Sunday June 1, 2025 - Special Guest Speaker: Guy Newland PhD - Topic: Translating Tsongkapa’s Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment

Special Guest Speaker: Guy Newland PhD

Guy Newland is an eminent American scholar of Tibetan Buddhism.  He has translated important Tibetan Buddhist texts and written numerous books.

Topic: Translating Tsongkapa’s Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment

Date: Sunday June 1, 2025

Time: 2:00-4:30 PM

Location: His Holiness 14^th Dalai Library and Learning Center in Ithaca, NY 201 Tibet Drive, Ithaca NY

Cost: In-person $40; Zoom $30

To register go to: https://namgyal.org/pages/courses

If you plan to attend by Zoom also send an email to office@namgyal.org and we will email Zoom link the day before the event.

Description

The Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chenmo) is an amazing comprehensive text by Lama Je Tsongkapa that outlines in depth all the mental attitudes and practices necessary for one to progress towards Buddhahood.  It is considered a fundamental text in the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism which Namgyal Monastery part of.  Guy Newland was one of the principal translators of this text into English.  He was also editor of the publication of the three volumes of this text by Snow Lion which made this text widely available to Western students.  Guy also was co-host for teachings on the Lam Rim Chenmo by His Holiness the 14^th Dalai in the summer of 2008.  Guy translated and edited these teachings and incorporated them into the book, From Here to Enlightenment. It is important to emphasize here the crucial role that translators have played throughout the history of the spread of Buddhism and the profound knowledge they gain on the topics of a text through the process of translation.  Thus, through his translation work Guy has a deep and comprehensive understanding of the Lam Rim as well as great skill in conveying their essential meaning to Western students.  During this talk, Guy will provide an overview of the Lam Rim Chenmo teachings and how to integrate these in daily life, as well as share his experience in translating this monumental text. 

Biography

Guy Newland was a student of Jeffery Hopkins at the University of Virginia.  There he was a part of an influential group of students of Tibetan Buddhism who laid a profound foundation for future students through their teachings and translations of text.  Guy very recently retired as Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University, where he taught for 37 years. In addition to his work on the Lam Rim Chenmo he has authored numerous other important books including: Introduction to Emptiness, Appearance and Reality and Two Truths.

Guy will also be teaching at Wisdom’s Goldenrod on Saturday May 31^st.

Saturday 10:00 am:        Dr.Newland will speak on "Ethics, Emptiness and the Mind"

Saturday 2:00  pm          Continued presentation by Dr. Newland

No registration is required

For more information go to:  https://wisdomsgoldenrod.info/guy-newland-2/