Compassion towards offenders and incarcerated people
Nagarjuna's Precious Garland 27
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe 
Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe 
Mar 30, 2026 Part of a series of online teachings on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King (Ratnavali), with English interpretation by Katrina Brooks.
- Using the reflection on dependent arising and emptiness to enable renunciation and bodhicitta
- Having strong compassion with offenders of various kinds
- Why it is logical to have compassion for those who have done great harm
- Caring compassionately for incarcerated people
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in 1930 in Lhokha, Central Tibet and became a monk at the age of 13. After completing his studies at Drepung Loseling Monastery in 1969, he was awarded Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree in the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is an emeritus professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and an eminent scholar of both Madhyamaka and Indian Buddhist studies. His works include Hindi translations of The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive and Interpretable Meanings by Lama Tsongkhapa and Kamalasila's commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra. His own commentary, The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising, was translated into English by Joshua and Diana Cutler and published by Wisdom Publications. Geshela has facilitated many research works, such as a complete translation of Tsongkhapa’s The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, a major project undertaken by the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in New Jersey where he teaches regularly.
