Sacred Path
Inside Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Life and Education
Friday, February 21, 2025
7:00pm – 8:30pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
in person and online
Program Category: Community Program
This is a hybrid event, and we are using the
Zoom video conferencing system
for online participants.
Please register below to receive your online access information.
This event will not be recorded.
Join us for an engaging evening as Geshe Tashi Dhondup
shares his remarkable journey from Tibet to India and
Nepal. Discover his pursuit of the Geshe degree and learn
about his rich experiences as a philosophy teacher and
headmaster at Kopan Nunnery, and as a disciplinarian at
Kopan Monastery.
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, ask questions,
and learn more about Tibetan monastic life and education in
a heart-to-heart conversation.
Geshe Tashi Dhondup was born into a
nomadic family on the Tibetan plateau in Kham. At the age
of 14, he entered the local monastery, and at 17, he
embarked on a harrowing 29-day nighttime journey to Nepal
for further education. He studied Buddhist philosophy in
Tibet, India, and Nepal, completing his Geshe studies at
Kopan Monastery in 2004.
Beginning in 2005, Geshe Dhondup served as the philosophy
teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for six years. In 2010, he
became the headmaster of the Kopan School, a role he held
for three years. From 2013, he was both headmaster and
philosophy teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for seven
years. In 2021, Geshe Dhondup took on the role of Kopan's
disciplinarian.
Geshe-la speaks Tibetan, Nepalese, Hindi, English,
Chinese, and the highly endangered language of Minyak.
Registration
Suggested Donation: $20
Registration is required to receive your online access information.
All our Dharma teachings and events are offered on a
dana (generosity) basis
— in the spirit of giving freely, just
as the Buddha taught. This is a beautiful opportunity to support
the teachings and open your heart through generosity.
There is no charge to attend, and no one is turned away. While
teachings are free, your support helps keep the Center running
and makes these precious teachings available to others. We have
included suggested donation amounts to help guide your offering.
Ordained sangha are warmly welcome to attend free of charge.
Thank you for joining in this shared act of support. We rejoice for you.