Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Born in 1930, Khensur Jampa Tegchok was a Geshe Lharampa and the former abbot of Sera-je Monastic University. He became a monk at the age of eight and studied all of the major Buddhist treatises at Sera-je before fleeing his homeland of Tibet in 1959. His book "Transforming the Heart: The Buddhist Way to Joy and Courage" is a commentary on "The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas" and describes the bodhisattva path. He is also the author of "Insight into Emptiness." He passed away in October, 2014.

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Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Abandoning nonvirtue, practicing virtue

Avoiding the ten nonvirtues is the basis for practicing ethical conduct. How taking precepts in…

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A proper motivation

How the proper motivation is required in order to reap the full benefits of our…

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Love, compassion, and wisdom

It is through the three higher trainings (discipline, meditation and wisdom) that we overcome the…

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The Buddha and the Dharma

How the Buddha turned he wheel of Dharma three times, the Buddha is free from…

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Two truths

While all things are empty and without inherent existence they still do exist in a…

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