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| Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Allevents.in. |
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo is teaching online every Sunday at 10:00 AM PT. The classes began on April 5, 2020 but new students are welcome to join anytime. Registration is not required.
The classes were requested and are being organized by Dharma Friends of Israel.
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| Geshe Kelsang Wangmo online course, Dharma Friends of Israel Facebook. |
Dharma Friends of Israel
Founded in 1997, Dharma Friends of Israel offers activities, lectures, groups, and courses with Buddhist teachers who visit Israel from all over the world. Their website says, "We, the members of the group, are happy to offer introduction and contact with the world of Dharma and meditation to anyone who has interest."
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| Dharma Friends of Israel Facebook page. |
Join Geshe Kelsang Wangmo's Classes
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo is currently teaching on The Heart Sutra. The classes are available on YouTube livestream.
Visit the Dharma Friends of Israel YouTube channel at or a little after 10:00 AM PT on Sundays to watch the livestream. You can subscribe to the Dharma Friends of Israel YouTube channel and request notifications so you will be reminded when Dharma Friends of Israel goes live on YouTube. Here's how to do that if you need some help.
Catch up on the earlier classes by watching the archived videos on the same YouTube channel. Here's the first class from April 5.
Study Materials
Dharma Friends of Israel has distributed a number of digital files that are being used in class. These files are available for free download in both Hebrew and English on the Dharma Friends of Israel website.
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| The list of texts being used in class listed on the Dharma Friends of Israel website. |
Download the files in English here:
Prayers Booklet - it has the prayers in Hebrew and English
The Heart Sutra
Brief Outlines of the Heart Sutra
Extensive Outlines of the Heart Sutra
Commentary by Tendar Lharampa
Chart - Three Wheels
Chart - Constituents & Sources
Chart - Aggregates, Sources, and Constituents
Chart - Grounds & Paths
Retreat Sadhana
Retreat Instructions
Reading List
If you with then you can make a donation to Dharma Friends of Israel by clicking on the yellow PayPal button on the Dharma Friends of Israel website.
Born in Germany, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1991. She completed the seventeen-year geshe studies program at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD) in Dharamsala, and was awarded the Geshe title in 2011.
Up until 2016 she was the only woman who had received the title. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Hamburg, Germany in 2014, His Holiness announced that Geshe Kelsang Wangmo is the first female Geshe.
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo has been teaching Buddhist philosophy classes in English in Dharamsala since 2004, following the IBD curriculum. Join her Dharamsala philosophy class remotely by downloading the class recordings and files from her blog.
Learn more about Geshe Kelsang Wangmo and her studies in the interview The Joy of Study: An Interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo and the Wisdom Podcast episode "Geshe Kelsang Wangmo: Becoming the First Female Geshe."
Up until 2016 she was the only woman who had received the title. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Hamburg, Germany in 2014, His Holiness announced that Geshe Kelsang Wangmo is the first female Geshe.
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| Geshe Kelsang Wangmo in the early 1990s, FPMT.org. |
Learn more about Geshe Kelsang Wangmo and her studies in the interview The Joy of Study: An Interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo and the Wisdom Podcast episode "Geshe Kelsang Wangmo: Becoming the First Female Geshe."
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