Drepung Loseling Monastery Inc.
an affiliate of Emory University
Presents

Year-End Retreat:
The Three Principal Aspects
of the Path
with Tonglen Meditation
December 27 to 30, 2026
with Geshe Ngawang Phende
*In-Person only

Drepung Loseling Monastery is delighted to offer this Year-End Retreat on The Three Principal Aspects of the Path with focus on Tonglen Meditation.
 
This year’s retreat will focus on, “The Three Principal Aspects of the Path,” a short text in fourteen verses by the illustrious scholar and adept, Je Tsongkhapa. The founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, Je Tsongkhapa was a brilliant thinker and teacher, a prolific author, and a great practitioner. In this brief text, he distills the entire path to enlightenment into three essential practices—presented as a practical manual for the practitioner. With his characteristic precision and clarity, Je Tsongkhapa elucidates each of the three paths: renunciation, a genuine resolve to emerge from suffering and its causes; bodhicitta, an altruistic aspiration to achieve Buddhahood; and the correct view of reality, that is, understanding that the conventional and ultimate dimensions of reality are not mutually negating, but complementary.
Tonglen is a profound practice of cultivating compassion and loving-kindness. Geshe la will explain how we can take in the suffering of others through the strength of compassion and offer our happiness to others through the power of love. He will then guide us through tonglen meditation to deepen our compassion, loving-kindness, and altruistic intention.  
Daily Retreat Schedule
1st Session

  10 am - 12 pm
2nd Session
   2 - 4 pm
3rd Session
   5 - 7 pm
The retreat concludes after the
second session on December 30.
 
The retreat is open to all and will consist of three sessions each day. Geshe Phende will combine Tong-len teachings with meditation sessions. It is recommended that the participants try to attend all sessions; however, those unable to do so can join in as many of the sessions as they can.  
  Geshe Ngawang Phende was born in Nepal in 1968. As a little boy he became a monk at Drubthob Rinpoche’s monastery in Nepal for two years where he received his initial monastic training. He joined Drepung Loseling Monastery, south India in 1982 at the age of 12, where he successfully completed his monastic education and passed Geshe Lharampa examination in 2001. He then attended Guymey Monastery for further Tantric studies and stayed there for a year. Geshe Ngawang was the resident teacher at the Lam Rim Tibetan Buddhist Center in Johannesburg, South Africa for almost four years. Twice he has been on the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour and now, currently is one of the resident teachers at DLM.
   
   
Tuition   $195 (FREE for current members)
  A voluntary offering to the teacher is customary in the Buddhist tradition.
 
Location
   DLM Prayer Hall
     
Deadline
   Tuesday, December 22, 2026
   
   
Open to All - Registration Required: click here to register
   
Recording Policy:
No recordings, audio or visual, without express permission from Drepung Loseling Monastery.
 
Cancellation Policy:
One-day events: If you withdraw before the day of the event, we will refund your fees, minus a $20 administrative charge. You must speak with a member of the administrative staff by 6pm. Leaving a message will not alter your registration. There will be no other refunds.
 
If you do not attend a session it is counted as a withdrawal and there will be no refunds or exchanges.
 
*When purchasing a series for either the Foundation or the Intermediate classes note that the series advantage gives you a lower rate and purchasing classes individually gives you flexibility. When purchasing these series the first class will count toward the one day cancellation policy. After the first class has begun for the purchase of the series there will be no other refunds or exchanges.
 

Multiple-day events: If you withdraw before the start of the retreat, course, or event, we will refund your fees, minus a 10% administrative charge. If you withdraw after the first retreat or teaching session, we will refund 75% of the fees. After the start of the second session there will be no refunds.