Menla Institute Schedule 2003

6/9-7/3 Classical Literary and Spoken Tibetan I
6/9-7/3 Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language
6/20-22 Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II

7/7-8/1 Classical literary and spoken Tibetan II
7/7-8/1 Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language
7/11-13 Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II
7/24-27 Integrative Medicine Retreat

8/1-3 Medicine Buddha Initiation and Retreat
8/4-7 Preliminary Familiarization Retreat
8/1-3 Second Annual Tibetan and Integrative Medicine Conference
8/15-17 Awakening Love & Wisdom: a Dharma Retreat

Classical literary and spoken Tibetan I Paul Hackett and Geshe G. Chodak No prior knowledge of Tibetan is required. Designed to develop reading, speaking, and auditory comprehension skills, the course will cover the basic Tibetan script, grammar, reading, and speaking in the morning sessions. The afternoon session will be devoted exclusively to conversational Tibetan. When taken with Tibetan S4615R (below), it is equivalent to a full-year course in elementary Tibetan.
June 9 -July 3
M/Tu/W/Th/F 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M., 1:00-2:00 P.M.
Course Number: Tibetan S4614H-4 points.

Classical literary and spoken Tibetan II Paul Hackett and Geshe G. Chodak Continuation of S4614H, above. Prerequisite: S4614H or instructor's permission. Building on skills developed in Tibetan, 1, this course emphasizes reading ability and translation skills, while the conversational component will focus on increasing the auditory comprehension skills needed for conversation and spoken translation.
July 7 - August 1 : :
M/T/W/Th/F 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M., 1:00-2:00 P.M.
Course Number: Tibetan S4615R-4 points.

For these two courses, registration and class credit is through Columbia University. Both classes will be held at Menla. Please call Tibet House regarding housing costs. For housing information contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563

Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language Bill Magee This summer Dr. Bill Magee will direct a program of literary and colloquial Tibetan, in association with Tibet House in New York City. He will be assisted by Paul Hackett. The eight-week intensive program will focus on literary comprehension and oral interpretation for intermediate and advanced students. This course will be using a new in-class technique developed by Dr. Magee for the rapid development of proficiency in oral translation employing short-utterance digital sound (SUDS). June 9 - July 3 July 7 - August 1
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563

Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II: based on "Sunrays of Mind-Reform" connected with "Great Stages of the Enlightenment Path" Robert Thurman and Geshe Gelek Chodak These weekend retreats can serve as an intensive introduction to Buddhism, encompassing its ethics, meditational practices, and worldview transformations, and the arts of integrating practice with performance in daily life. They can be taken individually or sequentially, by complete beginners or by more advanced-students, seeking to shore up the foundations of the most advanced practices. (Depending on interest there is a possibility for serious students to stay on during the week for guided practice with Robert Thurman.) Two Two-Day Retreats June 20-22, July 11-13
Tuition: Members $l65/Nonmembers $175
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563

Integrative Medicine Retreat Woodsen Merrill, Frank Lipman, Robert A.F. Thurman, Lindsey and Bobby Clennell, Tashi Rabten Contemporary western medicine is effective for many problems, but ineffective for others. Integrative Medicine combines the best of Western Medicine with the best of alternative and complementary therapies. It integrates the knowledge we've gained from science with the wisdom of ancient healing traditions. Drs Merrell and Lipman, two leading practitioners of Integrative Medicine, and Robert Thurman and Tashi Rabten, strongly believe that it is the future of medicine, and that inclusive, compassionate, relationship-centered medical care must become the standard of practice for our currently problematical medical care delivery system to begin the path to healing. Together with 2 senior Iyengar yoga teachers, the Clennells, they will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to take charge of your health. There will be a morning invigorating yoga class and late afternoon restorative yoga class taught by the Clennells. In between Drs Lipman, Merrell, Thurman, and Rabten will clear up confusions about different diets, review common supplements, explain the importance of detoxification and give you lips to add years to your life and life to your years. The program will help reverse the unhealthy habits and poor functioning that we can develop and take for granted over the course of our lives, replacing them with new behaviors that leave us stronger, healthier, and more resilient to illness.
July 24-27 — 3 1/2 Day Retreat starting with registration and dinner on Thursday, July 24 ending the afternoon of Sunday, July 27
Tuition: $250 Members/$270 Nonmembers
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563

Medicine Buddha Initiation and Retreat Venerable Gehlek Rinpoche assisted by Robert Thurman The Medicine Buddha is believed to be the mythic emanation that Buddhas manifest when they grace a planet with the integrative teaching of Buddhist medicine - the vision of the earth itself and everything on it as medicine. Tibetan physicians are initiated into the mandala of the Medicine Buddha, and learn to practice the visualization and realization meditations it makes possible, in order to channel the Medicine Buddha's Wisdom and Compassion into their work of healing suffering beings. In this retreat the Venerable Gehlek Rinpoche will confer the Medicine Buddha initiation or empowerment, and will then continue to give the detailed instructions on how to meditate.
One Two-Day Initiation and Teaching August 1-3 -
Preparation, Initiation, and Instruction
Tuition: Members $165/ Nonmembers $175
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563

Preliminary Familiarization Retreat Those who elect to accomplish a four-day version of the preliminary "familiarization retreat" will then have the opportunity to continue practicing while the empowerment is fresh, with ongoing assistance and instruction during the subsequent days.
One Four-Day Retreat August 4-7
Tuition: Members $250/Nonmembers $270
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563

TENTATIVE :

Second Annual Tibetan and Integrative Medicine Conference Conveners: Profs. Robert Thurman and Lobsang Rapgay Invited participants: Drs. Frank Upman, Woodsen Merrell, Kimberly Johnson, StephenCowan, Joseph Loizzo, Larry Baskind, Leslie Blackhall, et al,; L. Ac.'s Harriet Beinfield, Ephraim Korngold, et a!. Researchers: Erik Jacobsen,Fredi Kronenberg, et al.; ethnobotanists Trish Flaster et al. Tibetan physicians: Tashi Rabten, Namgyel Tenzin, Dekyi Nyarongsha, ChoeyingPuntsok, Jhampa Kalsang, et al. There will be other mystery guests. Tibetan healers and physicians, Integra-live physicians, researchers, ethno-botanists, Western clinicians, and licensed acupuncturists will gather at Menla to discuss the current state of complementary, alternative, and integrate medicine in contemporary society, with special focus on how Tibetan medical and healing traditions can engage with the planetary process of re-humanizing medicine, without loss of any valid scientific progress. Audience size will be limited, so that audience participation can be possible.
Weekend Conference August 1-3
Tuition: $250
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563

NEW PROGRAM

Awakening Love & Wisdom: a Dharma Retreat Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman In times of uncertainty and change, we can draw on some practical tools to help us move beyond constricting habitual patterns such as fear, denial and despair. Awakening the inner capacities for love and compassion that we all have, we learn to transform our worldview from one of isolation and confusion to one of connection and clarity. We can open to a power of faith and courage based on seeing things just as they are. According to Tibetan scriptures, enlightenment requires more than a sitting meditation practice alone. It demands and understanding of philosophical truths and concepts encapsulated in its teachings. You will discover why happiness is the true goal of Tibetan spirituality, how you can achieve it , and the many paths to that destination. Suitable for both new and experienced meditators, the weekend will consist of guided meditations, talks, and time for questions and answers.
One Two-Day Retreat August 15-17
Tuition: Members $165/ Nonmembers $175
Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563


TIBET HOUSE EVENTS
MENLA INSTITUTE 2003
		GREETINGS from TIBET HOUSE USA We are pleased to announce the upcoming spring/summer programs at Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia, NY and at Tibet House US in New York City. Please visit our website for further information about Tibet House US: www.tibethouse.org. If you would like to be notified of events at Menla or Tibet House or to receive our biannual newsletter, please send an email request to mingmar@tibethouse.org . To register for any of the programs at Menla Mountain Retreat or at Tibet House US, please contact Angie at 212.807.0563 or angie@tibethouse.org.
Menla Retreat Center Programs: (scroll down for complete description) Classes in red indicate previously unannounced programs. 6/9-7/3 Classical Literary and Spoken Tibetan I 6/9-7/3 Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language 6/20-22 Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II 7/7-8/1 Classical literary and spoken Tibetan II 7/7-8/1 Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language 7/11-13 Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II 7/24-27 Integrative Medicine Retreat 8/1-3 Medicine Buddha Initiation and Retreat 8/4-7 Preliminary Familiarization Retreat 8/1-3 Second Annual Tibetan and Integrative Medicine Conference 8/15-17 Awakening Love & Wisdom: a Dharma Retreat PROGRAMS AT MENLA MOUNTAIN RETREAT 375 Pantherkill Road, Phoenicia, NY Classical literary and spoken Tibetan I Paul Hackett and Geshe G. Chodak No prior knowledge of Tibetan is required. Designed to develop reading, speaking, and auditory comprehension skills, the course will cover the basic Tibetan script, grammar, reading, and speaking in the morning sessions. The afternoon session will be devoted exclusively to conversational Tibetan. When taken with Tibetan S4615R (below), it is equivalent to a full-year course in elementary Tibetan. June 9 -July 3 M/Tu/W/Th/F 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M., 1:00-2:00 P.M. Course Number: Tibetan S4614H-4 points. Classical literary and spoken Tibetan II Paul Hackett and Geshe G. Chodak Continuation of S4614H, above. Prerequisite: S4614H or instructor's permission. Building on skills developed in Tibetan, 1, this course emphasizes reading ability and translation skills, while the conversational component will focus on increasing the auditory comprehension skills needed for conversation and spoken translation. July 7 - August 1 : : M/T/W/Th/F 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M., 1:00-2:00 P.M. Course Number: Tibetan S4615R-4 points. For these two courses, registration and class credit is through Columbia University. Both classes will be held at Menla. Please call Tibet House regarding housing costs. For housing information contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563 Intermediate/Advanced Tibetan Language Bill Magee This summer Dr. Bill Magee will direct a program of literary and colloquial Tibetan, in association with Tibet House in New York City. He will be assisted by Paul Hackett. The eight-week intensive program will focus on literary comprehension and oral interpretation for intermediate and advanced students. This course will be using a new in-class technique developed by Dr. Magee for the rapid development of proficiency in oral translation employing short-utterance digital sound (SUDS). June 9 - July 3 July 7 - August 1 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563 Basic Buddhism Retreats I and II: based on "Sunrays of Mind-Reform" connected with "Great Stages of the Enlightenment Path" Robert Thurman and Geshe Gelek Chodak These weekend retreats can serve as an intensive introduction to Buddhism, encompassing its ethics, meditational practices, and worldview transformations, and the arts of integrating practice with performance in daily life. They can be taken individually or sequentially, by complete beginners or by more advanced-students, seeking to shore up the foundations of the most advanced practices. (Depending on interest there is a possibility for serious students to stay on during the week for guided practice with Robert Thurman.) Two Two-Day Retreats June 20-22, July 11-13 Tuition: Members $l65/Nonmembers $175 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563 Integrative Medicine Retreat Woodsen Merrill, Frank Lipman, Robert A.F. Thurman, Lindsey and Bobby Clennell, Tashi Rabten Contemporary western medicine is effective for many problems, but ineffective for others. Integrative Medicine combines the best of Western Medicine with the best of alternative and complementary therapies. It integrates the knowledge we've gained from science with the wisdom of ancient healing traditions. Drs Merrell and Lipman, two leading practitioners of Integrative Medicine, and Robert Thurman and Tashi Rabten, strongly believe that it is the future of medicine, and that inclusive, compassionate, relationship-centered medical care must become the standard of practice for our currently problematical medical care delivery system to begin the path to healing. Together with 2 senior Iyengar yoga teachers, the Clennells, they will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to take charge of your health. There will be a morning invigorating yoga class and late afternoon restorative yoga class taught by the Clennells. In between Drs Lipman, Merrell, Thurman, and Rabten will clear up confusions about different diets, review common supplements, explain the importance of detoxification and give you lips to add years to your life and life to your years. The program will help reverse the unhealthy habits and poor functioning that we can develop and take for granted over the course of our lives, replacing them with new behaviors that leave us stronger, healthier, and more resilient to illness. July 24-27 — 3 1/2 Day Retreat starting with registration and dinner on Thursday, July 24 ending the afternoon of Sunday, July 27 Tuition: $250 Members/$270 Nonmembers Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563 Medicine Buddha Initiation and Retreat Venerable Gehlek Rinpoche assisted by Robert Thurman The Medicine Buddha is believed to be the mythic emanation that Buddhas manifest when they grace a planet with the integrative teaching of Buddhist medicine - the vision of the earth itself and everything on it as medicine. Tibetan physicians are initiated into the mandala of the Medicine Buddha, and learn to practice the visualization and realization meditations it makes possible, in order to channel the Medicine Buddha's Wisdom and Compassion into their work of healing suffering beings. In this retreat the Venerable Gehlek Rinpoche will confer the Medicine Buddha initiation or empowerment, and will then continue to give the detailed instructions on how to meditate. One Two-Day Initiation and Teaching August 1-3 - Preparation, Initiation, and Instruction Tuition: Members $165/ Nonmembers $175 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563 Preliminary Familiarization Retreat Those who elect to accomplish a four-day version of the preliminary "familiarization retreat" will then have the opportunity to continue practicing while the empowerment is fresh, with ongoing assistance and instruction during the subsequent days. One Four-Day Retreat August 4-7 Tuition: Members $250/Nonmembers $270 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563 TENTATIVE : Second Annual Tibetan and Integrative Medicine Conference Conveners: Profs. Robert Thurman and Lobsang Rapgay Invited participants: Drs. Frank Upman, Woodsen Merrell, Kimberly Johnson, StephenCowan, Joseph Loizzo, Larry Baskind, Leslie Blackhall, et al,; L. Ac.'s Harriet Beinfield, Ephraim Korngold, et a!. Researchers: Erik Jacobsen,Fredi Kronenberg, et al.; ethnobotanists Trish Flaster et al. Tibetan physicians: Tashi Rabten, Namgyel Tenzin, Dekyi Nyarongsha, ChoeyingPuntsok, Jhampa Kalsang, et al. There will be other mystery guests. Tibetan healers and physicians, Integra-live physicians, researchers, ethno-botanists, Western clinicians, and licensed acupuncturists will gather at Menla to discuss the current state of complementary, alternative, and integrate medicine in contemporary society, with special focus on how Tibetan medical and healing traditions can engage with the planetary process of re-humanizing medicine, without loss of any valid scientific progress. Audience size will be limited, so that audience participation can be possible. Weekend Conference August 1-3 Tuition: $250 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807.0563 NEW PROGRAM Awakening Love & Wisdom: a Dharma Retreat Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman In times of uncertainty and change, we can draw on some practical tools to help us move beyond constricting habitual patterns such as fear, denial and despair. Awakening the inner capacities for love and compassion that we all have, we learn to transform our worldview from one of isolation and confusion to one of connection and clarity. We can open to a power of faith and courage based on seeing things just as they are. According to Tibetan scriptures, enlightenment requires more than a sitting meditation practice alone. It demands and understanding of philosophical truths and concepts encapsulated in its teachings. You will discover why happiness is the true goal of Tibetan spirituality, how you can achieve it , and the many paths to that destination. Suitable for both new and experienced meditators, the weekend will consist of guided meditations, talks, and time for questions and answers. One Two-Day Retreat August 15-17 Tuition: Members $165/ Nonmembers $175 Registration contact Angie angie@tibethouse.org or 212.807. 0563
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