Attaining Enlightenment through the Methods of Vajrayana Vajrayana, or Secret Mantra or Tantra, is Buddha’s special way to attain enlightenment quickly and easily. Demo Rinpoche will explain how to prepare and enter into Vajrayana through initiation and how to progress through the four classes of Tantra in general, as well as the generation and completion…
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Venerable Tokden Rinpoche, one of the senior-most lamas of Tibetan Buddhism and particularly of the Gelugpa tradition, was born in 1944 in the Dagyab district of Kham Province, Tibet. He was recognized as a reincarnated lama from childhood and received basic teachings on Buddhism and Tibetan literature from Gen Rinchen Choedak, one of the main…
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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 – apart from the Buddha himself – as he specializes in a type of discourse that is subtle, in a lucidity that balances on the razor’s edge…
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Bob Thurman, known in the academic circles as Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, is a talented popularizer of the Buddha’s 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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Join Jewel Heart in commemorating our Founder, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche. FreeOpen to allOnsite at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor or online via Zoom After registering for zoom, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions, including the option to save the zoom link to your calendar and to set up reminder notifications. Join / Donate

Translator Katrina Brooks explains what makes Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe’s upcoming teaching on Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation (the final stages of meditation section) special. Kamalashila was an eighth century Indian scholar at the renowned Nalanda University in India. At the invitation of the Tibetan King, he accompanied Shantarakshita to Tibet where they are credited for establishing the…
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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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