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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Group photo of sangha with Khensur Jampa Tegchog.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Holy objects, rebirth, and compassion

A discussion on virtuous actions leading to samsara, the seven-point instructions, and compassion.

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Clarifying misunderstood teachings

More on the differences between tenet systems, labels, and clarifying misunderstood teachings.

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Group photo of sangha with Khensur Jampa Tegchog.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Liberation and tenet schools

Verses 45-49 on what liberation means, the extremes of existence and non-existence, and distinctions between…

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Integrating emptiness

Integrating the teachings in emptiness and identifying the object of negation, followed by some advice…

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Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Understanding emptiness, attaining liberation

How to attain liberation by understanding emptiness, and explaining nihilism and wrong views.

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Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Renunciation and compassion

The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two…

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Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The self and the aggregates

When the conception of "I" exists there is action, from action there is also birth,…

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Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Conception of “I”

How all beings arise from the conception of "I" and are enveloped with the conception…

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