is a classic text in the genre of lojong, or mind training. Lojong focuses on methods for thought transformation such as cultivating compassion, developing appropriate regard for self and others, and turning obstacles into opportunities for positive change. Reading the Eight Verses of Training the Mind is part of His Holiness' regular practice, and he describes it as one of his main sources of inspiration.

The text is available in a number of different languages (PDF format):

• Tibetan
• English
• Chinese
• Mongolian
• Vietnamese
• Spanish

Bibliography in Preparation for His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s
Teaching on the Eight Verses on Mind Training

• Tenzin Gyatso, the XIVth Dalai Lama. An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life, edited by Nicholas Vreeland. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2001. This book records the Dalai Lama’s teaching on the Eight Verses in New York’s Central Park on August 15, 1999.

• ______ . Transforming the Mind: Teachings on Generating Compassion, trans. by Geshe Thupten Jinpa. London: Thorsons, 2003. This book records the Dalai Lama’s May 1999 teaching on the Eight Verses in London.

• ______ . Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together. New York: Doubleday, 2010. The Dalai Lama writes about his own history of interfaith encounters and deep commitment to inter-religious understanding.

• Gyeltsen, Tsultim. Keys to Great Enlightenment: Commentaries on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses on Thought Training and Togmey Zangpo's The Thirty Seven Bodhisattva Practices. Thubten Dhargye Ling Publications, 2006. This book offers a verse-by-verse commentary by Geshe Gyeltsen on two key Tibetan Buddhist texts.

• Iyer, Pico. The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. This presents a well-rounded portrait of His Holiness by a brilliant writer who has talked and traveled with him over the course of the past three decades.

• Thurman, Robert. Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as a Solution for China, Tibet, and the World. Hillsboro, Oregon: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2008. This book explores why His Holiness has gained the world’s admiration and closes with the author’s vision of a sustainable and peaceful future for Tibet.

Download this bibliography as PDF file.