Discovering Buddhism, Module 12
Wisdom of Emptiness
Six Tuesday sessions
September 30 – November 4, 2025
7:00pm – 8:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
in-person at Land of Medicine Buddha and online
Practice Day
Sunday, November 23, 2025
3:00pm – 6:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
in-person at Land of Medicine Buddha and online
Program Category: Dharma Education — Foundational
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Come to understand what we and everything else are “empty”
of. Enhance the ability to bring about insight into
emptiness, a crucial step for the attainment of both
liberation and enlightenment. Learn how to develop calm
abiding (shamatha) and different ways to meditate on
emptiness. Engage in practices for the accumulation of merit
and the purification of obstacles to set the ground for
gaining the realization of emptiness.
This program is offered in collaboration with
Land of Medicine Buddha.
Geshe Tenzin Legtsok has been ordained as
a Buddhist monk since 2001 and is the first American to
complete the twenty-year Geshe Studies Program in classic
Indian Buddhist treatises and their Tibetan commentaries at
Sera Jey Monastic University
in South India, following
the tradition of ancient Nalanda University. In 2025, he
completed the traditional study of tantra at
Gyudmed Tantric Monastery.
With over two decades of study and practice under the
guidance of great masters, including His Holiness the
Dalai Lama and Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Legtsok
brings profound insights into the application of Buddhist
teachings. Born in Virginia, USA in 1973, he earned a
Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College in 1995. His quest to
answer the question, “What makes for the most happy and
meaningful life,” led him to major in philosophy,
eventually guiding him to study meditation and philosophy
with teachers among the exiled Tibetan communities in
India and Nepal since 1999.
Dedicated to studying and teaching Buddhist philosophy,
Geshe Legtsok seamlessly blends ancient wisdom with
modern-day relevance. His teachings emphasize
understanding and transforming the mind through practice,
and he is committed to helping others navigate the
spiritual path with clarity and patience.