"Bodhi Awakening" A three-day programme of talks, exhibitions & performances on Tibetan culture at Main Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 10am onwards on 16th-18th March 2012

Time : 10:00 am onwards

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Gandhi-King Plaza, Quadrangle Garden, Auditorium & Fountain Lawns, Main Building, India International Centre ( IIC ), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Details : 'Bodhi Awakening' A three-day programme of talks, exhibitions and performances on Tibetan culture.
Schedule : 
Friday 16
Auditorium at  10:00
Inauguration Ceremony
Foyer at 11:00
Sand Mandala Opening Ceremony
Auditorium, 14:00–17:00
National Seminar on Right to Education and Bhuti Language
Auditorium at 17:30
Panel Discussion on Modern Brain Science and the Buddhist Concept of Mind
Speakers: Geshe Dorji Damdul, Dr Ravindra Nagendra, Dr Ashum Gupta
Fountain Lawns at 18:30
Sacred Dance and Music (I)
By monks of Loseling Monastery
Bodhi Katha
By Kajoli Khanna
Saturday 17
Auditorium at 10:00
Meditation: A Tool for Conscious Living with Practice (I)
Mindroling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche
Chair: Prof Meenakshi Thapan
Auditorium at 14:30
Panel Discussion on Various Medical Systems: Tibetan Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Allopathy
Discussants: Dr S.K. Gupta, Dr Pema Dorji; Dr Kasim; Dr Bhagwan Dash; Dr Chaubey
Chair: Dr Barry Kerzen
Auditorium at 16:00
National Seminar on Guru Rabindranath Tagore on Buddhism
Auditorium at 17:30
Panel Discussion on Indo-Tibetan Relations before and after 1959
Speakers: Dr Lalit Mansingh; Shri Naresh Mathur; Shri Vijay Kranti
Chair: Prof Meenakshi Thapan
Fountain Lawns at 18:30
Sacred Dance and Music (II)
By Monks of Loseling Monastery
Sunday 18
Auditorium at 10:00
Meditation: A Tool for Conscious Living with Practice (II)
Mindroling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche
Chair: Shri Naresh Mathur
Auditorium at 14:30
Presentation on Classical Dances: Tibetan and Indian
Speakers: Mr DawaTashi and Ms Sharon Lowen
Chair: Ms Raji Ramanan
Foyer at 15:30
Dismantling of Sand Mandala
Auditorium at 17:00
Talk on Buddhist Philosophy and its Applications
Speaker: Geshe Lhakdor, Director, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Chair: Dr Madan Verma
Fountain Lawns at 18:30
Play on Milarepa
By Gangjong Doeghar Performing Arts

EXHIBITIONS  ■ GANDHI-KING PLAZA
Photographs of Tibetan lifestyles before and after 1959; Photographs by Vijay Kranti; Paintings by Elizabeth Brunner Display of thangkas and Tibetan jewellery; Demonstrations by thangka painters, Tibetan craftspeople and carpet-makers
Display of Tibetan medicine and Ayurvedic oils; Free health check-up (pulse reading) by traditional Tibetan doctors 
Display of books, T-shirts, CDs and candles
Stalls serving Tibetan snacks and tea

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