Geshe Dadul Namgyal
Geshe Dadul is a prominent scholar who earned a Geshe Lharampa degree in Buddhism and Philosophy from Drepung Monastic University in 1992. He also holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India. Author of several books on Buddhism, Geshe Dadul was also professor of Philosophy at Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India for seven years. In addition, he has been the Spiritual Director of Losel Shedrup Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, Knoxville, USA. Due to his facility in both Tibetan and English, he is interpreter and speaker for numerous conferences exploring the interface of Buddhism with modern science, Western philosophy, and psychology and other religious traditions on both a national and international level. Geshela’s language ability has also enabled him to serve as an auxiliary language translator for His Holiness and Dalai Lama throughout the world. As a published author and translator, Geshe Dadul’s credits include a Tibetan translation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Power of Compassion, a language manual, Learn English through Tibetan, and a critical work on Tsongkhapa’s Speech of Gold. Geshela lived and worked at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta, Georgia, where he prepared a six-year curriculum in Modern Science to be used in Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. Geshe Dadul is also on the Sravasti Abbey Advisory Board.
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Madhyamaka through Metaphors with Geshe Dadul Namgyal (2015-17)
Teachings by Geshe Damdul Namgyal on Middle Way philosophy given at Sravasti Abbey.
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Practicing the Six Perfections with Geshe Dadul Namgyal (2018)
Geshe Dadul Namgyal teaches on the six perfections of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom at Sravasti Abbey.
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Tenets with Geshe Dadul Namgyal (2020)
Teachings on Buddhist tenet systems by Geshe Dadul Namgyal given at Sravasti Abbey in 2020, with reviews by Venerables Thubten Chodron and Sangye Khadro.
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Why is bodhicitta so powerful?
How bodhicitta encapsulates numerous agents of transformation ...
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Buddhist tenet systems: What is the person?
The tenet system as a ladder of philosophical maturation. How ...
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Day 1: Questions and answers
Session discussing signs of irreversible bodhicitta, the four maras, wishing all sentient beings to be…
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Bodhicitta, a vast perspective
Exploring reasons why bodhicitta is so powerful and teachings on the seven-step cause and effect…
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Review of bodhicitta
A review of bodhicitta, exploring praises of this jewel of minds, and why it is…
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Paramita of fortitude
Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of fortitude.
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Paramita of ethical conduct
Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of ethical conduct and compares the pratimoksa…
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Day 2: Questions and answers
Questions from Day 2 teachings on anger, obscurations to omniscience, and the super-knowledges.
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Paramita of generosity
Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of generosity, which includes giving material goods,…
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Wishing bodhicitta
The five guidelines of wishing, or aspiring, bodhicitta and the four positive dharmas and the…
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Day 1: Questions and answers
Questions from Day 1 teachings on cognition, altruism, self-centeredness, and bodhicitta.
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Why is bodhicitta so powerful?
How bodhicitta encapsulates numerous agents of transformation within a single motivation and outlines some of…
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Bodhicitta: The jewel of the mind
The many praises given to bodhicitta in Buddhist scriptures.
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