The opportunity to realize emptiness
08 In Praise of Dependent Arising (2025)
Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II 
Wisdom 
Sep 1, 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
- Verses 44 and 45
- The importance at practicing at our own pace
- Verses 46 and 47
- How the teachings help us to clarify our confusion
- The importance of taking our time with the teachings
- Verses 48-51
- How focusing on the intention of the teachings helps ease our doubt
- The importance of learning from a qualified teacher
- Verses 52 and 53
- Praising dependent arising as being the Buddha’s most important teaching
- The connection between renunciation and hearing, thinking and meditating
- Verses 54-58
- Aspiring to continuously study the teaching on dependent arising for the benefit of all beings
- Why practicing with determination is the best gift we can give our teachers
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.
