The NWTCA will be hosting a number of events in the year 2008 that will focus on the preservation of the Tibetan culture. Please check this page regularly as information will be added as it becomes available.  Events will be held at the NWTCA's Bhod Khang, 6225 NE Stanton, Portland, OR 97213, (one block south of NE Sandy Blvd.), unless stated otherwise.

Calender of Events for June - Aug 08: (Please scroll down)

Weekly events @ NWTCA Bhod Khang

Sunday prayer: 10am-Noon

Tibetan sunday school

10am - Noon - Tibetan language,  Noon-1.30pm-Tibetan music

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Saka dawa (Buddha Sakyamuni's Birth, Enlightment&Parinirvana)

most sacred Buddhist month

Kaagyur Tengyur reading session

June 4 - 18, 10am-5pm

Meals will be provided FREE

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Robert Thurman visits PDX

June 7, Saturday @ Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

(This event is organised by Powells books)

For details visit:  http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781582702209-0

June 8, Sunday, 10:am @ Bhodkhang (Tibet Center)

Talk by Robert A F Turman, Prof. of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies at Columbia University, New York, President and Co-founder of Tibet House, Tibetan Buddhism scholar and author

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7th Annual Tibetan Festival   (admission FREE)

When: June 21, Noon-5pm Saturday

Where: Esther Short Park, 301 West 8th St, Vancouver, WA

This year's attraction:- Sand mandala & Butter sculpture (Buddhist monk invited from Namgyal Monastery, Ithaca, NY) Thangka painting, Yak dance, Tibetan food, Tibetan costume display, a distinct Tibetan bazaar of traditional handicrafts and jewelry and much more..............

Chief Guest: The Honorable Royce E. Pollard, Mayor of Vancouver WA

Yogi Lama Wangdu from Nepal and Yogini Ani J Pelmo from Eugene will perform a special prayer service for World Peace.

(7th Annual festival is dedicated to the victims of recent unrest in Tibet)

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Birthday celebration

July 4, Friday, 10am: Trungkar Sangsol @ Mt. Hood,

July 5, Saturday, 6pm: Trungkar party @ Club Paesano, Gresham

Jully 6, Sunday, 10:30am: prayer & scarf ceremony @ Bhodkhang

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Madison, Wisconsin visit

When: July 19th -24th

Tenshug and teachings will be jointly organized by North America Tibetan Associations and Deer Park Buddhist Center. (Tibetan texts and oral translation will be available in English, Chinese and Spanish)

For details visit www.dalailama2008na.com

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Tibetan children junior summer camp

Where: Camp Wa-Ri-Ki, Washington

When: Aug 10 -17

Last date to register: June 15

For registration, contact any of the following:

Mr. Tashi Chhakpa, Dr. Kalsang Phuntsok,

Mr. Tsultrim Yeshopa, Mr. Ugen Shola

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