Madison Welcomes His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Madison: After successfully concluding his one-day program in New York, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived Friday morning in Madison, Wisconsin.
His Holiness was welcomed at the Madison airport by a number of dignitaries, including Wisconsin State Senate President Fred Risser, Geshe Llundup Sopa, director and abbot of Deer Park Buddhist Center, Tashi Namgyal, coordinator, North American Tibetan Association and Lobsang Tenzin, president of the Wisconsin Tibetan Association, Phayul reported.
Scores of Tibetans attired in their traditional costumes waited at Deer Park to greet His Holiness. Cultural performance by Tibetan artists in snow lion costumes filled the aura with traditional festivity. At the end, His Holiness was ushered into the monastery under a golden umbrella by the monastic officials.
 Members of students of Wisconsin Tibetan cultural school welcomes His Holiness the Dalai Lama by offering traditional Drotsol Chema |
His Holiness will consecrate a new temple complex at Deer Park Buddhist Center on Saturday morning. Later in the afternoon, His Holiness is scheduled to deliver a public talk at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum.
The highlight of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's five-day visit will be the long life prayer offering ceremony to be organized by the North American Tibetan Associations (NATA) and Geshe Lhundup Sopa of Deer Park Center on 24 July.
Beginning Sunday, His Holiness will confer four-day teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) by Shantideva and Kamalashila's Middle Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) by Kamalashila at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum.
Earlier on Thursday, some 6000 people thronged Radio City Music Hall in New York City to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Lord Buddha's Four Noble Truths, Phayul online repoted.
His Holiness underlined the efforts to preserve one's own traditions and culture but said it is wrong to close door to the outside world. His Holiness said that one should strive to become a 21st century Buddhist with both traditional values and modern education.
His Holiness appreciated the 'genuine interest' in Buddhist tradition shown by the people of Himalayan region. The Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader lauded the people of Himalayan region for their unwavering faith in Buddha Dharma and Buddhist tradition.
The Himalayan Buddhist Community of New York comprises of organizations of people from Chum, Dolpo, Gyalsumdo, Manang, Nupri, Mustang, Sherpa, Tamang, Thakali, Walung and Yolmo. All these peoples live in Nepal today, and have close religious and cultural ties with the Tibetans. His Holiness called Nepalese people and Tibetans 'twin bother and sister'.
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