The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva

Join us for the first of three evenings in the company of Geshe Sherab and get a qualified introduction to the seminal text “The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”. Geshe-la will be in Lhagsam’s gompa and on Zoom for those who can’t join us onsite. Feel free to join any, or all three evenings. The mere imprint of a single moment in the presence of Geshe-la, listening to the text is precious.

WHEN: Tuesday – Thursday, January 30 – February 1, 7.00 – 8.30 pm CET
WHERE: Onsite & Online*

LEVEL: Some basic understanding of Buddhism is recommended, but everyone is welcome!
LANGUAGE: English

PRAYER BOOK: Download here.
ROOT TEXT: Download here.
ROOT TEXT TIBETAN: Download here.
PRAYERS for the SWIFT RETURN of LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE: Download here.

REGISTRATION: here

* Disclaimer: By joining the Zoom room, you accept Lhagsam to record the teachings and publish the video on YouTube.
* Please note: The teacher will be onsite in our center.

“The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva” is a classic Tibetan Buddhist text on mind training (lojong) that offers guidance on the path to enlightenment with a focus on cultivating the mind of a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva is someone who has generated the altruistic, heroic intention (bodhichitta) to attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings.

On the final evening, Geshe-la will offer a transmission of the text in Tibetan. Download here.

About the Teacher

Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College. He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Since then, Geshe Sherab served the Foundation for Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) in several roles. For the last few years, Geshe-la has been traveling and teaching at FPMT centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia, and Europe, while also serving as resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Read more.