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Geshe Gedun Sherab on Tibetan Buddhist Retreat: A Conversation with David DiValerio
Location: Rouss Hall 403
In conversation with David DiValerio, Geshe Gedun Sherab will share his unique experiences on the rigors and rewards of traditional Tibetan Buddhist retreat. An accomplished meditator, Geshe Gedun Sherab has undertaken numerous long-term retreats in a number of sacred sites in East and South Asia.
Geshe Gedun Sherab began his studies of Tibetan Buddhism at Rongpo Monastery in the Amdo region, becoming the official tutor to the monastery at age twenty-three, and teaching courses in Pramāṇa, Madhyamaka, and Pāramitā. A deft debater, he was later appointed professor and taught courses at Sera Monastic University in Lhasa and other Geluk monasteries. In addition to his scholarly achievements, before the age of forty, Geshe Gedun Sherab had spent over three years in strict meditative retreat, and has continued to spend 8-9 months per year undertaking retreat practices. During the rest of the year, Geshe Gedun Sherab devotes his time to charity work.
David DiValerio is Associate Professor in Religious Studies and the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His current research focuses on long-term meditative retreat traditions in Tibetan Buddhi
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Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935 not far from Lhasa in the town of Tölung Dechen. Two hours away by horse was the Chi-me Lung Gompa, home for about 100 nuns of the Gelug tradition. It had been a few years since their learned abbess and guru had passed away when Nenung Pawo Rinpoche, a Kagyü lama widely famed for his psychic powers, came by their convent. They approached him and asked, "Where is our guru now?" He answered that in a nearby village there was a boy born at such and such a time, and if they investigated they would discover that he was their incarnated abbess. Following his advice they found the young Lama Yeshe to whom they brought many offerings and gave the name Thondrub Dorje.
Afterwards the nuns would often take the young boy back to their convent to attend the various ceremonies and other religious functions held there. During these visits—which would sometimes last for days at a time—he often stayed in their shrine room and attended services with them. The nuns would also frequently visit him at his parents' home where he was taught the alphabet, grammar and reading by his uncle, Ngawang Norbu, a student geshe from Sera Monastery.
Even though the young boy loved his parents very much, he felt that their existence was full
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Overview
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Dialogue 30
19 sessions
December 17, 2015
Sera Cloister, Bylakuppe, India
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Bryce Johnson
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