Tibetan Lama, Khensur Rinpoche Wangdak will give
a free talk on a core Buddhist text, "The Heart Sutra" at
Thosum Gephelling Institute in Williamsville, Vermont on Saturday
March 22 from 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
The Heart Sutra is recited daily by Buddhists around the world and is
the essence of the practice of developing wisdom and compassion. The
depth of it's meaning and a commentary on the text will be offered by
Khensur Rinpoche.
A newly sworn in American citizen, Rinpoche, was born in 1934 in the
Kham province in Tibet. At the age of ten he entered Ba Zingon
Monastery there. At 18, Rinpoche journeyed to central Tibet and
joined the Loseling College at Drepung Monastery near Lhasa, where
he studied until 1959. In 1960 he fled Tibet to resume his studies at
Buxa, where a temporary monastery was established. In 1970, he moved
to the newly relocated Drepung Monastic University in Mundgod, south
India. After two years of intensive study and practice he moved to
Sarnath, studying there until 1977. Rinpoche returned to Drepung to
take his Geshe exams (doctorate in Buddhist philosophy), and his
scholastic achievement earned him the Geshe Lharampa degree.
He was senior teacher for 14 years at Namgyal Monastery, India. In
1991, he was appointed Abbot of the monastery by H.H. the 14th Dalai
Lama, a position he held until 1994. In 1995, His Holiness appointed
Khensur Rinpoche Abbot and Senior Resident Teacher at Namgyal
Monastery in Ithaca, NY. He retired from Ithaca in 1998, and now
resides at the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center in Middletown,
Connecticut.
While donations are gratefully accepted to cover the expenses of the
Institute, there is no charge for this lecture. It is free and
completely open to the public. It would be of interest to those of any
religion.
Thosum Gephelling Institute is located at 12 Dover Road,
Williamsville, VT 05362. (20 minutes north of Brattleboro Vermont.
Advance reservations for the talk are not required and more
information can be found by calling 802-348-7160.
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