Detaching Ourselves from a World of Attachment
with Ven. Geshe Thubten Sherab
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
6:00pm - 7:30pm PT
Via Zoom
Registration required
with Ven. Geshe Thubten Sherab
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
6:00pm - 7:30pm PT
Via Zoom
Registration required
Program Description:
In Tibetan Buddhism, we often use words such as “attached” and “detached” in a way that is very different than how they are commonly understood in English. Attachment is one of the three main obstacles to freeing ourselves from suffering. It is a mindset that convinces us that we need a particular something or someone to be happy. It is the desire behind wanting more chocolate, more money, more friends, etc. From the Buddhist perspective “being detached” is a more desirable state of mind than “being attached” but in English “being detached” usually connotes being separate, unconnected, or aloof. In this class, we will investigate the meaning of attachment and detachment in Buddhism.
Join us on Zoom for a talk with Geshe-la where he explains the fuller meaning of these words in Tibetan Buddhism and what they mean in the translation of texts and teachings.
In Tibetan Buddhism, we often use words such as “attached” and “detached” in a way that is very different than how they are commonly understood in English. Attachment is one of the three main obstacles to freeing ourselves from suffering. It is a mindset that convinces us that we need a particular something or someone to be happy. It is the desire behind wanting more chocolate, more money, more friends, etc. From the Buddhist perspective “being detached” is a more desirable state of mind than “being attached” but in English “being detached” usually connotes being separate, unconnected, or aloof. In this class, we will investigate the meaning of attachment and detachment in Buddhism.
Join us on Zoom for a talk with Geshe-la where he explains the fuller meaning of these words in Tibetan Buddhism and what they mean in the translation of texts and teachings.
About Geshe Thubten Sherab
Geshe Sherab was born in Manang, Nepal in 1967. He attended Kopan monastery at the age of nine 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 the International Office of FPMT as well as teach at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe and Ksiti Garba Center in Taos as the resident teacher. He also served as a Board member of FPMT for two years during that period. At the end of 2003, he returned to Nepal to do his own practices. In 2006 he was appointed Head Master of Kopan Monastery and served for four years. He then 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 the United States, Canada, many parts of Europe, Asia, Mexico, Guatemala and Australia.
Geshe Sherab was born in Manang, Nepal in 1967. He attended Kopan monastery at the age of nine 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 the International Office of FPMT as well as teach at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe and Ksiti Garba Center in Taos as the resident teacher. He also served as a Board member of FPMT for two years during that period. At the end of 2003, he returned to Nepal to do his own practices. In 2006 he was appointed Head Master of Kopan Monastery and served for four years. He then 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 the United States, Canada, many parts of Europe, Asia, Mexico, Guatemala and Australia.
Registration:
Advanced 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.
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].
Advanced 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.
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].