Summary of Events 28 November - 9 December 2001 at Tasmanian Museum

DAILY PROGRAM
10.30 – 4.30 Mandala creation continues throughout each day

Thursday 29 November
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Mandala Art’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ A Degree of Detachment’
2.30 – 3.30 Meditation Class’ Calming the Restless Mind’

Friday 30 November
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Monks’ Magic Flowers’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘Defining Happiness’
2.30 – 3.30 Tantric Art Class ‘Tsa Tsa Clay Workshop’
7.00 – 9.00 Special Event
Solutions for Living from Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom
‘Nowhere to Go – Freedom in Emptiness’
Booking not required. Admission $10.

Saturday 1 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Tibetan Peace Weaving’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Human Affection – The Healing Touch’
2.30 – 3.30 Meditation Class ‘Tibetan Ritual Exercise’
7.00 – 9.00 Special Event
Solutions for Living from Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom
‘Strength through Non- Violence’
Booking not required. Admission $10.

Sunday 2 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Stupa Clay Workshop’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Dealing with Dis-ease’
2.30 – 3.30 Tantric Art Class ‘Mani Stone Painting’ ( BYO Rock & brush)

Monday 3 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘ Tibetan Bamboo Pen Calligraphy’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Receiving – The Art of Giving’
2.30 – 3.30 Meditation Class ‘ Developing Happiness’

Tuesday 4 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Sand Sculpture’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘Compassion and You’
2.30 – 3.30 Tantric Art Class ‘Painting Auspicous Symbols on Cloth’

Wednesday 5 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘ Make Your Own Prayer Flag’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Transforming Jealousy Into Love’
2.30 – 3.30 Meditation Class ‘Healing Hurt’

Thursday 6 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Tibetan Peace Weaving’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Fear of Feeling – Obstacles to Relationship’
2.30 – 3.30 Tantric Art Class ‘ Mantra Writing & Recitation’

Friday 7 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Wishpath Exercises’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ The Myth of Enlightenment’
2.30 – 3.30 Meditation Class ‘Surviving Loss’

Saturday 8 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Tibetan Chess ‘ Chasing the King’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘ Living Life to the Full – the Tantric Experience’
2.30 – 3.30 Tantric Art Class ‘Harmonic Chanting Workshop’
8.00 pm Special Event
Gyuto Harmonic Choir ‘Sacred Sounds of Peace’
Hobart Town Hall
Bookings not required. Admission at door $15. Children free.

Sunday 9 December
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Meditation
11.00 – 12.00 Culture for Kids ‘Gyuto Offering Flowers’
12.30 – 1.30 Public Talk ‘A Peace Offering’
2.30 – 3.00 Meditation Class ‘ Hand Mudras – Ritual Hand Movements’
3.30 pm Dissolution Ceremony of Sand Mandala of Yamantaka and Procession to the Sea to return the sands to the waters of the earth.

Special Events

Solutions for Living from Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom
These two special sessions offer insights from the classic Buddhist teachings that help us to understand and cope with life as it is rather than how we would like it to be.

Friday 30 November, 7.00 – 9.00pm
Nowhere to go – Freedom in Emptiness

Saturday 1 December, 7.00 – 9.00 pm
Strength through Non – Violence
The Bond Store
$10 at door. Bookings not required

Gyuto Harmonic Choir
Sacred Sounds of Peace
See and hear the rich deep sounds of the monks as they chant for world peace, transforming themselves into the ‘Dakinis’ – the Sky Dancers, resplendent in their silk brocade capes and black and silver hats followed by the haunting boom of the Tibetan long horns, elephant drums and cymbals.

Saturday 8 December, 8.00 –10.00pm
Hobart Town Hall
$15 at door. Bookings not required. Children free.

Summary of Events 28 November – 9 December
The Bond Store,Tasmanian Museum, Hobart

Morning Meditation
Join the monks for 30 minutes of peace as they chant their morning prayers.

Mandala Creation
See the monks pour the coloured marble sands all the way from the Himalaya, grain by grain, to recreate from memory the two metre in diameter, 500 year old unchanging design of the Mandala of Yamantaka, Protector of Life and Conqueror of Our Fear of Death.

Daily 10.30 – 4.30 pm.

Culture for Kids
Have fun with the monks making your own prayer flags, magic flowers, Tibetan peace weaving and lots more.

Daily 11.00 –12.00

Thursday 29 Mandala Art
Friday 30 Monks’ Magic Flowers
Saturday 1 Tibetan Peace Weaving
Sunday 2 Stupa Clay Workshop
Monday 3 Tibetan Bamboo Pen Calligraphy
Tuesday 4 Sand Sculpture
Wednesday 5 Make Your Own Prayer Flag
Thursday 6 Tibetan Peace Weaving
Friday 7 Wishpath Exercises
Saturday 8 Tibetan Chess ‘Chasing the King’
Sunday 9 Gyuto Offering Flowers

Meditation Classes
A link between knowledge and practice, these sessions offer direct and clear advice and techniques for achieving balance and harmony in body and mind.

2.30 – 3.30 pm

Thursday 29 Calming the Restless Mind
Saturday 1st Tibetan Ritual Exercise
Monday 3 Developing Happiness
Wednesday 5 Healing Hurt
Friday 7 Surviving Loss
Sunday 9 Hand Mudras – Ritual Hand Movements

Tantric Art Classes
Learn from the monks the exquisite arts of Mani Stone Painting, Tibetan Bamboo Pen Calligraphy, Harmonic Chanting and

2.30 –3.30 pm

Friday 30 Tsa Tsa Clay Workshop
Sunday 2 Mani Stone Painting ( BYO stone & brush)
Tuesday 4 Painting Auspicous Symbols on Cloth
Thursday 6 Mantra Writing & Recitation
Saturday 8 Harmonic Chanting Workshop

Lunchtime Talk Series
by the Great Chantmaster of Gyuto Tantric University, Lobsang Tsering.
Presented as stand alone topics in clear simple language accessible to the general public. The series has been developed to offer a solid introduction to classic Buddhist teachings which provide a useful framework for addressing common life issues.

Daily 12.30 –1.30 pm

Thursday 29 A Degree of Detachment
Friday 30 Defining Happiness
Saturday 1 Human Affection – the Healing Touch
Sunday 2 Dealing with Dis-ease
Monday 3 Developing Happiness
Tuesday 4 Compassion and You
Wednesday 5 Transforming Jealousy into Love
Thursday 6 Fear of Feeling – Obstacles to Relationship
Friday 7 The Myth of Enlightenment
Saturday 8 Living Life to the Full – the Tantric Experience
Sunday 9 A Peace Offering

Admission details:
General entry: $5 donation

Further Information:
Tel: 61 3 6211 4177
Fax: 61 3 6211 4112
Email: tmagmail@tmag.tas.gov.au

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