Geshe Soepa Classes

Farewell to Geshe Soepa

• FREE EVENT •
Thursday 20 March, 6pm

We’ve been so blessed to be able to share two terms with Geshe Soepa, he has given so many wonderful teachings, weekends and led pujas for us. We wish him well as he moves to Canada, and this event is a chance for the community to get together and give their personal thanks. Bring veggie food to share.

Tuesday’s at 7:30pm

suggested donation £7/£4
• all levels •

8 January - Do We Really Have Past & Future Lives?
15 January - Transforming Problems into a Beneficial Practice
22 January - How Does Taking Refuge In The Three Jewels Protect Us?
29 January - The Death Process & How To Use It
5 February - What Happens In The Bardo?
12 February - How To Practice Patience
19 February - Training The Mind In Equanimity
26 February - How To Generate Great Compassion
4 March - How To Generate Bodhicitta
11 March - How To Get Another Human Rebirth
18 March - Where Does The Habit Of Eating Meat Come From?

Wednesday’s at 7:30pm

suggested donation £7/£4
• all levels •

9 January - The 12 Links Of Dependent Origination
23 January - Basic Analytical Mind Training in 4 Points
30 January - The Wrong Views & The 5 Root Delusions
6 February - Obstacles To Liberation & Omniscience
13 February - Views Of Emptiness In The Madyamika & Cittamatra Schools
27 February - The Benefits of Meditation on Selflessness & Emptiness
5 March - The Differences Between Sutra & Tantra
12 March - The Benefits of Relying On A Guru
19 March - How To Purify Negative Karma
 

Weekend Courses

suggested donation £30/£15 for both days
Saturday & Sundays 1-5pm

9 & 10 February - Explanation of the 21 Praises To Tara and the 4 Mandala Offerings to Tara
1 & 2 March - Essence of the Utaratantra text taught by Maitreya

About Geshe Soepa

Geshe Thubten Soepa was born in Zanskar, India in 1955. At the age of fourteen he entered the monastery of Dromo Geshe Rinpoche in Kalimpong. At the age of 19 he was sent to Sera Jey monastery in South India. Geshe Soepa was fortunate enough to study under some of the greatest teachers who had fled Tibet in 1959.  He counts his Holiness the Dalai Lama as his root guru and took his novice vows before the Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche and his full vows before Kyabje Ling Dorjechang, the 97th head of the Geluk tradition (Tib: Ganden Tri Rinpoche).  He also received many teachings and initiations from them, as well as from Ganden Zong Rinpoche. After three years as resident teacher at Dzongkha Chode monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche of the FPMT invited Geshe Soepa to be the resident Geshe in our sister Centre of Arya Tara in Munich, where he has taught for nine years.