The essence of Buddha’s teaching
01 In Praise of Dependent Arising (2025)
Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II 
Wisdom 
Aug 29, 2025 A series of teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's text In Praise of Dependent Arising given during a special Labor Day weekend retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2025
- Venerable Thubten Chodron’s introduction of Serkong Rinpoche
- Background on the author of the text, Lama Tsongkhapa, and his teacher, Chandrakirti
- Verse 1:
- Three great qualities of the Buddha
- Dependent arising and the elimination of self-grasping
- Verse 2:
- The disadvantages of attachment
- Ignorance and the cycle of karma
- How understanding dependent arising eliminates afflictions
- Different ways of working with attachment
Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II
Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II, born in Spiti, India, in 1984, was recognized at the age of three and a half as the reincarnation of Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, a highly regarded Buddhist teacher, the debate partner of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and Venerable Thubten Chodron’s root teacher. He underwent extensive Buddhist training at Ganden Jangtse Monastery in South India and furthered his education at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India. Recognizing the importance of connecting with Western students, His Holiness the Dalai Lama advised him to complete three years of intensive English study in Canada. This experience acquainted him with the Western world and gave him a basis to combine his profound Buddhist knowledge with an understanding of the modern world.
