Losar Weekend Celebration
Advice from the Heart by Lama Atisha
Session 1
Friday, February 28, 2025
7:00pm – 9:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
Session 2
Saturday, March 1
10:00am – 12:00pm PST
Session 3
Saturday, March 1
1:30pm – 3:30pm PST
in person and online
Program Category: Dharma Education — Intermediate
This is a hybrid event, and we are using the
Zoom video conferencing system
for online participants.
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Join us for a special Tibetan New Year weekend as we explore
the profound teachings by Lama Atisha (980–1054), a highly
revered Buddhist master from Bengal, India. Renowned for his
wisdom and compassion, Lama Atisha played a pivotal role in
revitalizing Buddhism in Tibet.
“Advice from the Heart”
is Lama Atisha’s final words of advice to Lha Changchub Ö
before his preparation to depart Nagri to return to India,
given at Lha Changchub Ö’s insistent request.
In this course, you will learn how to integrate Atisha’s
timeless guidance on following a spiritual guide,
cultivating a compassionate heart, and ethical conduct to
achieve inner peace.
This course is ideal for individuals who:
- Are familiar with the Stages of the Path (Lamrim) teachings, as presented in the Discovering Buddhism program (completion of all modules is not required).
- Have an interest in using classic Tibetan Buddhist texts to inspire and deepen their own spiritual practice for leading a meaningful life.
Geshe Tashi Dhondup was born into a nomadic
family living on the Tibetan plateau in Kham. At age 14, he
entered the local monastery, and at age 17 walked to Nepal
for further education after a harrowing 29 day journey by
night. He studied Buddhist philosophy in Tibet, India and
Nepal, and accomplished his Geshe studies at Kopan in 2004.
For the next six years, beginning in 2005, Geshe Dhondup was
the philosophy teacher at the Kopan Nunnery. Then in 2010,
and for the next three years, he became the headmaster of
the Kopan school. Starting in 2013, he was both headmaster
and philosophy teacher of the Kopan Nunnery for seven years,
and in 2021 Geshe Dhondup took on the role of Kopan’s
disciplinarian.
Geshe-la speaks Tibetan, Nepalese, Hindu, English, Chinese,
and the highly endangered language of Minyak, and is
presently the acting resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while Geshe Thubten Sherab is
traveling.
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