Fridays: Tsongkhapa’s Middle Length Lamrim
Fridays: Tsongkhapa’s Middle Length Lamrim
Taught by Ven. Sangye Khadro
See the series list for specific days and times
In this weekly series, Ven. Sangye Khadro teaches on The Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Tsongkhapa, which was recently translated into English and published by Wisdom.
Thursdays: Transforming Problems Into Happiness
Thursdays: Transforming Problems Into Happiness
Taught by Ven. Tenzin Tsepal
8 am Pacific Time (9 am beginning March 14)
In this weekly series, Ven. Tenzin Tsepal shares reflections based on a favorite Dharma book, Transforming Problems by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This small book contains volumes of practical advice for training the mind to see problems as beneficial conditions supportive of, and even necessary for, our happiness.
Starting April 26: Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps
Starting April 26: Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps
Taught by Ven. Thubten Chodron
Friday evenings
Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps, volume 4 of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, delves into the core of Buddhist practice: the Three Jewels and the three higher trainings of ethical conduct, concentration and wisdom. Ven. Thubten Chodron continues her line by line reading and commentary of the remarkable multi-volume book series that she is co-authoring with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to present the entire Buddhist path for a modern audience.
Returns in May: The Rice Seedling Sutra
Returns in May: The Rice Seedling Sutra
Taught by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Returns in May
Eminent scholar Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching from his commentary, The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising. The Buddha explains in many sutras that to understand his Dharma is to understand dependent arising. The Rice Seedling Sutra is one of the best known. Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe’s commentary explores dependent arising, and the corollary teaching of emptiness, through this sutra and others, as well as Indian commentaries. In Tibetan, with consecutive English interpretation by Katrina Brooks.
Other Weekly Teachings
From time to time, our teachers and other Abbey monastics may give a series of weekly teachings hosted online by other Dharma centers. Check the Events Calendar for current offerings.
About the Teachers
In addition to founding Sravasti Abbey, Ven. Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her warm, practical, and humorous explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She has also published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and is currently co-authoring with His Holiness the Dalai Lama a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion.
His works include translation of The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive and Interpretable Meanings (Tib. Lek-Shey Nying-Po) by Tsongkhapa into Hindi, and A Commentary on the Rice Seedlings Sutra (Skt. Salistamba Sutra) by Vasubandhu. His own commentary, The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising, was translated into English by Joshua and Diana Cutler and published by Wisdom Publications. He has facilitated many research works such as a complete translation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Tib. Lam Rim Chen Mo) a major project undertaken by The Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in New Jersey.
Learn from books by Ven. Thubten Chodron.
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