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Drepung
Loseling Institute,
an affiliate of Emory University |
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The purpose of Buddhist philosophy is to equip individuals
with insights that lead to freedom and ultimate happiness.
In this ten-week class, Geshe Lhabu Dhondup will present
the common and unique philosophical positions of each of
the four major schools of Buddhist philosophy: Vaibhashika,
Sautrantika, Chittamatra, and Madhyamaka, based on the standard
text used in the Drepung Loseling monastic curriculum.
Essential topics such as the two levels of truth; meditation
techniques; wisdom realizing the ultimate view; the bases,
paths and fruits of practice; and the levels of consciousness
on the paths of practice according to each school will be
discussed and thoroughly analyzed. Within this broad theoretical
framework, students will be able to develop a clear structure
of practices for progressively transforming negative behaviors,
attitudes and afflictions, resulting in liberation and Buddhahood.
The teaching will be based on the book “Cutting Through
Appearances: Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism”
by Geshe Sopa and Jeffrey Hopkins, published by Snow Lion.
Copies will be available for purchase in the Institute bookstore.
The original Tibetan text is called “Drub-tha rin-chen
tren-wa” written by the master scholar Kun-chok Jig-med
Wang-po.
As with Geshe Lhabu’s ten-week Lorig course which
concluded in April, CD recordings of these teachings will
be made available for purchase at $5 ea. or $40 for the
entire 10-week course (plus $5.95 shipping and handling
if necessary). |
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Geshe
Lhabu Dhondup is a particularly skilled teacher,
whose many years of teaching experience, coupled with
his own contemplative practice, enable him to distill
the most essential elements from the vast array of Buddhist
teachings and present them in the most accessible and
applicable way. Geshe Lhabu was born in the Tehor region
of eastern Tibet in 1937. After receiving his novice ordination
at a very young age, he pursued his initial training at
the local monastery of Dhargye. At age 17 he entered the
famed Drepung Loseling Monastery in Lhasa, and in 1959
he followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile in
India, where he continued his spiritual training and received
his Geshe Lharam degree, the highest degree of learning
in Tibetan Buddhism, from Drepung Loseling Monastery in
1989. He taught at the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies
in Ladakh from 1981-2002, and has taught since then at
Drepung Loseling Monastery. The Institute is honored to
have Geshe-la as its senior resident teacher for 2006.
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Dates: |
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Thursday Evenings, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
June 22 through August 31 (No class on July 6)
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Registration
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June
19, 2006 |
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$175 non-members / $140 members |
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Drepung Loseling Institute
2531 Briarcliff Road, Suite 101
Atlanta GA 30329 |
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For
Information/Registration, please call the Institute at:
770-938-9709
or e-mail us at: institute@drepung.org |
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Cancellation
Policy |
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One-day events: If you withdraw before the day of the event,
we will refund your fees, minus a $20 administrative charge.
There will be no other refunds.
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. You must speak directly with a member
of the Institute staff if you wish to withdraw and receive
a refund.
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