Teachings are held every Saturday
from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
(except when Geshe-la teaches--see below)
No experience necessary. Just come.
Location: 1800 Gayle Drive, Lexington
(look for brown porch with a Tibetan flag, prayer flags,
and the yellow and black TBCL sign;
please enter by the porch next to the driveway;
you may park in the driveway if there is space)
See maps below.
Chairs and cushions will be provided.
Feel free to bring your own cushion.
Upcoming topics:
(subject to change)
2010
September 11 tba
September 18 tba
Sepember 25 Geshe Kalsang Ragyal
Geshe-la will continue to teach from Shantideva's
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life.* This will
go on for some time. It is not necessary to purchase
the book, but it might be helpful.September 29 Buddhist Book Club (7:30-9 pm)
(Wednesday) Book: Tibetan Book of the Dead (we will cover this
book a number of times over the coming year). At this
session, we will read the front, introductory matter in the
book.
Additional topics to be added.
Teachings with Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal are normally scheduled for the last Saturday of the month. Any exceptions will be noted above, and in email announcements sent out weekly. These teachings are from 10:30 am until about 1:30 pm, with a short break.* A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA'S WAY OF LIFE
by Vesna A. Wallace & B. Alan Wallace
In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva--generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration and wisdom.
"...will stand for many years as the standard English translation of this key Tibetan Buddhist text."--Publishers Weekly
"The Wallaces have produced a concise, literal, and elegant translation. The extant Sanskrit edition frequently differs from the one used in Tibet a millennium ago, and the Wallaces have noted these differences in copious footnotes. These features make their translation both highly readable and an excellent source for scholars of the original languages."--Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal
Geshe Sangay Gyatso (previous teacher)![]()
1800 Gayle Drive, Lexington, KY
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Lexington, KY
During inclement weather, every effort will be made to hold teachings.

