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Community Meeting on the Community Center Project TANC Thanksgiving Party

A Talk by Kuno La

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Posted by WebMaster on Nov 18, 2009 in Other Events | 0 comments

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SFRTYC would like to invite our fellow community members to meet Kuno Ngawang Thopdup la, who has shown his interest in discussing the life of His Holiness the Dalai lama with emphasis on the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet with the Bay Area Tibetan community and friends.
The event is scheduled to take place on November 20th at 6pm in Cedar Bonita, Berkeley.

(BIO) Ngawangthondup Narkyid (Known as Kuno)

Ngawangthondup Narkyid was born in Tzethang, Tibet in 1931. In 1948, after graduating from the Academic Institute at the Potala Palace, he became a staff member of the Secretary Council of the Tibetan Government. In 1959, he joined the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and was then appointed as a staff member of the Foreign Affairs Department. He worked on Chinese documents and translating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Tibetan. Beginning in 1960, he served as the General Secretary of the first Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile for two years and as the General Secretary of Foreign Affairs for eight years. From 1984 to 2004 Narkyid served as the Official Biographer of the Dalai Lama, and since 2005, has been a Consultant to Tibetan Language and Literature in the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Kuno la recently authored the book titled “A Brief Biography on the 13th Dalai Lama” in January. Please CLICK HERE to read more about the book launch in January.

WHAT: Discussion on Tibet’s His Holiness the Dalai Lamas (both current and prior)
WHERE: Berkeley Unitarian Universalist Church. 1924 Cedar ST Berkeley California 94709
WHEN: Next Friday, November 20th, 6:00pm
WHO: Every Tibetan and Supporter interested in learning about His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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