UC Clermont Welcomes Buddhist Master

The UC Clermont Diversity Task Force welcomes Dzogchen Master Traga Rinpoche to campus on Thursday March 11, 2004 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., as he addresses college and community members in Room 142 of Snyder Hall.

Traga Rinpoche has received profound foundational as well as advanced teaching from some of the greatest living masters of Tibetan Buddhism, including His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche and His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. The event includes a short discussion by Traga Rinpoche about Buddhist philosophies and views of life, followed by a question and answer session, facilitated by translator Robert Warren Clark PhD.

Dr. Clark is an independent scholar and consultant to the Himalayan Department at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, who serves as the Curator of the Bernarn-Murry Collection of Tibetan Art and Artifacts at the University of California, Berkeley.

The event is free and open to the public. For directions to the college, call 732-5332 or visit the UC Clermont Web site.