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The Merit of Merit, and Why Purify
with Geshe Thubten Sherab


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The Merit of Merit
​Wednesdays, June 22 and 29, 2022
6pm-7:30pm PDT


Why Purify
​Wednesdays, July 6 and 13, 2022
6pm-7:30pm PDT



Online via Zoom
​Registration is required



​Program Description:
Of course by purifying negative karma collected since beginningless rebirths and by collecting extensive merits,
​this allows you to have realizations on the path to enlightenment and for your mind to change.
​~Lama Zopa Rinpoche 
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Tse Chen Ling is honored to welcome back Geshe Thubten Sherab for a four-class series! 

June 22 and 29 - Merit: 
Merit, the positive imprints left on the mind by virtuous actions, is considered one of the principal causes of happiness. In these sessions, Geshe Sherab will explain the concept of merit, how to create it, and how accumulating merit is an essential component for the attainment of Buddhahood. 

July 6 and 13 - Purification: 
Purification can counteract negative thoughts and actions from our body, speech, and mind. In these sessions, we’ll explore the role of purification and examine practices that have the power to purify the obscurations and negative karma that prevent us from actualizing the path.
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​About Geshe Thubten Sherab:
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Geshe Sherab was born in Manang, Nepal in 1967. He attended Kopan monastery at the age of 9 in around 1976/1977 and was ordained by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.​ After 10 years of study in Kopan, he went to Sera Je Monastery for further studies in 1987, and graduated as Geshe at the end of 1999. After that he joined Gyume Tantric College for a year. Then he taught young monks at Kopan for a year.​​​ In 2001 he was sent by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to New Mexico to serve and help at International Office of FPMT as well as teach at TNL in Santa Fe and Ksitigarbha Center in Taos as resident teacher. He also served as Board member of FPMT for 2 years during that period.​ By end of 2003 in December he returned to Nepal to do his own practices. In 2006 he was appointed as Head Master of Kopan monastery and served for 4 years. He served as acting Abbot for a year in 2011 when the late Guru Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundup became ill.

He has been teaching at Kopan during meditation courses as well as traveling and teaching around the world, in US, Canada, many parts of Europe, Asia, Mexico, Guatemala and Australia.​ For more information on Geshe Sherab and his teachings, please visit: www.geshesherab.com.

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Registration:
​Advanced registration for this program is required. Once you register, you’ll receive the Zoom link to join the class.

Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. ​And no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us at [email protected] to inquire.
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Register here

Location

​302 Jules Ave.
​San Francisco, CA 94112

About 

Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies is a Dharma Center dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom. Inspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we provide teachings and practices in the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhist tradition. We offer meditation and a wide-range of Buddhist and secular programs as well as other basic life improvement classes. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization located in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco.

Contact 

[email protected]
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