In early May, The Yogini Project released “Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: On Becoming The First Geshema,” a video interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo. In the short interview, Geshe Wangmo – whose early contact with FPMT center Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala,…
On Losar this year, as a token of appreciation and gratitude for the incredibly kind service offered to the FPMT organization and to the teachings of Buddha, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the FPMT Puja Fund sponsored 49 sets of robes…
GESHES April-May 2007 By Georges Dreyfus and Ven. Jampa Kaldan Though access to the Geshe studies curriculum has opened up to Westerners in the last few decades, it is still a rare and courageous breed who penetrates the womb of…
July-September 2010 It can be easy, particularly if one is new to Tibetan Buddhism, to miss just how rare and valuable teachers with Geshe degrees are. The degree is incredibly intensive (the curriculum can last up to 20 years), and…
GESHES April-May 2007 Twenty-seven geshes convened in a holy place of pilgrimage for a recent FPMT Geshe Conference. Center Services Director Claire Isitt of the International Office helped to organize the important event. She reports … It had been five…
GESHES April-May 2007 Among the sects of Tibetan Buddhism, the Gelug school places the most rigorous emphasis on philosophical study, administrating a scholastic degree in large monastic universities that can take two decades or more to complete: the “Geshe” degree.…
GESHES April -May 2007 Venerable: A title of respect applied to those who are ordained. The Tibetan equivalent is the word Kushok. Ani: Ani is Tibetan for “nun.” The Tibetan for monk is “trapa.” …la: The suffix “la” is a…
GESHES April-May 2007 Challenging at debate PHOTO: Nick Dawson His Holiness has made the call: He wishes for there to be a Geshe-ma degree for Tibetan Buddhist nuns. This stunning appreciation of the benefits to be had by offering advanced…
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