Buddhist Teacher Looking to Make Telluride Home

by Martinique Davis, Telluride Watch, Jul 10, 2008 "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." – His Holiness the Dalai Lama TELLURIDE, CO (USA) -- He is a pioneer in initiating a “quantum shift” toward worldwide peace and our sustainability as a species. And he lives right in our midst. Tibetan monk and Buddhist teacher Geshe Ngawang Phuntsok, who studied for over 20 years in India and holds a doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy, has come to Telluride to present a partial solution to the challenges we currently face through the teachings of Asanga (which means “without attachment”). Geshe will be at Siam Restaurant in Telluride on Saturday, July 12 at 2 p.m.; the event is an opportunity for the community to get to know Geshe, as well as an occasion to devise a means for... [read full story]