Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training
With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
November 9, 2024
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.***
Saturday, November 9
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Online only via zoom
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will will resume commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training, compiled by and attributed to Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (འཆད་ཁ་བ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ།, b.1101 – d.1175). Seven-Point Mind Training is one of the core texts of the lo-jong (“mind-training”) tradition, “…a specific approach to cultivating the awakened mind. That approach entails a disciplined process for radically transforming our thoughts and prejudices from natural self-centeredness to other-centered altruism.” (from Thupten Jinpa, Mind Training; The Great Collection.)Geshe-la will give his commentary on the basis of the Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo’s (ཕ་བོང་ཁ ༠༢ བདེ་ཆེན་སྙིང་པོ།, b.1878 – d.1941) edition of the root text.As with previous classes in this series, Geshe-la will move through the text slowly, using as many dates as needed to complete the text. The number of sessions will be determined by Geshe-la as we progress through the topic.
Ven. Stephen Carlier will provide English interpretation of Geshe Dakpa’s teaching, and the class will be hosted by Stephen Butler. This class is offered in collaboration with Land of Medicine Buddha.
Registration
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Leader
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa serves as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven…
Learn more about Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa serves as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven…
Learn more about Geshe Ngawang Dakpa