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We invite you to enjoy the following edited video or audio conversation with Gelek Rimpoche and Philip Glass in New York in 2006. In this video you will enjoy a fascinating conversation between the long time friends, Gelek Rimpoche and Philip Glass in New York. Philip poses interesting questions to Rimpoche about his life and…
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In this offering, you will be listening to edited audio teachings by Gelek Rimpoche. White Tara, mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is associated with healing and longevity and is known for her quick loving and compassionate activity. In this 2004 workshop held in Ann Arbor, MI, Gelek Rimpoche offers us the opportunity to learn the…
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In this offering, you will be listening to edited audio teachings by Gelek Rimpoche. White Tara, mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is associated with healing and longevity and is known for her quick loving and compassionate activity. In this 2004 workshop held in Ann Arbor, MI, Gelek Rimpoche offers a Tara Blessing Ceremony where he…
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Lesson 12 In this lesson Gelek Rimpoche introduces the next section of the Thirty Seven Wings to Enlightenment, the Five Powers, and in particular, the first of these, Faith. How can we determine if our faith is blind or intelligent faith? Gelek Rimpoche tells wonderful stories from the history of Tibetan Buddhism which illuminate the…
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Dear Friends, I am writing to ask you to participate in our Annual Ensuring the Future Campaign. Your support is crucial in helping us continue to present teachings and preserve Tibetan Buddhism and Culture. We know times are hard but we hope you will help us meet our goal of raising $70,000. This has been…
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I have been very busy traveling lately. As you know, last month I returned from the Netherlands where we had wonderful teachings on the Ganden Lha Gyema practice and a weekend workshop on the topic of karma. When I returned to Ann Arbor we continued with the teachings on Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s Songs of Spiritual…
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Last weekend I went to Cleveland and held a workshop, entitled Subtle and Gross Impermanence, at the Jewel Heart Center there. Cleveland was one of my first stations when I came to the United States in the 1980’s. I was hired to work with Professor Melvyn Goldstein on the Tibetan political history and language. I…
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From Garrison Fall Retreat 2010 I have been looking at what we have done for the past 20 years at Jewel Heart. I tried to benefit you people and future generations, along with increasing the longevity of Buddha’s teaching (and thereby benefitting every living beings so that they may have some joy). When I look…
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Jewel Heart is dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and to bringing the practice of this rich tradition within the context of contemporary life to everyone. Gelek Rimpoche (1939 – 2017) established his first Western teaching center in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 1985. In 1988, Jewel Heart was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with chapters…
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Gelek Rimpoche (1939-2017) is considered to be one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters and scholars of the 20th and 21st Centuries who came to the West and taught in English.  Born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1939, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche was recognized as an incarnate lama at the age of four. Carefully tutored from an…
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His Eminence Loden Sherab Dagyab Kyabgön Rinpoche was born in East Tibet in 1940. At the age of four he was recognized as the 9th Kyabgon (protector) of the region of Dagyab. Rinpoche is one of the highest tulkus in Tibet. In 1959, Rinpoche escaped with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to India. From 1964 to…
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Reasoning and logic are essential in order to reveal what is in fact true and reliable knowledge. Pramana is a Sanskrit term that Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist traditions use to refer to the elements necessary to recognize how knowledge is understood, and how its veracity and reliability can be ascertained. Drawing from Dharmakirti’s Compendium of Valid Cognition,…
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David Mellins is a scholar of Buddhism, Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit Poetics. He received his PhD from Columbia University and has taught at Columbia, Rutgers and Yale Universities. He currently works as a translator of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist scriptures for 84,000 where he specializes in Dhāranī literature. He has lectured at conferences and seminars throughout Europe and…
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Desire and Craving as Presented inThe Udanavarga About this workshop. Suggested course materials: Translation of the Udanaavarga from Trübner’s Oriental SeriesUdânavarga: A Collection of Verses From the Buddhist CanonThe Tibetan Dhammapada: Sayings of the Buddha David Mellins Bio and Additional Courses Join / Donate

Drawing from the seventh and newest volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series with the Dalai Lama, Venerable Chodron will explore the subject of emptiness, one of the most central teachings in Buddhism. Searching for the Self delves deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety…
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