The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra features a deep spiritual dialogue between Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, and Vimalakirti, who although an Indian, can be considered the first Zen Master โ apart from the Buddha himself โ as he specializes in a type of discourse that is subtle, in a lucidity that balances on the razorโs edge…
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Bob Thurman, known in the academic circles as Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, is a talented popularizer of the Buddhaโs teachings, the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and was a longtime close friend of Gelek Rimpoche. A charismatic speaker and author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics and…
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Wednesdays: April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2024Fridays: April 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2024Extended to Fridays: May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2024 Translator Katrina Brooks explains what makes Geshe Yeshe Thabkheโs upcoming teaching on Kamalashilaโs Stages of Meditation (the final stages of meditation section) special. Kamalashila was an eighth century Indian scholar at…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe is a genuine contemplative master and a member of the last generation extensively trained in old Tibet. He received his monastic education at Drepung Loseling Monastery and, in 1969, was awarded the Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree of scholarship conferred within the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is Professor Emeritus of Buddhist…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the US. She graduated from UCLA, and did graduate work in education at USC. Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1977, she has studied extensively with His Holiness…
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