Prices
  • $40.00 to $250.00 – In-Person (Suggested Donation $108)
  • $20.00 to $108.00 – Online via Zoom
  • Free for Ordained Monastics

Date & Time Details: Saturday, October 10, 2026
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PT

Location In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

Address 5800 Prescott Rd, Soquel, CA 95073, USA

Contact: Cara
[email protected]

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Karma & Creating the Life You Want

With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok

October 10, 2026

In-Person & Online 

Saturday, October 10

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Why do certain patterns keep showing up in our lives, and how do we actually change them?

Karma is one of the most widely known—and widely misunderstood—ideas in Buddhism. Far from being a system of cosmic reward and punishment, karma offers a practical way of understanding how our intentions, choices, habits, and actions shape who we become and what we experience.

Explore questions like: What actually creates good or bad karma? Can past karma be changed or purified? How do we create the causes for greater happiness, better relationships, and a more meaningful life? And how can an understanding of karma help us make wiser choices today?

Come away with a Buddhist framework for becoming more intentional about the life you’re creating, one thought, choice, and action at a time.

Leader

Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
Geshe Tenzin Legtsok graduated from Sera Jey Monastic University in South India where he studied classic Indian Buddhist treatise and their Tibetan commentaries in the tradition of ancient Nalanda University. He has been ordained as a Buddhist monk since 2001. Born in Virginia, USA in 1973, he obtained a Bachelor…
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