FPMT Basic Program:
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Tse Chen Ling is honored to have Ven. Sangye Khadro teach the next FPMT Basic Program topic, Seventy Topics. It is rare to have this subject taught by a Western teacher and we are very fortunate to have her available to present it in English.
Program Description:
The 70 topics are the main subject matter of Ornament for Clear Realization, a text by Maitreya that is the basis for the lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. The "Ornament" is one of the five classical Indian texts studied in Tibetan monasteries; students typically spend six to seven years learning, debating, and meditating on this text.
The "Ornament" is divided into eight chapters, each presenting one of eight categories, or clear realizations, that are attained by bodhisattvas as they progress to enlightenment. Each of the eight categories/clear realizations is explained by way of a certain number of topics, for a total of 70 topics. Included among the topics are bodhicitta, buddha nature, the Mahayana path of seeing, and the four kayas (bodies) of a buddha.
Studying this subject of 70 Topics thus provides an overview of this important text, Ornament for Clear Realization, and an overview of the bodhisattvas’ path to full awakening, Buddhahood.
About Ven. Sangye Khadro:
Originally from California, Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1974. She has studied Buddhism with various teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the request of her teachers, Ven Sangye Khadro began teaching in 1979, while living in England, and since then has taught in many countries around the world. She was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, in Singapore, for 11 years. In 1988 Sangye Khadro took the full ordination (bhikshuni) vows. She is the author of How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart. She completed the FPMT Masters Program in Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, in 2013, and was on the faculty of the Human Spirit Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program in Israel for seven years. She now lives in Sravasti Abbey, Washington, and teaches online.
The 70 topics are the main subject matter of Ornament for Clear Realization, a text by Maitreya that is the basis for the lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. The "Ornament" is one of the five classical Indian texts studied in Tibetan monasteries; students typically spend six to seven years learning, debating, and meditating on this text.
The "Ornament" is divided into eight chapters, each presenting one of eight categories, or clear realizations, that are attained by bodhisattvas as they progress to enlightenment. Each of the eight categories/clear realizations is explained by way of a certain number of topics, for a total of 70 topics. Included among the topics are bodhicitta, buddha nature, the Mahayana path of seeing, and the four kayas (bodies) of a buddha.
Studying this subject of 70 Topics thus provides an overview of this important text, Ornament for Clear Realization, and an overview of the bodhisattvas’ path to full awakening, Buddhahood.
About Ven. Sangye Khadro:
Originally from California, Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1974. She has studied Buddhism with various teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the request of her teachers, Ven Sangye Khadro began teaching in 1979, while living in England, and since then has taught in many countries around the world. She was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, in Singapore, for 11 years. In 1988 Sangye Khadro took the full ordination (bhikshuni) vows. She is the author of How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart. She completed the FPMT Masters Program in Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, in 2013, and was on the faculty of the Human Spirit Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program in Israel for seven years. She now lives in Sravasti Abbey, Washington, and teaches online.
Registration:
Advance registration is required.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].
Advance registration is required.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].