His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has been has been awarded Yale’s prestigious Chubb Fellowship for Spring 2015. As the spiritual head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa has emerged as an important leader for our time and has been described as “a world spiritual leader for the 21st century.”
His Holiness the Karmapa’s visit to Yale includes a four day program jointly supported by the Chubb Fellowship, the Yale Himalaya Initiative, the Department Religious Studies, the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. In addition to offering a public talk to the university community, His Holiness will meet with the University President and participate in variety of student life activities.
Photo Gallery of HH the Karmapa’s Visit to Yale
Video of HH the Karmapa’s lecture “Compassion in Action—Buddhism and the Environment”:
Yale News
- Official Yale University press release
- Protecting the Environment Begins in the Heart, Says Buddhist Leader
- Buddhist Leader Extols Environmental Activism
Other News
- Karmapa Commences Environmental Visit to Yale University
- Karmapa Meets With Environmental Activists, Views Yale’s Rare Manuscript Collection
- Yale Awards Karmapa its Prestigious Chubb Fellowship
- Speaking on Environment, His Holiness Delivers Prestigious Chubb Lecture
- Connecticut Tibetans Receive Blessings, Encouragement from Karmapa
- Yale Arranges Private Sacred Music Concert for Karmapa
- Karmapa’s Urban Activism: Planting Trees on the Streets of New Haven
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Woolsey Hall (500 College St)
“Compassion in Action—Buddhism and the Environment”
The venue is Yale’s beautiful Woolsey Hall, which seats 2,600.
Tickets available to the Yale community Monday March 23 and the general public Tuesday March 24.
Tickets are available through the Chubb Fellowship page HERE.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
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The Chubb Fellowship is designed to foster an interest in public affairs, especially among Yale College students. The selection of His Holiness the Karmapa as a Chubb Fellow resonates well with the Yale Himalaya Initiative’s mandate to bring together members of the Yale community from all parts of the university to converse on matters relating to the Himalayan region.
Previous Chubb Fellows include Nobel Peace Prize laureates Leymah Gbowee and Aung San Suu Kyi, actors such as Shah Rukh Khan and Morgan Freeman, and the current United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
For more information about His Holiness the Kamapa’s US tour click here.