Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
Bodhicitta and Wisdom
Friday, February 21, 2020
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday – Sunday
February 22 – 23
10:00am – 4:00pm
We are delighted to welcome back Geshe Sherab to our center for a weekend of teachings. Geshe-la will cover two topics from Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life (Bodhisattvacaryavatara): bodhicitta and wisdom. In the past he already taught on two other topics, patience and joyful effort.
Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in Nepal of Tibetan parents, and received his education at Kopan Monastery,
Nepal, the spiritual center of the FPMT.
He completed his studies at Sera Jey Monastic University and at Gyume Tantric College in India.
He has lived in the USA working at the FPMT Central office and several nearby Dharma Centers in Taos, New Mexico.
He returned to Nepal after several years in the U.S. to become Headmaster of Kopan Monastery.
Geshe-la has retired from the Headmaster role in order to have more time to devote to meditation and to teaching internationally.
For the last few years, he has been travelling and teaching at FPMT Centers in USA, Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe.
Mandala magazine has a story of Geshe Sherab:
The Master from the New Generation.
Bodhicitta
Bodhicitta is the aspiration to become enlightened in order to
benefit all sentient beings.
As soon as we develop
bodhicitta, we become a son or daughter of the Buddha:
Should bodhicitta come to birth
In those who suffer, chained
in prisons of samsara,
In that instant they are called the
children of the Blissful One,
Revered by all the world, by
gods and humankind.
Ultimate Bodhicitta
Wisdom supported by bodhicitta is also called ultimate
bodhicitta.
It is a realization of the nature of reality.
Without wisdom the true practice of bodhicitta is not possible
and we cannot put an end to the suffering of samsara:
All these branches of the Doctrine
The Enlightened Sage expounded for the sake of wisdom.
Therefore they must cultivate this wisdom
Who wish to have an end of suffering.
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