Special Course With Geshe Lhakdor: Atisha’s “Garland of Gems”

September 16 – 22, 2022

Led by Geshe Lhakdor

Special 7-day residential course. Appropriate for beginners and advanced students.

NOW ALSO HYBRID – YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON (the entire residential course) OR ONLINE (only Geshe Lhakdor’s teaching sessions)!

Don’t miss the opportunity to study with this amazing teacher!

In this course, Geshe Lhakdor will teach a poetic and most essential guideline on how to live like a Bodhisattva, by the 11th century Indian master, Atisha. Like a thread of precious gems, these guidelines may be worn like a flower garland by ones who wish to follow the footsteps of the bodhisattva way.

Course Reading Material: Lotsawa House – The Bodhisattva’s Garland of Jewels

Teacher

Venerable Geshe Lhakdor was born in Yakra, Western Tibet in 1956 and left Tibet in 1962 following the communist Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. Geshe received his novice monk ordination in 1964, attended the Central School for Tibetans, in Dalhousie, India from 1972 to 1976 and studied specialized Buddhist Philosophy in the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India until 1986.

From December, 1986 to May, 1989 he served as translator and research assistant in Tibet House, the Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in New Delhi. In August 1989, Geshe joined the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama where he has served as Religious Assistant and Translator and has accompanied His Holiness the Dalai Lama to over thirty countries in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia.

Beside the Master of Prajnaparamita in 1982, he also received the Master of Madhyamika in 1989 and the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the University of Delhi. In 1995 he received the Geshe Degree from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in South India. In 2008, he was also conferred Honorary Professorship by the University of Delhi, Department of Psychology.

Since 2005 he has been the director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, after serving as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s official translator for 16 years (still occasionally travels with H.H. as translator).

Geshe Lhakdor has also co-translated and co-produced several books by His Holiness, including The Way to Freedom, The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace, Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart, and Stages of Meditation, among others.

Geshe Lhakdor is a trustee of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, established by His Holiness, Director of the Central Archive of His Holiness, a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Tibetan Classics in Montreal, Canada, and Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

• Play audio – Geshe Lhakdor teaching at Tushita in July 2014 – MP3

Course Details

This very popular course requires a non-refundable/ non-transferable deposit. See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information on this. Please only register if you can make this deposit promptly!

Please visit these links for general information about our residential courses, especially the retreat environment.

Schedule

Hybrid: In-Person Course Schedule

16 September	1:00pm	Registration in Dining Hall
	4.30 – 6.15pm	Introductory Talk about Tushita
	6:15pm	Dinner
	7:30pm	Introduction to Course
17 to 21 September	6.45 – 7.30am	Mindfulness Meditation
	7.30am	Breakfast
	9.00 – 9.45am	Meditation
	10.00 – 12.00noon	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la
	12.00noon	Lunch & Karma Yoga Jobs
	1.30 – 3.30pm	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la
	3.30 – 4.00pm	Tea Break
	4.00 – 5.00pm	Discussion Groups
	5.15 – 6.00pm	Meditation
	6.00pm	Dinner
	7.30pm	Guided Meditation
22 September	6.45 – 7.30am	Mindfulness Meditation
	7.30am	Breakfast
	9.00 – 9.45am	What comes next?
	10:00 – 12noon	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la
	12.00 noon	Picnic lunch
	1.00pm	Check out

Please note this schedule is subject to change and might change on short notice! All times are based in India Standard Time

Hybrid: Online Course Schedule

17 to 21 September	10.00 – 12.00noon	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la
	1.30 – 3.30pm	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la
22 September
	10:00 – 12noon	Teaching with Geshe Lhakdor la

Please note this schedule is subject to change and might change on short notice!

All times are based in India Standard Time.
If you want to figure out the time in your country, go to: www.timeanddate.com.

We recognize that for many of you outside of India, some of the times may not work. It can still be possible to use the recordings for those sessions and join in the live sessions that are convenient for you.