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Buddhism and Art : How Buddhist Practice Informs CreativityAn evening with: Tibetan Master Gelek Rimpoche Musician and Composer Philip Glass www.philipglass.com Actor/Activist Richard Gere www.gerefoundation.org Musician and Conductor Bobby McFerrin www.bobbymcferrin.com Friday, April 18th 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Mi. Tickets: $5 Through Michigan Union Ticket Office 734.763.TKTS As a prelude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Weekend Teaching Engaging Compassion and Wisdom at Crisler Arena April 19-20, Jewel Heart invites you to join us for this very special evening presentation. Gelek Rimpoche was trained in Tibet prior to the 1959 Communist Chinese take-over. As a refugee in India, he was asked by his teachers (the junior and senior tutors of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) along with some of his peers, including the late Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche (founder of Naropa Institute and author of numerous books, including Shambahala: Path of the Sacred Warrior and Cutting Through Spiritual Materialsm) and Sogyal Rimpoche, founder of Rigpa and author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying to teach Buddhism in the West. Gelek Rimpoche is the founder of Jewel Heart, an International Tibetan Buddhist Organization, and the author of the Bestselling Good Life, Good Death and The Tara Box: Rituals of Protection and Healing from the Female Buddha. Philip Glass and Richard Gere are both long-time practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. Glass has been a student of Gelek Rimpoche for many years and has frequently, along with the late Allen Ginsberg, also a student of Rimpoche, organized and participated in numerous benefits to support Jewel Heart. Through his private foundation, Richard Gere has served as a long time advocate of human rights and charitable causes. He has been awarded honors by amfAR, Amnesty International, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Harvard AIDS Institute. He is also the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award and the prestigious Marian Anderson Award. Bobby McFerrin is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of "Don't Worry Be Happy", one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, and a passionate spokesman for music education.
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