with Geshe Thubten Sherab

Sunday, March 14, 2027
Morning Session: 10:00am – 12:00pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm – 4:00pm PDT

in person and online

Sunday, March 14
10:00am – 12:00pm PDT

in person and online

Program Category: Meditation, Dharma Education — Introductory

The Vajra Cutter Sutra, also known as the Diamond Cutter Sutra or Diamond Sutra, is one of the most treasured texts of the Perfection of Wisdom teachings. In this guided meditation session, we will use the key similes from the Vajra Cutter Sutra to explore emptiness in a contemplative, experiential way. Geshe Sherab will lead us step‑by‑step in applying these verses to our own minds, helping us cultivate clarity, spaciousness, and insight.

This session is ideal for both new and experienced meditators wishing to connect the philosophy of emptiness with direct practice.

Sunday, March 14
2:00pm – 4:00pm PDT

in person and online

Program Category: Dharma Education — Introductory

How do we bring the wisdom of emptiness into our everyday experiences—our relationships, challenges, habits, and aspirations? The Vajra Cutter Sutra, also known as the Diamond Cutter Sutra or Diamond Sutra, is one of the most treasured texts of the Perfection of Wisdom teachings. In this final session, Geshe Sherab will offer practical guidance on applying the insights of the Vajra Cutter Sutra to daily life and spiritual practice.

Geshe Sherab has also kindly agreed to give an oral transmission (lung) of the Vajra Cutter Sutra. Because even the mere recitation of this sutra is a powerful method for purification and the accumulation of merit, receiving an oral transmission strengthens one’s connection to the text and makes the recitation more effective and beneficial. All are welcome to receive this transmission as a meaningful blessing.

This session is welcoming to all students and provides a meaningful bridge between study, meditation, and lived practice.

Geshe Sherab was born in Manang/Nepal in 1967. He attended Kopan Monastery at age nine and was ordained by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. After 10 years of study in Kopan, he went to Sera Je Monastery for further studies in 1987 and graduated as Geshe at the end of 1999. After that, he joined Gyume Tantric College for a year. Then he taught young monks at Kopan for a year.

In 2001, he was sent by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to New Mexico to serve and help at the International Office of FPMT and teach at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe and Ksiti Garbha Center in Taos as resident teacher. He also served as a Board member of FPMT for two years during that period. By the end of 2003 in December he returned to Nepal to do his own practices. In 2006 he was appointed as Head Master of Kopan Monastery and served for four years. He served as acting Abbot for a year in 2011 when the late Guru Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundup became ill. He also taught at Kopan during the meditation courses there.

He has been resident Geshe at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center in Santa Fe, NM since 2013. He spends 6 months of the year in Santa Fe and the rest of 6 months, he travels and teaches around the world, in the United States, Canada, many parts of Europe, Asia, Mexico, Guatemala and Australia.