Study A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life with Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim

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Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim is teaching a course on Chapters 1-8 of Bodhisattva Shantideva's text A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life on YouTube. The course began on April 28 and is ongoing through July 23, 2020. Chapter 9 will be taught at a future time.

The course is hosted by Chenrezig Institute in Australia. Geshe Puntsok Tsultrim teaches in Tibetan with English translation by professional translator Venerable Kartson.

The Schedule

The course is divided into two parts. The first part runs from April 28 to June 4. Then there is a break until June 16. The second part runs from June 16 to July 23.

Classes are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays PT.

The daily schedule:

4:30-5:00 PM PT A guided meditation on the stages of the path to enlightenment and the course subject matter, led by a student

5:30-6:30PM PT A teaching session from Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim with translation by Venerable Kartson. These sessions livestream on the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel.

10:00-11:00 PM PT A review session, led by Venerable Kartson

Check the Chenrezig Institute website for any updates to the schedule.

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The Topic

A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) by Bodhisattva Shantideva.

Chenrezig Institute's website says this "... profound and impressively current text teaches the development and maintenance of bodhichitta, the mind of enlightenment, through the intensive study and practice of the six perfections, the path of the Bodhisattva."

Join the Course

Visit the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel for The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life playlist which contains the recordings of all of the meditations, teaching sessions, and review sessions.

Watch Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim's first class from this course, held on April 28 in Australia (April 27 in PT), on the Chenrezig YouTube channel.

If you would like to make a donation to the organizers then visit the Chenrezig Institute website. When donating make a comment that you are taking this course.

Additional Classes by Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim

Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim is also teaching on the Essence of Buddha's Teachings and the Lamrim (stages of the path to enlightenment) on YouTube.

Essence of Buddha's Teachings Classes

Classes are held Thursdays from 1:30-3:00 AM PT. These classes livestream on the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel.

Visit the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel for the General Teachings playlist which contains the recordings of all of the teachings.

Lamrim Classes

The Chenrezig Institute website says, "Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim is teaching on the text Middling Exposition of the Stages of the Path by Lama Tsongkhapa, covering topics including the Three Jewels; Buddha, Dharma and Sangha; the Four Noble Truths; Karma; the Nature of our Mind; Conventional and Ultimate Truth; the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, and Bodhichitta."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama taught in Los Angeles, CA in 2000, "The skillful and compassionate Shakyamuni Buddha taught diverse types of Buddhadharma within a collection of 84,000 scriptures for the diverse mental dispositions and spiritual inclinations of his listeners. The essence of all these teachings is presented in such excellent treatises as Atisha’s "Lamp for the Path" which presents the systematic approach of an individual on the path to enlightenment. 

"With this as a basis, Lama Tsong Khapa composed three versions of lam-rim texts: an extensive version known as the Great Exposition of the Path to Enlightenment; a medium-length version known as the Middling Exposition of the Stages of the Path; and the text we are studying here the Short Exposition of the Stages of the Path which is also called Lines of Experience or Songs of Spiritual Experience."

Classes are held on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00PM PT. These classes will run through December 25, 2020. These classes livestream on the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel.

Visit the Chenrezig Institute YouTube channel for the Middling Lamrim playlist which contains the recordings of all of the teachings.

Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim

"Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim was born in Tibet in 1969. At the age of 14 he became a monk and was admitted to Sera Je monastery, where he was awarded his Geshe degree (the equivalent of a doctorate in Buddhist studies) in 2005. Geshe Tsultrim spent a further two years studying tantra at Gyume Tantric Monastery. 

"Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim was appointed to the position of teacher of Buddhist philosophy at TCV School, Bylakuppee in 2006 where he spent two years teaching. Before coming to Chenrezig Institute, Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim also spent some time teaching at Root Institute where he was immensely popular for the warm and approachable way in which he presented the Dharma."

Source: Chenrezig Institute website.