Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one’s mind, this is the Teaching of the Buddhas. – Dhammapada New York, N.Y. At the age of 92, the Most Venerable Kurunegoda Sri Piyatissa Nayaka Maha Thero (Bhante Piyatissa) passed away in his room peacefully with mindfulness in the morning of October 11, 2019 […]
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Lama Thupten Phuntsok: Tibetan Monk’s Life Outside Monastery
Tawang, India. Born in Tawang, the middle of three sons, Lama Thupten Phuntsok was by tradition placed by his parents in a Tibetan monastery here. By this tradition here, the first son inherits the family’s wealth, the second son becomes a Buddhist monk, and the third son marries and devotes his life to his wife […]
Meet Japanese Grandmother of Tibetan Orphanage in India
Tawang, India. I first met Kazuko Hillyer Tatsumura, OMD, at a Christie’s benefit for Tibet House at Rockefeller Center in 2010. We began to chat about Japan, where I had once studied, as well as Tibet and the many Tibetans living along the Chinese border in India. What captured my attention was that she had […]
Introducing J. Luce Foundation’s Young Global Leaders Summer 2019
New York, N.Y. This summer, the J. Luce Foundation‘s Young Global Leadership Initiative (Facebook) welcomes 12 students from high schools and colleges across the United States. The group represents countries such as Burma, Colombia, China, Haiti, HongKong, Sri Lanka, U.S.A., and Vietnam. Under the foundation, the Young Global Leadership Initiative was created to provide ongoing opportunities for […]
N.Y. Times on Mathew Luce, Asian-American Identity and Transracial Adoption
New York, N.Y. Mengwen Cao photographed and interviewed New Yorkers who were adopted from Asia and grew up in white families in her piece, “Reconciling Asian-American Identity Within Transracial Adoptions,” published today in The New York Times (link). Mathew Luce, now 25, in front of masks bought from Indonesia at his Roosevelt Island apartment. Adopted from Indonesia […]
Meet American Lobsang Sangay, President of Tibet
Dharamshala, India. The office was simpler than I expected, and security less stringent. The man himself was less of a foreigner. In fact, he is as American as I am, having graduated from Harvard Law School and lived with his family in Boston for fifteen years. I joked with him that we had something in […]
World Leader: Remembering U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
New York, N.Y. We remember the powerful, humble and dedicated Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018. In October 2017, Mr. Annan joined his successor as Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the current chief of the […]
Meet J. Luce Foundation Global Advisor Jeremy Hu
New York, N.Y. Jeremy Hu first made his mark in the world of art and fashion. Born and raised in Taiwan, Jeremy studied Graphic Design, Advertising, and Photography at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. In his early career, he worked as a fashion model. He then moved to New York City, where he has held many positions, including worldwide art curator, […]
