Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Buddhist Teaching with former Abbot to the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery

On Thursday, April 16, 2009 Lobsang Tenzin Geshe Wangdak, Khensur Rinpoche will be offering a teaching at Channing Church in Newport, RI. Time:7:30pm - 9:00pm. 135 Pelham St, Newport, RI in the sanctuary. Street parking.

Http://www.tinyurl.com/channingmap

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Hope you'll join us!
Here is some background info:
Lobsang Tenzin Geshe Wangdak, Khensur Rinpoche, was born in 1934 in Tibet. Rinpoche was the senior teacher for 14 years, and Abbot for four years, at Namgyal Monastery, the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery in Dharamsala, India. In 1995, H. H. the Dalai Lama appointed Khensur Rinpoche Abbot and Senior Resident Teacher at Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, NY. He retired from Ithaca in 1998, and now resides at the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center in Middletown, Connecticut. Khensur Rinpoche was awarded the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest Tibetan Buddhist doctorate. Rinpoche received initiations and teachings of tantric practices of all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. More info at http://chenrezigcenter.org/