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Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen dies at 85; Tibetan lama founded Long Beach Buddhist center

February 21, 2009 – 1:00 pm

Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen, a leading Tibetan lama, human rights activist and founder of a Buddhist center in Long Beach, died Feb. 13 after a short illness. He was 85. Gyeltsen died at his home at the Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist center, which he founded in 1978, two decades after he fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet. [...]

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One man’s journey to enlightenment shared

January 24, 2009 – 12:26 pm

By Chris Daley | Democrat staff writer | January 11, 2009 14:12  His name is Jangchub Chophel. That’s not the name he was born with, but it is, in a sense the name he was “reborn” with. A little more than three years ago, this self-described “save-the-world kind of school teacher” accepted the name given [...]

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Monks on a Mission

November 19, 2008 – 2:30 pm

Seven Tibetan Buddhist monks have been traveling across the United States, and on Monday, they stopped at Willard Chapel for a special presentation on peace and compassion. The Gaden Shartse Monks begin a lecture at Willard Chapel with a Tibetan chant. The monks had spent the day in central New York blessing a home and [...]

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Buddhist monks revisit Westminster

November 5, 2008 – 11:51 am

People create and change karma, one says By Matt Snyder  Herald Staff Writer    The Buddhists of the Gaden Shartse monastery in India opened their talk Wednesday at Westminster College by chanting a prayer, which began as a low rumble of words, five monks harmonizing together. They shifted halfway through to higher notes that resonated [...]

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