Listen to Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel Teach During Covid-19

Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel, Twitter.

While reading about Thrangu Rinpoche and Thrangu Monastery Canada yesterday I happily discovered Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel is at Thrangu Monastery Canada. 

I came to know of him through attending the Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya and listening to his simultaneous English language translations of His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's teachings on my FM radio. When I hear his voice I think of His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa.

Here are two photos from an April 24, 2020 Thrangu Monasery Canada Facebook post that says that the Thrangu Monastery Canada abbot and resident sangha participated in His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's Covid-19 livestreamed prayer sessions last month.

Thrangu Monastery Canada, Thrangu Monasery Canada Facebook friends page.

Thrangu Monastery Canada, Thrangu Monastery Canada Facebook friend page.

Then I found that Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel will be teaching on YouTube from the monastery this month beginning on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

"Teachings on the World and Karma," Thrangu Monastery Canada Facebook.

"Foundations in Abhidharma: Teachings on the World and Karma"

Daily online teachings by Khenpo David Karma Choephel

Starting May 5, 2020

Daily except Mondays

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT

"Two of the most fascinating chapters of Vasubandhu's Treasury of Abhidharma and its Commentary Youthful Play are the chapters on the world and on karmic cause and effect. In this online class, Khenpo David Karma Choephel will go through these two chapters in detail according the commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuck Dorje."

The teachings will be given in English.

Subscribe to the Thrangu Monastery Canada YouTube channel and request a notification when the first teaching starts on Tuesday, May 5 at 1:30 PM PT.

"Selections from 'A String of Pearls," Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya Facebook.

"Selections from 'A String of Pearls: A Collection of Dharma Talks'" by Gampopa

Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel recently gave a two-day online teaching for Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya in Selangor, Malaysia. 

There is some information about this teaching topic on His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa's website, and some additional information on the Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services website:

"A String of Pearls" is a collection of transcripts of talks on the essential meaning of Dharma, which Gampopa gave to his assembled students. These transcripts were carefully prepared and collected by Gampopa's nephew, Dakpo Tsultrim Nyingpo and each talk in the collection presents a concise and accessible teaching on a complete path of Dharma practice."

Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel's two-day teaching is available for viewing on the Thrangu Monastery Canada YouTube channel with the videos dated April 26 and 27, and the Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya Facebook page with the Facebook posts dated April 22 and 24.

Watch the first day of the teachings on the Thrangu Monastery Canada YouTube channel.

Venerable Khenpo David Karma Choephel

"Khenpo David Karma Choephel studied Buddhist philosophy at the Vajra Vidya Institute in Namo Buddha, Nepal, and Sarnath, India. He currently serves as Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s main English-language translator, and also translates for the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Kagyu Monlam.

"His published translations include Ngondro for Our Current Day by the Gyalwang Karmapa, Heart of the Dharma by Khenchen Trangu Rinpoche, Jewels from the Treasury, Vasubandhu’s Verses on the Treasury of Abhidharma, with commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, all published by KTD Publications; and Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar by Thrangu Rinpoche, published by Shambhala Publications. 

"His most recent translation, The Torch of True Meaning: Instructions and the Practice Text for the Mahamudra Preliminaries by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye and the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, was taught by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, A Collection of Commentaries on The Four-Session Guru Yoga, Compiled by the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, both published by KTD Publications."

Source: KTD Publications website.