Religion and Development in Tibet Series

The Tibet Governance Project honored to host

Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro of Larung Gar

Religion and Community Development Series

Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe མཁན་ཆེན་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་བློ་གྲོས།

The Tibet Governance Project at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs was honored to host Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro, one of the foremost civic leaders in contemporary Tibet.  A part of the core leadership of Larung Gar in Serta, Khenpo leads an ecumenical Tibetan Buddhist institution of over 10,000 followers in residence.

As a civic leader, Khenpo has led a public conversation inside Tibet about education, language issues, the environment, public health, HIV/AIDs awareness and vegetarianism.  Noted for his scholarship and publications on Buddhist philosophy in both Tibetan and Chinese, Khenpo is a leading figure in faith-based civic engagement in Tibet today.

This is Khenpo’s first visit to North America.  He gave his inaugural U.S. public lecture on Thursday, April 2.  Khenpo also led a series of academic seminars on religion and community development in contemporary Tibet from March 30-April 1.

Public Lecture

Religion and Development in Tibet Today
Thursday, April 2, 2015
6pm – 7:30pm

Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW Room 213
Washington, DC 20052

Community Development in Tibet Seminar Series

Role of Monastic Institutions in Community Development in Tibet

Serta Larung Gar in northern Kham

 

Monday, March 30, 2015
11am – 12:30pm

Institute for Global and International Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW Room 501
Washington, DC 20052

 

 Rise of Environmentalism and Its Effects on Community Development in Tibet
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
11am – 12:30pm

Institute for Global and International Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW Room 501
Washington, DC 20052
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Effects of Gender Disparities on Community Development in Tibet
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
11am – 12:30pm

Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The visit of Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro to GWU is part of a visit to a consortium of universities in U.S., including Columbia, Harvard, University of Virginia, Otterbein University, Colorado and University of California Santa Barbara.  Khenpo’s visit has been made possible with support from the Khyentse Lectureship, the HBH Fund and the Helen Clay Frick Foundation.  Khenpo’s visit to GW is supported by Machik, the Global Gender Program and Sigur Center for Asian Studies.