Art of Compassion Tour

Gyumend monks chanting event in Moscow.  October, 2011

Art of Compassion is a Tibetan arts and culture tour created by Lobsang Tsering Phartsang in the year of 2000 and has brought Tibetan monks from the Gyumed Monastery in Southern India to United States and Russia to demonstrate the essence of Tibetan arts and culture.  During the tours, Lobsang exhibited Tibetan Arts by creating sand Mandela paintings and butter sculptures, arranged Tibetan cultural performances, introduced Tibetan medicines, and gave lectures about meditation, peace, and the Art of Compassion presentation.  He also facilited celebrities as guest speakers
such as Richard Gere and Robert Thurman to Tibet Festival 2004 in Russia to be part of the program.  Lastly, the monks chanting concert for the universal purification was the most popular and successful event in Russia.  The most recent chanting event was held in Moscow during October, 2011;  1200 seats were sold out with rave reviews.

Gyumed monks gave a fire puja ceremony in front of the new Kalmykia temple, the largest temple in Europe.

Two hightest rinpoches, the spirital leaders of Mongolian Republic regions were
invited from Tuva (Left) and Kalmukia (Right) in Russia. October, 2011