{"product_id":"weekend-intensive-teaching-through-zoom-with-geshe-ngawang-gyatso-topic-bodhisattva-s-way-of-life-chapter-2-confession-and-the-five-paths","title":"DATE:  August 28 to 30, 2026 - Weekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso - TOPIC:  Bodhisattva’s Way of Life Chapter 2, Confession, and the Five Paths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: firebrick;\"\u003eWeekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso at Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ithaca.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: firebrick;\"\u003eTOPIC:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"\u003eBodhisattva’s Way of Life Chapter 2, Confession, and the Five Paths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: firebrick;\"\u003eDATE:  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003eAugust 28 to 30, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: firebrick;\"\u003eCost: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e$100   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eThrough Zoom meeting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: firebrick;\"\u003eNote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e To register please sending an email to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/office@namgyal.org\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eoffice@namgyal.org.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e  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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nsmgysl.org\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003ewww.namgyal.org\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e   Click - Donation page and make payment OR send a check to Namgyal Monastery, 201 Tibet Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk237447139\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #c00000;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBodhisattva’s Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e by Shantideva is one of the most important texts within Tibetan Buddhism.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis text provides clear instruction on essential practices for making progress on the path to enlightenment.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eChapter 2, entitled Confession, first expounds on the multitude of offerings to make to the Buddhas.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eShantideva then explains the need to disclose wrongdoings and to take refuge in the Three Jewels, given the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time of death.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGeshe la will go through this chapter and give commentary on the verses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe Five Paths outline different stages of progress on the path to enlightenment.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe Five Paths are: 1) the path of accumulation; 2) the path of preparation; 3) the path of seeing; 4) the path of meditation and 5) the path of no more learning.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDuring this part of the intensive Geshe la will describe the hallmarks of each path and practices required to progress from one path to the next.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe will also explain the five paths from the different perspectives of the Hinayana (hearers and solitary realizers) and Mahayana (bodhisattvas) practitioners.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMore specifically he will describe the role that the mind of enlightenment, bodhichitta, plays in the five paths of the Mahayana.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDuring this weekend intensive, Geshe-la will provide instruction and opportunity for discussion on these topics. These teachings are suitable for students just beginning a practice as well as students with more experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eBiography:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeshe 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 Serjhi Jamyang Choehorling Mopnastery in Arunachal Pradesh. \u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003eHe 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 Dharamsa-la, India and Geshe Ngawang Gyatso will be the main teacher at Namgyal Mon-astery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, NY.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eSchedule:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eFriday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e - \u003cspan style=\"color: firebrick;\"\u003eIntroductory Talk: August 28the 2026 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eSaturday:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9:00 – 10:15 Morning Session\u003cbr\u003e10:15 – 10:30 Tea Break\u003cbr\u003e10:30 – 12:00 2nd Morning Session\u003cbr\u003e12:00 – 2:00 Lunch Break\u003cbr\u003e2:00 – 3:15 Afternoon Session\u003cbr\u003e3:15 to 3:30 Tea Break\u003cbr\u003e3:30 – 5:00 2nd afternoon session\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic Light'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eSunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9:00 – 10:15 Morning Session\u003cbr\u003e10:15 – 10:30 Tea Break\u003cbr\u003e10:30 – 12:00 Last Session\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"courses","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233089237044,"sku":null,"price":141.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0576\/8737\/5924\/files\/GesheNgawangGyatso_18049936-9cfb-42bd-af6e-8e5234c65778.jpg?v=1787593664","url":"https:\/\/namgyal.org\/en-ca\/products\/weekend-intensive-teaching-through-zoom-with-geshe-ngawang-gyatso-topic-bodhisattva-s-way-of-life-chapter-2-confession-and-the-five-paths","provider":"Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}