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KTD BLOG   STUPA TOUR GAINS TRACTION Latest and greatest on the First KTD Stupa Tour!    Amazing! Three events in the Southwest: A Summer of Kagyu Dharma _________   Bardo Teachings with Lama Tashi Dondup, April 19-21 ________ Lama Karma Drodhul's most recent trip to Colombia: Not limited to Bogota!  Click above to see facebuda! KTD Website  KTD Blog  H.H. Karmapa's Website Pema Lhachi, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's sister and Lama Karma Drodhul's aunt, has passed away in China. Prayers are being said all over the world for dear Pema Lhachi, who many of you know from her long and beneficial residence at KTD. Above, photo from the first of three Chenrezik Pujas for Aunt Pema; photo on right, Pema in her room by Qi Zhang. Announcement sent to KTD/KTC members 3/2/2013 The Gyalwang Karmapa, Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche, Very Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche and monks of VVI performed Jangchok Puja for Pema Lhachi on the fifth of March. Following up: Albany College of Pharmacy Event Neuroscience meets Meditation   Lama Zopa, Shrine Room Albany KTC  Representing KTD monastery, Lama Zopa Borodin of Albany KTC joined Gaelle  Desbordes, Ph.D., a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, to discuss the latest neuroscience research about the effects of meditation practice on areas of the brain related to emotions and other mental responses. Desbordes' research showed that there were physical changes in the brains of meditators who did either basic Shamatha or Loving-kindness meditation, in contrast to the absence of physical changes in the brains of the non-meditating control group. Reductions in depression and anxiety were some of the psychological results for the meditators in the experiment.  Before the panel discussion with Gaelle Desbordes, Lama Zopa led a large group of professors and students from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in three Shamatha meditation methods. At the panel discussion, Lama Zopa told the audience that he himself had been a guinea pig in a neuroscience experiment at NYU (New York University). Despite the electrodes on his head and the noisy chaos when he was inside the MRI scanner, he actually enjoyed his experience.      "The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out" Published on March 4th! His Holiness Karmapa's new book is now available everywhere. (from the official press release) "... a major new publication by His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. We invite you to join bytaking a look at the contents of this remarkable book here.  Based on a series of meetings between His Holiness and a group of American college students, the book covers a range of issues, all chosen by the students, and includes chapters on food justice, gender identities, conflict resolution, consumerism and greed. In this book, the Gyalwang Karmapa takes a hard look at the urgent challenges facing his generation as a society, as a planet and as individuals. In the process, he encourages us all to rise to these challenges, using a resource we already have in abundance-the basic nobility of our human heart. The book is nothing short of a call to action, outlining His Holiness' vision for bringing transformative social action into daily life. To read excerpts from the book, visit www.theheartisnoble.com or step into a local Barnes and Noble, where the book is being featured on the New Arrivals tables this month. How You can Help: After you read the book, please enter a review on amazon.com! Five reviews so far - read them here.