Dubbed as the largest pan-Asian community event on the East Coast, The Asian/Pacific American (A/PA) Heritage Festival is a community festival with music, performances, food, and family fun. Performances by NYC Bhangra, KCP Arts, Soh Daiko,  Bollywood Axion, Blip Blip Bleep, Magnetic North & Taiyo Na, Cynthia Lin, Kevin So and Alfa. Come sample the finest appetizers of Indonesian sate skewers, Chinese spicy home style noodles, and other dishes from the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Cambodian, Vietnam and Indian cultures.

When: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 12 – 6 PM
Where: East 14th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue

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Each year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travels the world offering teachings and public talks to individuals from many different faiths and backgrounds. While His Holiness will also often bestow empowerment and initiations to coincide with these teachings, he continues to stress the importance of one attending teachings in order to provide practitioners with a better understanding of Buddhist philosophy.

On May 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 2010 Healing the Divide and The Tibet Center are honored to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s return to New York City.

His Holiness will impart three days of teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva.

On May 23rd, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk entitled Awakening the Heart of Selflessness. His Holiness will discuss the process of realizing true selflessness and how this realization awakens a genuine caring for others. This is how we achieve inner peace for ourselves, a feeling of responsibility for the happiness of others, and ultimately a more compassionate world for everyone. The public talk will conclude with a short question and answer session.

Both events will take place at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
For more information, please visit: Dalai Lama Official Website