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.
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Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2013-17)
Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way given at Sravasti Abbey and Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, New Jersey. With interpretation into English by Joshua Cutler.
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Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2022)
Commentary by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on 8th-century Indian master Kamalashila’s "Stages of Meditation," instructions on the paths of meditation that lead to the fully awakened state of Buddhahood.
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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2018–21)
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches Dharmakirti's commentary on Dignaga's Compendium on Valid Cognition. With interpretation into English by Joshua Cutler and Katrina Brooks.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Prerequisites for serenity
What is needed to meditate on serenity and insight? Both are n...
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The sixteen aspects of the four truths
How the sixteen aspects of the four truths contradict the sixt...
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Proving past and future lives
Verses proving the existence of past and future lives over whi...
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Causes for the 32 marks of a buddha
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the causes and effects of full awakening, and details the causes…
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The way out of sexual desire
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe discusses the unattractiveness of the body.
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The causes for lower rebirths
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how to avoid the causes of lower rebirths and how to…
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Causes and conduct of a higher rebirth
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the causes for higher rebirths and how to conduct oneself according…
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The profundity of selflessness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the profundity of selflessness and the faults of not correctly understanding…
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Not commenting on the four extremes
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains why the Buddha did not comment on the four extremes.
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Higher status and definite goodness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the emptiness of uncompounded space and discusses the five aggregates.
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The emptiness of the elements
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the emptiness of the four elements.
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Various kinds of selflessness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the two kinds of selflessness of the person and of other…
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Emptiness and partless particles
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how realizing emptiness clears away fear and other distressing states.
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Refuting modes of existence
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues through verses 57-69 which refute certain false modes of existence.
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Examining cause and effect
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the lack of inherent existence of cause and effect.
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