2026 - January 30-February 1, Weekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso - TOPIC: In Praise of Great Compassion from Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way

Weekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso

Note:  To register please sending an email to office@namgyal.org.  Please register by noon of the Friday of the weekend intensive start date.  This is necessary so there is time to send Zoom invitation.  Payment can be made through the website. www.namgyal.org   Click - Donation page and make payment – Write a note it is for Weekend Teaching OR send a check to Namgyal Monastery, 201 Tibet Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850

TOPIC:  In Praise of Great Compassion from Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way

Cost: $100   Through Zoom meeting only.

January 30-February 1, 2026

Description:

Great Compassion is the root of the path to enlightenment.  Great Compassion leads to the altruistic intention of bodhicitta-the intention to attain enlightenment and relieve the suffering of all sentient beings.  The continued practice and development of great compassion, bodhicitta and wisdom are the key elements of the Buddhist path that lead to full awakening.  Chandrakirti’s Entry to the Middle Way is considered one of the most important texts in Tibetan Buddhism because it clarifies and integrates these aspects of the path.  Chandrakirti opens this text with In Praise to Great Compassion and stresses how the cultivation of Great Compassion is important at the beginning, the middle and the end of the path.  Then it is through the practice of the ten perfections (far-reaching virtues) that a Bodhisattva progresses to Buddhahood.   The ten perfections include practices such as generosity, ethical discipline, patience and joyful effort.  During this weekend intensive, Geshe-la will provide discussion on the cultivation of Great Compassion and its connection with bodhicitta and wisdom.   This teaching is excellent for both newcomers and more experienced students.  For newcomers, it will provide the foundation for a basic understanding of key points of study and practice within Tibetan Buddhism.  And for more experienced students, the teachings will serve to refine one’s understanding of Great Compassion and its relationship to wisdom understanding emptiness.

Biography:

Geshe Ngawang Gyatso joined Sera Je Monastery in India in 1993.  He studied for twenty two years on five major Buddhist Philosophical texts.  He received his doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy in the year 2013 and Tantrayana Degree from Gyudmed Trantric monastery.  He was Buddhist Philosophy teacher for two years in Serji Jamyang Choehorling Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh.  He attended special Buddhist Philosophy teacher's training organized by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama office at Central institute of higher Tibetan Studies and received two years courses in English at Bangalore.  At present he is faculty at Namgyal Monastery – Tantric College in Dharamsala, India at present Geshe Ngawang Gyatso is the main teacher at Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, NY.

Friday - Introductory Talk: January 30, 2026 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.

Saturday: 
9:00-10:15: Morning Session
10:15-10:30 Tea Break
12:00-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00- 3:15 Afternoon Session
3:15 - 3:30 Tea Break
3:30-5:00PM Afternoon Session

Sunday:
9:00 - 10-15 Morning Session
10:15 - 10:30 Tea Break
10:30 - 12:00 Last Session