Behold Thurman and the Tibet House! March 4
Last week I went to an amazing benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, thanks to my good friend and Robert Thurman groupie, Helen. Laurie Anderson, Ray Davies (The Kinks!), Philip Glass, Ben Harper, Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Sigor Ros, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and crowd gathered to support the Tibet House, Tibetan cultural survival and PEACE! Patti Smith reading Ginsberg with her deep vibrato and a song Michael Stipe had performed only once before to his accompanying guitarist earlier in the day were especially sensational.
NYC is lucky to have the Tibet House, who is dedicated to preserving and promoting the wisdom and the arts of the distinctive and endangered Tibetan civilization. Robert Thurman, co-founder, is a popular professor in the Religion Department of Columbia University, author of numerous books, and gives frequent talks, on Buddhism at the Tibet House (all proceeds support the mission). If you miss one, you can listen to his videos and podcasts. He’s a beacon of wisdom - intellectual, spiritual, practical - and people say his talks can be life-changing! His next talk in NYC is “In Homage to His Holiness the VI Dalai Lama”, March 8, 2006 7-9 p.m. at the Tibet House.