Meditation on Emptiness

with Tubten Pende

Sunday, 11:15am –​ 12:45pm

March 11
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Oct 14

The Buddha said that the realization of emptiness is the path to liberation, and combined with great compassion it is the path to buddhahood. Therefore, anyone who aspires for these goals must learn what emptiness is and become increasingly familiar with it through meditation. This is not easy as every moment we are not meditating on emptiness we are exposed to the wrong view that assents to the constant appearence of things existing in their own right. Therefore, we are offering this lecture series to cultivate the understanding of emptiness and provide the opportunity to increase one's familiarization with it. 

​Everyone is welcome.  Donations appreciated. 

Tubten Pende is a practicing Buddhist since 1972 when he was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in India. Pende was included in the first wave of the FPMT’s Western Buddhist teachers. He was the coordinator of the Geshe Studies Program at Manjushri Institute, England; spiritual program coordinator, director, and later resident teacher at Nalanda Monastery, France; and an FPMT International Office Education Services program developer of the Masters Program at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy. He is interested in the effective application of Buddhist theory and practice in the daily life of ordinary people.

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