Tenzin Tsundue comes to Katoomba
Sakya Trinley Ling, Tibetan Buddhist Dharma
Activities Centre in the Blue Mountains is
proud to host an afternoon on Sunday February
12th, with Tenzin Tsundue, for a public talk:
'What's really happening inside Tibet.' As a
key player on the international arena with
activism for Tibet, this is an opportunity not
to be missed.
India-born Tibetan poet, writer and activist
Tenzin Tsundue, is described in New York Times
as ‘the new and the most popular face’ of the
‘restless children of the Dalai Lama.' Former
political prisoner who survived torture and
humiliation in Tibet under Chinese occupation
and a leader in the Tibetan struggle, Tsundue
publishes his books himself and makes a living
by peddling poetry. His second
book Kora is
in its seventh edition selling more than 18,000
copies and his third bookSemshook is
in its third edition. He won the first
“Outlook-Picador Non-fiction Contest 2001”.
Tsundue is widely published in national and
international media, and much anthologized.
During the talk, Tsundue will show a brief
documantary, as well as have copies of his
books available for signing.
Sakya Trinley Ling has a long-standing
commitment to the preservation of Tibetan
culture and human rights in Tibet. Sakya
Trinley Ling has been active since 1997,
hosting Tibetan Buddhist teachers, Tibetan
cultural events, film-nights, fund-raising
activities for Tibetans inside and outside
Tibet, as well as offering retreat programmes
and courses for professionals in Tibetan
Buddhist Psychotherapy. As the situation in
Tibet becomes increasingly critical, with now a
total of 17 self-immolations inside Tibet in
protest of the brutal Chinese crack-down on
Tibetans and Tibetan culture, now is really the
time to get behind these important activities.
As at all our events we will have our famous
chai and cake stall. Tenzin Tsundue will be at
the Katoomba Youth Hostel starting at 2pm.
Tickets are available online at
www.sakyabluemountains.org, or at Katoomba YHA,
207 Katoomba Street, or at the door, at a cost
of $20- or $15- concesssion. For further
enquiries please phone 0425 226
062.