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Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy 59 Church Street, Unit 3, Cambridge, MA 02138 http://chaplains.harvard.edu/ PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy March 13 th , 2015 Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy Welcomes H.H. the Karmapa and H.H. the Sakya Trizin to Boston. BOSTON—March 13 th , 2015— Harvard Buddhist Chaplain, Lama Migmar announced today that two important Tibetan Buddhist leaders will be visiting Boston. H.H. the Karmapa, widely considered the third-highest lama in Tibetan Buddhism, will be giving a lecture at Harvard University on March 26th. The Lecture is on “Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century.” More information can be found at: http://www.green.harvard.edu/events/caring-life-earth-twenty-first-century. Then, on April 11th and 12th, H.H. the Sakya Trizin, considered the second-highest lama in Tibetan Buddhism after the H.H. the Dalai Lama, will be visiting Boston to teach Buddhism. More information can be found at: http://www.sakya.net. “This is a rare opportunity for the people of Boston to experience the wisdom of two of Tibetan Buddhism’s most revered masters. These occasions are really something not to be missed by the Buddhist community of Boston,” said Lama Migmar, Harvard Buddhist Chaplain. About H.H. the Sakya Trizin His Holiness Sakya Trizin is the supreme head of the Khon Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He ascended to the throne of Sakya at the young age of seven and is the 41st patriarch of the Khon lineage which dates back to 1073. About H.H. the Karmapa His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, heads the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. At the age of fourteen, he made a dramatic escape from Tibet to India to be near His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his own lineage teachers.

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Page 1: Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy Welcomes H.H. the Karmapa and ... · Karmapa and H.H. the Sakya Trizin to Boston. BOSTON—March 13th, 2015— Harvard Buddhist Chaplain, Lama Migmar announced

Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy 59 Church Street, Unit 3, Cambridge, MA 02138

http://chaplains.harvard.edu/

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy March 13th, 2015

Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy Welcomes H.H. the Karmapa and H.H. the Sakya Trizin to Boston. BOSTON—March 13th, 2015— Harvard Buddhist Chaplain, Lama Migmar announced today that two important Tibetan Buddhist leaders will be visiting Boston.

H.H. the Karmapa, widely considered the third-highest lama in Tibetan Buddhism, will be giving a lecture at Harvard University on March 26th. The Lecture is on “Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century.” More information can be found at: http://www.green.harvard.edu/events/caring-life-earth-twenty-first-century.

Then, on April 11th and 12th, H.H. the Sakya Trizin, considered the second-highest lama in Tibetan Buddhism after the H.H. the Dalai Lama, will be visiting Boston to teach Buddhism. More information can be found at: http://www.sakya.net.

“This is a rare opportunity for the people of Boston to experience the wisdom of two of Tibetan Buddhism’s most revered masters. These occasions are really something not to be missed by the Buddhist community of Boston,” said Lama Migmar, Harvard Buddhist Chaplain. About H.H. the Sakya Trizin His Holiness Sakya Trizin is the supreme head of the Khon Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He ascended to the throne of Sakya at the young age of seven and is the 41st patriarch of the Khon lineage which dates back to 1073. About H.H. the Karmapa His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, heads the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. At the age of fourteen, he made a dramatic escape from Tibet to India to be near His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his own lineage teachers.

Page 2: Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy Welcomes H.H. the Karmapa and ... · Karmapa and H.H. the Sakya Trizin to Boston. BOSTON—March 13th, 2015— Harvard Buddhist Chaplain, Lama Migmar announced

His Holiness the Sakya Trizin is seated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s right, and His Holiness the 16th Karmapa is seated to His Holiness the Sakya Trizin’s right. Dharamsala, India.

His Holiness the Sakya Trizin

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa

Contact: Lama Migmar [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/HarvardBuddhistChaplaincy END ###