We are honored to announce the visit of
His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche —
Former Prime Minister of Tibet in Exile and a distinguished Buddhist scholar and teacher —
to New York City this September.
In celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday and the Year of Compassion,
Samdhong Rinpoche will share his wisdom and insights, continuing the Dalai Lama’s mission of peace, compassion, and dialogue.
The Psychology of
Wellbeing and Joy:
Buddhist Approaches to Healing Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout
Session 1
སེམས་ཁམས་རིག་པའི་ཐོག་ནས་སེམས་ཀྱི་བདེ་སྐྱིད་འཚོལ་བ།
ནང་དོན་རིག་པའི་སྒོ་ནས་དངངས་སྐྲག་དང་། སྐྱོ་སྣང་། ཡིད་ཞུམ་པ་བཅས་དེང་རབས་མི་ཚེའི་ཁྲོད་ཀྱི་སེམས་ཀྱི་དཀའ་ངལ་བསལ་ཐབས།
September 17 • 1 pm - 2:30 pm
Conversation with
H.E. Samdhong Rinpoche and TBD speaker
Venue:
Columbia University, Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium
Free
Limited Space, submit your questions to np2659@columbia.edu
Must show ticket at the door.
September 17
September 17
In our fast-paced modern world, young people and professionals face unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout.
This conversation between H.E. ProfessorSamdhong Rinpoche and TBD speaker will explore how Buddhist psychology provides practical insights into:
Understanding the root causes of mental suffering
Cultivating mindfulness for emotional balance
Developing compassion as a healing practice
Building resilience in professional and personal life
Finding clarity and purpose in times of stress
Public Teaching:
The Essence of Gelug Mahamudra
by H.E. Samdhong Rinpoche
Session 2
དགེ་ལྡན་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པའི་གཞུང་ལས་གསུངས་པའི་སེམས་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཐབས།
Join us for a rare and profound teaching on The Essence of Gelug Mahamudra with His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche, one of the most respected living masters of the Gelug tradition and a direct disciple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Renowned both as a distinguished Buddhist scholar and former Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Rinpoche embodies a unique blend of spiritual authority, academic rigor, and lifelong commitment to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism.
In this special session, he will illuminate the deep meditative path of Mahamudra as transmitted through the Gelug lineage, guiding practitioners toward a direct experience of the nature of mind. Through this rare opportunity, participants will gain not only clarity in the view and methods of Mahamudra, but also practical tools to cultivate insight, inner freedom, and lasting peace.
September 17 • 3 pm- 5 pm
Venue:
Columbia University, Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium
Free
Limited Space, submit your questions to np2659@columbia.edu
Must show ticket at the door.
Venue:
Lerner Roone Alredge Auditorium
Columbia University
2920 Broadway New York, NY
1 train stops at 116th Street–Columbia University station
For questions, contact Nawang Palden
Email
np2659@columbia.edu
Phone
(646) 256-0510