Geshe Dorji Damdul: Study Retreat on Bodhisattva Shantideva’s Wisdom Chapter 9 of Bodhicharyavatara
June 30 – July 8, 2024
This 9-day residential course is suitable for beginners and experienced students!
Geshe Dorji Damdul is the Director of Tibet House in New Delhi, eminent scholar and author, and one of the official translators for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Geshe Dorji Damdul is widely renowned for his highly dynamic, engaging and inspiring teaching style – combining his deep understanding of Buddhist philosophy in the Nalanda tradition with the tender heart of Bodhicitta and a keen interest in modern science. This way Geshe-la makes even the most profound and complex topics accessible to new and experienced students alike.
Bodhisattva Shantideva demonstrated the need for sharp cognitive transformation to garner emotional transformation, turning away from bewilderment and fear, to fearlessness and the expansive joy of the universal compassion of Bodhicitta. He rendered a rigourous and sophisticated breakthrough teaching on wisdom, in order to revolutionise our minds and free us from all the fears of our lives, which are nothing but the imprisonment of our own dreaming minds, and which veils the vision of reality from us. Waking up this little sleeping Buddha that we each carry within us is the hallmark of the Wisdom Chapter 9 of Bodhisattva Shantideva’s The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
Teacher
In 1988, Geshe Dorji Damdul joined the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala and went on to gained his Geshe Lharampa Degree in 2002 from Drepung Loseling Monastic University. He then joined Gyudmed Tantric College for Tantric studies. In 2003, recommended by the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama Geshi La studied English language at Cambridge University, England UK.
Appointed as translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 2005, he also translates texts such as Arya Nagarjuna’s “Mulamadyamikakarika” (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), Acharya Shantideva’s “Bodhicaryavatara” (Wisdom Chapter). Geshi La has co-authored, scientific, philosophical, Buddhist and secular books with prominent professors in the UK and USA as well as with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Since 2011 Geshe La has served as Director of Tibet House, Cultural Centre, New Delhi where he gives weekly teaching Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic and practice. He has also lectured at Delhi University and presented papers for National and International Conferences held in Delhi and Mumbai and is presently writing two books:
- Journey into the Paradox of Brain and Mind, and
- What Constitutes the Ultimate Reality: The Effects of Understanding the Ultimate Reality.
Geshe-la’s passion is to help students gain deep understanding of the Nalanda tradition of Buddhist philosophy and imbue that knowledge with the heart of Bodhichitta, so that practitioners can transform their own continuum into the path of enlightenment. Geshe-la’s knowledge of science and interactions with world renowned physicist give him the unique ability to teach Buddhist philosophy with a modern twist that many of his non-Tibetan students appreciate.
For more information please visit Geshe Dorji Damdul’s website – Bodhiwisdom and Tibet House New Delhi.
Course Requirements
This very popular course requires a non-refundable/ non-transferable deposit. For more information on this, see our FAQs, under Courses General. Please only register if you can make this deposit promptly!
To be clear about conditions of our residential courses, please refer to Programs > Introduction to Buddhism Courses as well as Being Here > The Retreat Environment.
Schedule
June 30 – July 8, 2024
This retreat starts with check-in at 1pm on June 30 and finishes with check-out at 1pm on July 8.
The schedule for the check-in and check-out days will be confirmed on short notice.
Please come on time for check-in, otherwise you will lose your space on the retreat!
| 05:45 – 08:00am | Morning Practice in congregation which will include:
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| 08:00 – 09:00am | Breakfast |
| 09:00 – 10:30am | Teaching followed by Question and Answer – Session I |
| 10:30 – 11:30am | Tea break with Group Discussion (among the participants) |
| 11:30 – 12:30pm | Teaching followed by Question and Answer – Session II |
| 12:30 – 03:00pm | Lunch and free time |
| 03:00 – 04:30pm | Teaching followed by Question and Answer – Session III |
| 04:30 – 05:30pm | Tea Break with Group Discussion |
| 05:30 – 07:00pm | Teaching followed by Question and Answer – Session IV |
| 07:00 – 08:00pm | Dinner |
| 08:00 – 09:00pm | Group discussion (optional) / personal practice Silence till next morning session |
Schedule is subject to change on short notice!
Registration
Fully Booked