Khensur Jampa Tegchok
Born in 1930, Khensur Jampa Tegchok was a Geshe Lharampa and the former abbot of Sera-je Monastic University. He became a monk at the age of eight and studied all of the major Buddhist treatises at Sera-je before fleeing his homeland of Tibet in 1959. His book "Transforming the Heart: The Buddhist Way to Joy and Courage" is a commentary on "The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas" and describes the bodhisattva path. He is also the author of "Insight into Emptiness." He passed away in October, 2014.
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Nagarjuna's Precious Garland with Khensur Jampa Tegchok (2006-08)
Commentary on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King by Tibetan Buddhist scholar Khensur Jampa Tegchok , given at Sravasti Abbey in 2008.
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