Buddhist Teachings on Compassion October 5, 2008

Join us for teachings on compassion by Yangsi Rinpoche, Dharma Friendship Foundation's Spiritual Director.
At the age of six, Yangsi Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, a renowned scholar and practitioner from Western Tibet. Rinpoche trained in the traditional monastic system for over twenty-five years. In 1995 he graduated with the highest degree of Geshe Lharampa from Sera Je Monastery in South India. In 1998, having the particular wish to benefit Western students of the Buddhadharma, Rinpoche came to the West to teach and has traveled extensively throughout America and Europe.

Formerly a resident teacher at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Madison, Wisconsin for five years and the author of "Practicing the Path: a Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo" published in 2003 by Wisdom Publications, Rinpoche is President and Professor of Buddhist Studies at Maitripa University in Portland, Oregon. Rinpoche teaches in English, and is admired wherever he travels for his unique presentation of the Dharma, his interest and enthusiasm for Western culture, and his evident embodiment of the wisdom and compassion of the Buddhist path.

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