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 The causes of cyclic existence
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe discussing the causes of cyclic existence.
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Teachings on the highest definite goodness of omnisc...
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the Four Noble Truths and developing bodhicitta.
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Trainings of the three types of persons
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches the essential teachings for the beginning and the middle level of…
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Two types of valid cognizer
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the two types of valid cognition.
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Establishing phenomena on the basis of mere dependen...
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches how the Prasangika system posits existence and functionality by mere imputation.
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Is dependently arisen production actual production?
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains Lama Tsongkhapa’s view that dependently arisen production is actual production.
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Is dependent arising unique to buddhism?
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how things exist through mere imputation on their basis of designation.
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Buddhist essentialist views of dependent arising
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains various Tibetan masters’ comments on Essentialists’ views of dependent arising.
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Proponents of dependent arising
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how various Buddhist tenet schools assert dependent arising, and how this…
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Different positions on dependent arising
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how phenomena are established in dependence.
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We must cherish living beings more than buddhas
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains why cherishing sentient beings pleases the Buddha the most.
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