September 15, 2022 @ 1pm – 3pm
Led by Geshe Lhakdor
This public teaching is open to all!
Hybrid event: attend in person or online!
This is a great taste of Geshe Lhakdor’s teachings for those considering taking the residential course with Geshe la September 16 – 22, Atisha’s Garland of Gems
This teaching has been requested by a Vietnamese group. Geshe Lhakdor will teach in English and there will be translation into Vietnamese.
No registration needed. Donations are always welcome!
Online Options
Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84492263479?pwd=TFFhWjhlcUkvS0JLVUdFejN5eUxaUT09
Meeting ID: 844 9226 3479
Passcode: 515526
YouTube Link (also for recordings)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdD-PWowexi568aoPiaPbMQjkmsiXy-PK
All times are based in India Standard Time.
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.
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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.