Calm Abiding
with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Presented via Zoom. Registration is required.
Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, shares his wisdom and insight on calm abiding, or shamatha meditation. Geshe Lhundup Sopa (teacher of both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche) wrote, “Meditative stabilization is addressed specifically through the cultivation of calm-abiding, or shamatha, the mind resting in single-pointed focus… Bodhisattvas strive to achieve shamatha because it has a special benefit. Once you have that mental power, the senses follow the mind.”
Ven. Stephen Carlier will provide English interpretation of Geshe Dakpa’s teaching, and class will be hosted by Stephen Butler. This class is offered in collaboration with Land of Medicine Buddha.
About Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa served as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven years later. He fled Tibet in 1959. Upon his arrival in India, Geshe-la not only continued his monastic studies, but also spent three years at the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, earning an MA with honors. Invited by the Queen of Sikkim, he taught at the University of Sikkim for nearly 20 years before returning to Sera monastery in South India and obtaining his Geshe degree. Additionally, Geshe-la taught in Taiwan before arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999.
with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Presented via Zoom. Registration is required.
Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, shares his wisdom and insight on calm abiding, or shamatha meditation. Geshe Lhundup Sopa (teacher of both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche) wrote, “Meditative stabilization is addressed specifically through the cultivation of calm-abiding, or shamatha, the mind resting in single-pointed focus… Bodhisattvas strive to achieve shamatha because it has a special benefit. Once you have that mental power, the senses follow the mind.”
Ven. Stephen Carlier will provide English interpretation of Geshe Dakpa’s teaching, and class will be hosted by Stephen Butler. This class is offered in collaboration with Land of Medicine Buddha.
About Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa served as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven years later. He fled Tibet in 1959. Upon his arrival in India, Geshe-la not only continued his monastic studies, but also spent three years at the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, earning an MA with honors. Invited by the Queen of Sikkim, he taught at the University of Sikkim for nearly 20 years before returning to Sera monastery in South India and obtaining his Geshe degree. Additionally, Geshe-la taught in Taiwan before arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999.
Registration:
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email [email protected] to make special arrangements.
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email [email protected] to make special arrangements.