Becoming Your Own Therapist

What We Can and Cannot Control

with Geshe Tashi Dhondup

Friday, March 1, 2024
7:00pm – 8:30pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
in person and online

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How can we find true happiness within ourselves? How can we develop our mind and emotions to achieve lasting satisfaction? In this talk, Geshe Tashi will show us how to apply the wisdom of Buddhist psychology to our daily lives. He will guide us on how to cultivate clarity and wisdom in dealing with what we can and cannot control.

As Lama Yeshe said:


The human mind has the potential for infinite development. If you can discover, even in a small way, that true satisfaction comes from your mind, you will realize that you can extend this experience without limit and that it is possible to discover everlasting satisfaction.

Join us in this inspiring and practical talk. All are welcome.

Geshe Tashi Dhondup

Geshe Tashi Dhondup was born into a nomadic family on the Tibetan plateau in Kham. At the age of 14, he entered the local monastery, and at 17, he embarked on a harrowing 29-day nighttime journey to Nepal for further education. He studied Buddhist philosophy in Tibet, India, and Nepal, completing his Geshe studies at Kopan Monastery in 2004.

Beginning in 2005, Geshe Dhondup served as the philosophy teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for six years. In 2010, he became the headmaster of the Kopan School, a role he held for three years. From 2013, he was both headmaster and philosophy teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for seven years. In 2021, Geshe Dhondup took on the role of Kopan's disciplinarian.

Geshe-la speaks Tibetan, Nepalese, Hindi, English, Chinese, and the highly endangered language of Minyak.

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