Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal)
Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) 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 Tenzin Chodrak 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, Geshela’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 Tenzin Chodrak is also on the Sravasti Abbey Advisory Board.
Featured Series
Madhyamaka through Metaphors with Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) (2015-17)
Teachings by Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Damdul Namgyal) on Middle Way philosophy given at Sravasti Abbey.
View SeriesPracticing the Six Perfections with Geshe Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Damdul Namgyal) (2018)
Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Damdul Namgyal) teaches on the six perfections of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom at Sravasti Abbey.
View SeriesTenets with Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) (2020)
Teachings on Buddhist tenet systems by Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) given at Sravasti Abbey in 2020, with reviews by Venerables Thubten Chodron and Sangye Khadro.
View SeriesWorking With Afflictive Minds with Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal)
A series of weekend teachings on how to identify and overcome the afflictions given at Sravasti Abbey from June to August 2023.
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Why is bodhicitta so powerful?
How bodhicitta encapsulates numerous agents of transformation ...
View PostBuddhist tenet systems: What is the person?
The tenet system as a ladder of philosophical maturation. How ...
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Discussion: Emptiness, ethical conduct, and mindfulness
Geshe Dadul Namgyal responds to questions on self- and other-emptiness, and on uncompounded phenomena.
View PostThe Madhyamaka view: A review
Geshe Dadul Namgyal returns to teach on the Middle Way view of Buddhist philosophy, beginning…
View PostThe whole and its parts
Using the reasoning of dependence on parts to show how things cannot be inherently existent.
View PostDiscussion: Emptiness, ignorance, and mental states
Geshe Dadul Namgyal takes questions on emptiness and dependent arising, and the difference between dreams…
View PostMeditation: Space-like emptiness
Geshe Dadul Namgyal leads a guided meditation on space-like emptiness.
View PostEmptiness: Questions and answers
Geshe Dadul Namgyal takes questions from the second day of teachings.
View PostThe object of negation
The distinctions that have to be made to arrive at the right understanding of emptiness.
View PostMeditation: Searching for the self
Geshe Dadul Namgyal guides a meditation on searching for the sense of "I" that inherently…
View PostRight understanding of emptiness
Tendencies to watch out for when learning about emptiness, and important distinctions to be made…
View PostThe Madhyamaka view: Questions and answers
Geshe Dadul Namgyal answers questions from the first day of teachings on the Madhyamaka view.
View PostIgnorance, afflictions, and emptiness
The relationship between the wisdom realizing emptiness and the other practices on the path, and…
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