FPMT Basic Program:
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Program Description:
In this course, we will study Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds, a beautiful and much-cherished text—one of the Dalai Lama’s favorites! Composed in the 8th century, the text comprises ten chapters and more than 1,000 verses, providing precious and practical advice on how to cultivate the state of mind and way of life of a bodhisattva, someone who aspires to become a Buddha for the benefit of all beings.
Note this is the second part of a class that started in September 2024. New students are welcome to join but we are already up to chapter six. All registered students will be supplied with a link to the recordings of part one of this class as well as the text and commentary.
Root Text: Shantideva, Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds
Commentary:
Dragpa Gyaltsen, A Precious Garland, A Commentary on (Shantideva’s) Engaging in the Deeds of a Bodhisattva
In this course, we will study Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds, a beautiful and much-cherished text—one of the Dalai Lama’s favorites! Composed in the 8th century, the text comprises ten chapters and more than 1,000 verses, providing precious and practical advice on how to cultivate the state of mind and way of life of a bodhisattva, someone who aspires to become a Buddha for the benefit of all beings.
Note this is the second part of a class that started in September 2024. New students are welcome to join but we are already up to chapter six. All registered students will be supplied with a link to the recordings of part one of this class as well as the text and commentary.
Root Text: Shantideva, Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds
Commentary:
Dragpa Gyaltsen, A Precious Garland, A Commentary on (Shantideva’s) Engaging in the Deeds of a Bodhisattva
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.
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.
Women of Wisdom:
Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women
Over the course of a year, Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women will highlight and celebrate women teachers and practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The programs in this series spotlight the history and impact of women in Buddhism and share the wisdom stewarded by a range of female lineage holders, teachers, scholars, monastics, and lay practitioners.
The series coincides with the 35th anniversary of the founding, by two women, of Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in San Francisco. Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women hopes to contribute to ongoing efforts to support global programming featuring female Buddhist teachers and scholars and presenting topics of importance to women on the Buddhist path.
Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women
Over the course of a year, Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women will highlight and celebrate women teachers and practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The programs in this series spotlight the history and impact of women in Buddhism and share the wisdom stewarded by a range of female lineage holders, teachers, scholars, monastics, and lay practitioners.
The series coincides with the 35th anniversary of the founding, by two women, of Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in San Francisco. Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women hopes to contribute to ongoing efforts to support global programming featuring female Buddhist teachers and scholars and presenting topics of importance to women on the Buddhist path.
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].