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First Saturdays with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
First Saturday of the month 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific 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 a series of topics beneficial to our minds and our practice. Geshe-la will choose topics as the series progresses, and they’ll be posted here and announced in our eNews and social media. We’re grateful to have a scholar of Geshe Dakpa’s renown offer these teachings to our community! |
Ven. Stephen Carlier will provide English interpretation of Geshe Dakpa’s teachings, and class will be hosted by Stephen Butler. This class is offered in collaboration with Land of Medicine Buddha. |
Upcoming Topic:
Explanation of Kriya Tantra Practice
Saturday, May 7, 2022
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Presented via Zoom. Registration is required.
Program Description
Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, gives a brief explanation of the principles of Kriya Tantra (“Action” Tantra) practice. Geshe-la will be giving this explanation on the basis of the 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara sadhana found in the nyung nä practice. On the basis of this practice, composed by the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso, Geshe Dakpa will be giving practical advice on how to proceed through the practices of Kriya Tantra practices. Although based on the 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara practice, Geshe-la’s explanation can be applied to all Kriya Tantra practices and will be based on the instructions found on Je Tsongkhapa’s Great Treatise of the Stages of the Path of Secret Mantra.
Please note: in order to attend and listen to the recordings of this teaching, the minimum prerequisite is that one must have taken an empowerment in the class of Kriya Tantra (Tathagata lineage).
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 – please make sure to register for each session you’d like to attend on a class-by-class basis. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email Tse Chen Ling at office@tsechenling.org to inquire.
Suggested donation: $20
Registration with sponsorship (practice generosity and help us spread the Dharma): $50/$108
Advanced registration is required – please make sure to register for each session you’d like to attend on a class-by-class basis. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email Tse Chen Ling at office@tsechenling.org to inquire.
Suggested donation: $20
Registration with sponsorship (practice generosity and help us spread the Dharma): $50/$108
Previous topics:
Calm Abiding
August 21 & October 22, 2021 
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Dependent Origination
November 6, 2021 & January 8, 2022 |
Explanation and Oral Transmission of Prayers to Padmasambhava
February 5, 2022 |