Thursday, May 21st
6:30-8:00pm EST
In Person and Online
General Admission: $20 | Sponsor Admission: $45
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Stabilizing Bodhichitta: Heart Advice of Kadam Masters
This course explores the generation and stabilization of Bodhichitta—the awakened heart-mind that lies at the core of all Mahayana and Vajrayana practice.
Drawing on the pith instructions of the great Kadam masters, Ven. Priyadarshi will provide concise yet profound teachings designed to cultivate compassion, clarity, and unwavering intention. Through guided reflection and practical frameworks, the course highlights how the practice of developing bodhichitta can be integrated into daily life as a sustainable and inspiring practice. Emphasizing both philosophical understanding and experiential application, this evening lecture by philosopher, educator, and Tibetan Buddhist monk Ven. Priyadarshi offers essential support for practitioners seeking to deepen their path and align their motivation with the altruistic ideal of awakening for the benefit of all beings.
TEACHER BIO
Philosopher, Educator and a Polymath Monk, The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is President & CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a center dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and education on the ethical and humane dimensions of life. The Center is a collaborative and nonpartisan think-and-do tank, and its programs emphasize responsibility and examine meaningfulness and moral purpose between individuals, organizations, and societies. Six Nobel Peace Laureates serve as The Center’s founding members, and its programs run in several countries and are expanding.
Venerable Tenzin's unusual background encompasses entering a Buddhist monastery at the age of ten and receiving graduate education at Harvard University with degrees ranging from Philosophy to Physics to International Relations. He is a Tribeca Disruptive Fellow and a 2018 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. His book “Running Toward Mystery—The Adventure of an Unconventional Life” was published by Random House US.
He also serves as a Visiting Professor and Principal Researcher at International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, and Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. He is a Senior Fellow at the Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology.
Venerable Tenzin serves on the boards of number of academic, humanitarian, and religious organizations. He is the recipient of several recognitions and awards and received Distinguished Alumni awards from Harvard (2013) and Le Moyne College (2021) for his visionary contributions to humanity.
