Geshe Dorji Damdul
Geshe Dorji Damdul is a distinguished Buddhist scholar whose interest lies in the relation between Buddhism and science, especially in physics. Geshe-la participated in several conferences on Buddhism and science, Mind and Life Institute meetings, and dialogues between His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and Western scientists. He has been official translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2005 and is currently director of Tibet House, the Cultural Centre of H.H. the Dalai Lama, based in New Delhi, India. Geshe-la gives regular lectures at Tibet House and many universities and institutes. He travels widely within India and abroad to teach Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic and practice.
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Geshe Dorji Damdul Sautrāntika and two truths
Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according…
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Hearers, solitary realizers, bodhisattvas
Teachings according to the Vaibhashika, explanation of nirvana, samsara, and renunciation, and a definition of…
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Questions and answers: Existence and tenets
A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.
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Karma, impermanence, and cognition
Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.
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Five paths, buddhas, and arhats
Unpacking the terms contaminated, uncontaminated, and types of phenomena.
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Four seals, obstacles, and enemies of bodhicitta
The four seals as fixed and true, the obstacles to happiness, how to eliminate ignorance,…
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Tenet systems and the extremes
Four seals asserted by all Buddhist schools, misconceptions of self, and the views of different…
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Introduction to the tenets
The first teaching in a series on the tenets: comparison of method and wisdom aspects,…
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