About Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Jun 28, 2018: Live video teaching: The Course in Buddhist Reasoning &amp; Debate (Sravasti Abbey)
Jun 29, 2018: Live video teaching: The Gomchen Lamrim (Sravasti Abbey)
Jul 5, 2018: Live video teaching: The Course in Buddhist Reasoning &amp; Debate (Sravasti Abbey)
Jul 6, 2018: Live video teaching: The Gomchen Lamrim (Sravasti Abbey)
Jul 12, 2018: Live video teaching: The Course in Buddhist Reasoning &amp; Debate (Sravasti Abbey)

Geshe Thabkhe is a celebrated scholar and teacher. Born in 1930, he became a monk at 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. Currently he teaches at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India as a professor of the Indian Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy. He is an eminent scholar of both Madhyamaka and Indian Buddhist studies. His works include translation of The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive and Interpretable Meanings (Tib. Lek-Shey Nying-Po) by Lama Tsongkhapa into Hindi and A Commentary on the Rice Seedlings Sutra (Skt. Salistamba Sutra) by Vasubandhu. 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 (Tib. Lam Rim Chen Mo), a major project undertaken by The Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in New Jersey where he teaches regularly.