Sun, Sep 03
|Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Train Your Mind: Who am I? Untangling the Nexuses of All Forms of Pain and Suffering
In this session, Dr. Chok will discuss the importance of human suffering, the causes of suffering, eliminating suffering, the importance of analytical meditation, what is not you, depending arising, and lastly finding who you are. // Free with RSVP, Seats are limited.
Time & Location
Sep 03, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA
About the event
Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam is an accomplished teacher who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi. He has dedicated his career to the study and translation of the Tibetan language in contemporary society.
Dr. Chok is a longtime practitioner -- and a highly respected instructor-- in Buddhist meditation and Tibetan yoga. His education was under the guidance of many of the great masters of the Tibetan Buddhist schools. Dr. Chok is also trained in yoga from the Bon and Indian traditions.
Ordained by HH the Dalai Lama, Dr. Chok practiced as a Tibetan monk for 10 years before adopting the life of a practicing academic, teacher and healer. As the Head of the Research and Translation Department at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, India he taught a wide range of modalities from Tibetan language classes to Tibetan yoga and Buddhist philosophy.
Admission is free with RSVP. Seats are limited.