Teaching and Commentary on Bodhicaryavatara
”Way of the Bodhisattva”
with Geshe Ngawang Chonjor,
translation by Yeng Yeng (Tenzin Nyima)
Geshe Ngawang Chonjor will give a commentary on Bodhicaryavatara, The Way of The Bodhisattva.
Composed by the Indian scholar Shantideva, esteemed in Tibet as one of the great masters. This classic text mainly focuses on the cultivation and enhancement of bodhicitta, and in the wisdom chapter, it expounds the Madhyamaka viewpoint of emptiness.
The class will start from December 7th, Sunday, 3:00-4:30 PM, and continue at the same time weekly. You are welcome to attend either in person at the temple or by Zoom.
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“Just as on a dark night black with clouds,
The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown, Likewise rarely, through the Buddha’s power,
Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world”
Bodhicaryavatara
Geshe Ngawang is currently the monk in residence at Wood Valley Temple. Geshe-la entered Drubthob Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal at the age of eight, and studied there for ten years, then continued on to Drepung Losaling in South India where he persevered to achieve the highly prestigious Geshe Lharampa degree. Additionally, he studied tantra at Gyumed Tantric Monastery, and mastered the various skills of musical instruments used in monastic chanting, creating butter sculptures and performing various rituals.
Yeng Yeng (Tenzin Nyima) is a Chartered Accountant who worked in a Big Four accounting firm in Singapore for 13 years before relocating to Dharamsala, India in 2009 to begin her studies in Tibetan language and Buddhist Philosophy. She spent 11 years in Dharamsala, using her newly acquired proficiency to study the great Indian Buddhist classical texts, such as Pramanavartika (Valid Cognition), Abhisamayalankara (Ornament of Clear Realization) and Madhyamaka (Middle Way). She is currently translating online for her teacher Geshe Jampa Phelgya. She is also working on a written translation project on the biography of Drupka Rinpoche Ngawang Lobsang Jigme from Tibetan to English.
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