New York Programs January to May 2015
Sundays with Gelek Rimpoche
Live Webcasts
Sunday Mornings
Beginning March 1 and Continuing Throughout the Year
11:00 AM to Noon
We are pleased to announce that Gelek Rimpoche will continue to give Sunday morning talks from 11:00 AM to Noon. Speaking from Ann Arbor, New York and other locations, these talks are free of charge. For more information, please see the Jewel Heart website.
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Introduction to Classical Indian Philosophies: An Orientation for Students of Vajrayāna and Mahāyāna Buddhism
Presented by David Mellins, PhD
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 14, 2015
At Jewel Heart New York and via Webinar
We are pleased to present this five-session course exploring major topics and schools within classical Indian philosophy: existence, causality, perception, valid means of knowledge, consciousness, self and liberation. The course begins with a review of the cultural, religious and literary foundations of Indian philosophy, proceeds with a survey of the major schools of Brāhmanical and Buddhist philosophy, and concludes with an investigation competing theories regarding the principle branches of introspective knowledge. We will enrich our study of Buddhist philosophies through a greater appreciation of Indian intellectual history and the spectrum of philosophical views circulating during the eras of the Śākyamuni, Nāgārjuna, Asaṅga, Dharmakīrti and Candrakīrti.The principal textbook for this course is Richard King’s Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1999), available new and used through Amazon.
David Mellins is a translator and research scholar at the American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, where he is a translator and editor on an NEH funded projected investigating Buddhist Tantric sources in Sanskrit and Tibetan languages. He received his PhD in Sanskrit poetics at Columbia University in 2004 and has served as visiting assistant professor at Columbia and Yale Universities. From 2010 – 2012, he was co-director of the Buddhist Translators Workbench, an online lexographical resource for Buddhist translators and scholars. His research specializations include Sanskrit poetics, classical semantic philosophies of India and, most recently, Buddhist Tantric literature. He is the author of The Cool Rays of Reasoning and Aesthetics (Forthcoming – Pratibhaprakashan), and has lectured at conference and Universities in the United States, Europe and Asia.
For questions, contact [email protected] or 734 994 3387 extension 2.
* Jewel Heart courses and workshops are open to all, regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please contact us about the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.
Chandrakirti image courtesy of rigpawiki.org
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2014-15 Tsoh Dates
Please follow this link for a complete calendar of Water Snake Year Tsoh dates. Tsoh dates at Jewel Heart New York are adjusted to fall on Sundays, unless otherwise noted in the calendar. Tsoh times are noon, unless otherwise noted in the calendar. Tsohs to celebrate special occasions, such as Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche’s birthday, will be shared in the newsletter well in advance. PLEASE NOTE: Waning Moon Day practices are restricted to those with Highest Yoga Tantra, Mother Tantra initiation unless otherwise noted.
New York Special Events September to December 2014
Ganden Lha Gyema Teachings Webcast
Continuing in January!!!
Jewel Heart Presents Gelek Rimpoche
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Jewel Heart New York and Shantideva Meditation Celebrate Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s Anniversary!
Join Us for a Lama Chopa Group Practice with Tsoh
Tuesday, December 16, 7:30 to 9:00 PM
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Teachings This Fall at Jewel Heart New York
Saturday & Sunday, October 11 – 12
1:00 to 4:00 PM Each Day
Atisha’s Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment
Open to All
We are delighted to announce that our long-time friend, Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe, will be teaching this fall at Jewel Heart New York on two separate weekends! Geshe-la continues his commentary on this seminal text, which he began at JHNY in 2012. The two upcoming weekends will be focused on the Mahayana path. These are sure to be exceptional teachings by an exceptional teacher.
Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in Lhokha, Central Tibet and became a monk of Drepung Loseling at the age of 13. He excelled in his studies, and eventually received his Rabjamba Degree in 1958. After escaping into India he served as a lecturer at the school of Buddhist Philosophy in Leh, Ladakh and in 1967 was awarded the Geshe Lharam, the highest academic degree offered in the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism at Drepung Monastic University. He served as a lecturer at Sanskrit University in Sarnath and is currently a professor of Mool Shastra (Indian Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India. Professor Thabkhe is regarded as one of the most eminent scholars of both the Madhyamaka tradition and the Indian Buddhist studies. His monumental works include translation of “The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive & Interpretable Meanings (Lek-Shey Nying-Po)” by Tsong Kha Pa into Hindi, as well as “A Commentary on the Rice Seedlings (Salistamba) Sutra” by Vasubhandu. As one of the greatest learned scholars of Drepung Loseling Monastery he facilitated the completion of numerous research works including a complete translation of Lama Tsong-kha-pa’s Lam rim chen mo “Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment”.
The great Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew, Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet. Atisha’s most celebrated text, Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner and thus became the source of the lam rim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment is a short text that nonetheless encompasses every point for an individual’s spiritual development.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration is required.
Suggested Donation*:
$50 per day; $80 for the weekend
To register online, please follow this link.
* Jewel Heart courses and workshops are open to all, regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please contact us ([email protected]) about the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.
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