Join us Friday, July 4 at Isabel Bader Theatre for Supporting Resilience and Mental Health in the Age of AI: a public talk with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Explore the intersection of contemplative wisdom, mental health, and technological change in a conversation moderated by Dr. Rory Lindsay, Assistant Professor in the Department of the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto and editor of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, a global initiative founded by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to translate and share the Tibetan Buddhist Canon.
Co-hosted by the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies, New College, and the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program at U of T, this event will address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Event Details:
Date: Friday, July 4, 2025
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM ET (Doors open at 6:00 PM)
Location: Isabel Bader Theatre, University of Toronto
93 Charles Street West, Toronto | M5S 2C7
This event is only open to University of Toronto students, staff and faculty.
About the Speakers:
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, is a widely respected Buddhist scholar and teacher from the Rimé (nonsectarian) lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche is known for his modern, progressive, and sometimes provocative approach to teaching the dharma.
Rinpoche was born in Bhutan and at the age of five, he was recognized by His Holiness Sakya Trizin as the reincarnation of a revered Tibetan master, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
As a child, Rinpoche began intensive Buddhist training in Sikkim and later continued his studies in India at Sakya College, where he was mentored by some of the most respected Tibetan Buddhist teachers of the 20th century. This rich education laid the foundation for his lifelong dedication to sharing the Buddha’s teachings.
Today, Rinpoche guides hundreds of thousands of students in about 40 countries around the world. As an author, filmmaker, and benefactor, his many creative and philanthropic endeavors extend beyond traditional efforts through an ever-growing mandala of activities.
Dr. Rory Lindsay is an assistant professor in the Department for the Study of Religion. He is also an editor at 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha and a university affiliate for the Buddhist Texts Translation Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
His recent book Saving the Dead: Tibetan Funerary Rituals in the Tradition of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, 2024) examines the history of Tibetan funerary practices based on this tantra and the intersecting forms of agency—human, nonhuman, and material—that are described in its ritual manuals. His second book, coauthored with Tibetan scholar Khenpo Tashi Dorje, will examine the life and writings of the twentieth-century master Drayab Lodrö Gyaltsen.
If you have any questions about this event please email us at buddhiststudies@utoronto.ca
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