We welcome Geshe Yeshi Lhundup of Drepung Loseling Monastery, who will be teaching at The Tibet Center for the next few months. Geshe-la joined Drepung Loseling Monastery in 1975, and spent the next 21 years studying Buddhist logic, The Perfection of Wisdom, Madyamika philosophy, Buddhist cosmology and monastic discipline. He was awarded a Lharampa Geshe degree, Tibet’s highest academic honor. He then went on to study Tantra at Gyuto Tantric College before returning to Drepung Loseling to teach his fellow monks. Geshe-la spent close to two years teaching at the Knoxville Tibetan Buddhist Center, in Tennessee.

TEACHING SCHEDULE

Mondays, 7:00 p.m.

Buddhism classes for beginners as well as advanced students, taught by the Geshe Lobsang Jamspal.

Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m.

Silent meditation and prayers to the Medicine Buddha.

Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.

Teaching on the Insight chapter of Tsong Khapa’s The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Geshe Yeshi Lhundup.

Thursdays, 6:30pm

Tibetan language class. There is a $10.00 fee per class.

WEEKEND SEMINARS

By Geshe Yeshi Lhundup

May 2-4

Buddhist Logic

The way in which logic is utilized in Buddhism to realize the more obscure aspects of reality, particularly the empty nature of the ego.

May 30-June 1

The Five Aggregates

Making up mind and body, the five aggregates form the basis for our belief in ourselves.

June 20-22

Mind and Mental Factors

An analysis of consciousness, its makeup, and the way it functions.

July 18-20

Grounds and Paths in Sutra and Tantra

The stages of practice leading to the ultimate enlightened state of Buddhahood, according to the causal vehicle of Sutra and the effect vehicle: Tantra.

Seminar Timings

Friday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30

Saturdays 10:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 4:00

Sundays 11:00 to 2:00

Visit Our Gift Shop

The Tibet Center Gift Shop has a selection of books on Buddhism, RATO Monks Bags from Rato Monastery, religious items and jewelry.

Visit our Web site at: www.thetibetcenter.org

Contact us at: Info@thetibetcenter.org

May there be peace in the world; may all beings find happiness.