Nagarjuna’s Praise to Satisfying Sentient Beings with Geshe Tenzin Namdak
Join Geshe Namdak as he directs our minds to this beautiful and deceptively simple practice of cherishing others, by way of Nagarjuna's "Praise to Satisfying Sentient Beings."
Join Geshe Namdak as he directs our minds to this beautiful and deceptively simple practice of cherishing others, by way of Nagarjuna's "Praise to Satisfying Sentient Beings."
Shantideva Center presents Buddhist scholar Georges Dreyfus in three online sessions as he guides us through–and possibly beyond–the many dichotomies and facets of this lively sutra.
A follow-up course to “Healing Anxiety and Depression, Part 1” The classes are in three sections: a short presentation of the topic, some substantial time for discussion, and ending with a guided meditation.
Ven. Jamyang discusses what fear is, how it influences the mind and what methods we can find in Buddhism to lessen our fear.
Shantideva Center presents Geshe Sherab in this six-part teaching series on Nagarjuna’s uplifting praise to buddha nature. Come learn about how you can manifest your own naturally luminous mind!
Additional Materials for Enlightened Beings: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition with Prof. Jan Willis Enlightened Beings: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition by Jan Willis. We kindly…
In this course, Jan Willis will explore the ideas of “enlightenment,” of rNam thar (or “liberation life story”), and the life stories of the first six enlightened beings to have gained liberation through a new practice tradition crafted by Tsonkhapa, founder of the Gelukpa, or Ganden, school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Course MaterialsExploring Buddhism: The Bodhisattva Vows(Mind Training, Part II) Exploring Buddhism is a pilot program and may be modified. Please do not share these course materials or recordings with anyone…
In this module, we will discuss the importance of vows, their purpose and benefit, and how to take and renew them. We will then proceed to examine the elements involved in avoiding each of the eighteen root downfalls as well as the forty-six secondary transgressions, coming to appreciate how living in the bodhisattva vows provides a unique guide for engaging in the six perfections of a bodhisattva in daily life.
Chokhor Duchen is the Tibetan Buddhist holiday that marks this great occasion, the Buddha's very first teaching at Deer Park in Sarnath, India.