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Teaching Schedule
All these ills are brought about by wrath,
Our sorrow-bearing enemy.
But those who seize and crush their anger down
Will find their joy in this and future lives
-from Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life ("Patience", verse 6)
The highlight of the Monastery's calendar is Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche's summer teaching. As wisdom is the path to realization and as Rinpoche is one of the Karma Kagyu lineage's foremost scholars, this is our rare chance to illuminate our hearts and minds. This year, Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche will offer instruction on practicing patience or forbearance, as explained in Shantideva's treasured text, A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. The 1,000-year old text, prized in all lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, provides methods by which the depths of our compassion and wisdom can be revealed. So revered is this text that the prominent 19th-century Nyingma teacher, Patrul Rinpoche, who lived as a wandering ascetic with very few possessions, was said to have always carried A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life with him and was constantly teaching the text. Similarly, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso once said, "if I have any understanding of compassion and the practice of the Bodhisattva path, it is entirely on the basis of this text that I possess it." Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche will help us understand Shantideva's sixth chapter on "Patience". Join Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche and the Thrangu Monastery family this weekend.