Tibetan Book of the Dead

Until August, Khenpo Chokyi Gocha will be teaching at the Tibet Gift House while Geshe Ngawang Gedun is in Australia.

Come join us!  The group starts Sunday, May 24, 2009, at 11 am, at the Tibet Gift House, 2889 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116
619-281-7888

Sundays from 11:00-12:00
followed by a Q & A period
$7.00

This summer, Khenpo Chokyi Gocha will be leading a study group based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

This group is just forming!

In this group, we will come together to study and discuss the text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. This group is for practitioners or anyone else interested in a serious study group.

Khenpo Chokyi Gocha

Khenpo was born in 1942 in Tibet. When he was nine years old he entered into the Niyngma (old translation) Monastery and began his Buddhist education. In 1959 he escaped across the Himalayas into India and continued his education with exiled Tibetan Masters. In 1980 his Master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche appointed him as a Buddhist Teacher (Khenpo). He has taught at the Kanying Shedrub Ling Monastery for five years and in Nepal, France and the United States to Tibetan, Asian and Western students. Khenpo resides in San Diego and is also available for individual teachings, ceremonies, special prayer programs for illness and the dying.

Buddhist Philosophy Study Group

NOTE: This group is on hiatus until Geshe returns from Australia in August.

Saturdays
3-5pm
$10.00

In this group, we will come together to study and discuss the text of the Bodhisattvacharyavatara by Shantideva.. This text is the Way of the Boddhisatva and includes instruction for practice. It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full buddhahood. This group is for practitioners or anyone else interested in a serious study group.

Geshe Ngawang Gedun

Born in Domo, Tibet, Geshe la escaped across the Himalayas with his family as an infant. He studied at Sera Mey Monastery in Southern India from an early age and received ordination from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 20. Geshe la spent the next 18 years studying the six principle subjects.

Geshe la has been teaching in Australia since 1996 and in the U.S. since 2000. He is the Spiritual Director for both the Australian Tibetan Buddhist Center in Gold Coast, and Tara Tibetan Buddhist Center in Washington State. He is fluent and teaches in English to his western students.