{"product_id":"february-27-march-1-2026-weekend-intensive-teaching-through-zoom-with-geshe-ngawang-gyatso-topic-karma-compassion-and-taking-responsibility","title":"February 27-March 1, 2026 - Weekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso -TOPIC:  Karma, Compassion and Taking Responsibility.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWeekend Intensive Teaching Through Zoom with Geshe Ngawang Gyatso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: firebrick; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eNote:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; 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mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003ewww.namgyal.org\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e   Click - Donation page and make payment \u003cb\u003eOR\u003c\/b\u003e send a check to Namgyal Monastery, 201 Tibet Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eTOPIC:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKarma, Compassion and Taking Responsibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003eCost:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e $100\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eThrough Zoom meeting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFebruary 27-March 1, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eKarma and compassion are central to Buddhist teachings and practice.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTeachings on karma describe the connection between our actions and our experiences of happiness or suffering.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSpecifically, positive actions of body, speech and mind bring about positive experiences, while negative actions of body, speech and mind result in suffering.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCompassion is the wish to free beings from their suffering. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThrough the practice of compassion, we bear witness to the suffering in the world and cultivate the desire to alleviate the suffering.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAt a deeper level, we see how ourselves and others can become caught in negative habits that endlessly create suffering. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBased on this compassion we take responsibility to reduce both our own and others’ suffering. Taking responsibility requires reducing negative\/non-virtuous actions and increasing positive\/virtuous ones as well as doing what we can to help alleviate the suffering of ourselves and others.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis is the heart of daily Buddhist practice. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDuring this weekend intensive, Geshe-la will discuss in depth teachings on karma, compassion and taking responsibility.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis is an excellent teaching for newcomers to develop an understanding of these foundational teachings.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMore seasoned students will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the relationship of karma, compassion and responsibility and how to integrate this into daily practice. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs always, Geshe-la will leave plenty of time for questions and discussion on these important topics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\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; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003eSchedule:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #c00000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003eFriday - Introductory Talk: February 27, 2026 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003eSaturday:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e9:00 – 10:15am - Morning Session\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e10:15 – 10:30am - Tea Break\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e10:30 – 12:00 - Morning Session\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e12:00 – 2:00 - Lunch Break\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e02:00 – 3:15pm - Afternoon Session\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e3:15 – 3:30pm - Tea Break\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e3:30 – 5:00pm - Afternoon Session\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; 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