Date:  7 Aug 2023 (Mon)
Time: 7.30–9PM
Venue: The Buddhist Library
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Talk Synopsis

Our roles and responsibilities in daily life may sometimes seem like a revolving door of hardship. How might we thrive despite such suffering? Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi will discuss how we may integrate Buddhist philosophy and practice into our lives with wisdom and clarity.

Important event details

  • For newcomers to the Library’s events: the session will comprise a talk and time for Q&A
  • Please attend once you register as seats are limited. We may stream the talk live via FaceBook, this is to be confirmed.

About Ven Tenzin Priyadarshi

Venerable Tenzin Priyardashi

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is President & CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a center dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and education on the ethical and humane dimensions of life. The Center is a collaborative and nonpartisan think tank, and its programs emphasize responsibility and examine meaningfulness and moral purpose between individuals, organizations, and societies. Six Nobel Peace Laureates serve as The Center’s founding members and its programs run in several countries and are expanding.

Venerable Tenzin’s unusual background encompasses entering a Buddhist monastery at the age of ten and receiving graduate education at Harvard University with degrees ranging from Philosophy to Physics to International Relations. He is a Tribeca Disruptive Fellow and a 2018 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

Venerable Tenzin serves on the boards of number of academic, humanitarian, and religious organizations. He is the recipient of several recognitions and awards, and received Harvard’s Distinguished Alumni Honors for his visionary contributions to humanity.