Geshe Jampel Senge 16th March, 2025

Lharampa Geshe Jampel Senge will be offering a special one-day teaching on The Root of the Path on Sunday 16th March.

Introducing Lharampa Geshe Jampel Senge, a special guest teacher coming to TKSL on Sunday, 16th March.

Geshe-la was a school teacher of English in his 20s when he decided to enter Sera Monastery, where he studied the great Buddhist texts and attained the Lharampa Geshe qualification in 1991. He has taught in Australia since 1996. Geshe-la teaches in English.

When asked to describe his connection to Khensur Rinpoche, he said:

“I have great respect for Rinpoche. He has been an inspiration since I arrived in Sera in 1973 as  a 23 year old hippie! He is a very amiable person - friendly with every one. He is humble but cheerful at all times. Everyone knows he is a great scholar on both Tantra and Sutra. I am a great admirer of Rinpoche.”

We are extremely fortunate to have a geshe of his standing coming to teach at TKSL and we welcome him with gratitude and respect.

More information about Geshe-la can be found here: http://tashichoeling.org

 The course: The Root of the Path: The Importance of the Spiritual Guide for Spiritual Realisation: A Buddhist Perspective

Course description:

In this special one-day course Geshe-la will explain the subject of guru devotion.

By understanding how to think and act in relation to our spiritual teachers, we can develop meaningful and positive heart connections. We need this stable basis for building our spiritual practice, otherwise we cannot achieve the results we hope for, as Lama Tzong Khapa made clear:

'The foundation of all good qualities is the kind and vulnerable guru.

Correctly devoting to him is the root of the path.

By clearly seeing this and applying great effort,

Please bless me to rely upon him with great respect.’

And as Rinpoche says:

"We must check to make sure a lama/spiritual teacher is venerable (tse-dang den-pa) and has good qualities. The lama is one who shows the methods to achieve Buddhahood, so we must investigate: does this teacher have the requisite qualities?"

Please join us for this very special event.

Please register for this event so that we have an idea of numbers by emailing your name and the number of people who will be attending:

tksl@goodfortunetrust.org

Session times:

9:30: Doors open

10am - 12 noon: Session One (starting with a guided meditation to set motivation)

12 - 1.45pm lunch break 

2pm - 4pm Session Two (Finishing with a question and answer session)

Lharampa Geshe Jampel Senge

Here are some photos from the day:

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