Kelsang Gyatso: Difference between revisions
Category. |
link to Kadampa Buddhism |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
In 1976 he accepted an invitation by the Christian monk, philosopher and writer [[Thomas Merton]], to live and teach in a center being planned in Canada. These plans were cut short due to Merton’s sudden death and so the center did not evolve. |
In 1976 he accepted an invitation by the Christian monk, philosopher and writer [[Thomas Merton]], to live and teach in a center being planned in Canada. These plans were cut short due to Merton’s sudden death and so the center did not evolve. |
||
In 1977 Geshe Kelsang accepted a teaching position at [[Manjushri]] Institute (now [[Manjushri Buddhist Center]]) at the request of his teacher Kyabje Trijang, where he has continued to teach and write extensively on a wide variety of Buddhist practices. |
In 1977 Geshe Kelsang accepted a teaching position at [[Manjushri]] Institute (now [[Manjushri Buddhist Center]]) at the request of his teacher Kyabje Trijang, where he has continued to teach and write extensively on a wide variety of Buddhist practices. |
||
'''See also:''' [[Kadampa Buddhism]]. |
|||
==External link== |
==External link== |
||
Revision as of 03:54, 5 July 2004
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet in 1931 and ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of eight. He studied under many respected teachers, especially Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
After leaving Tibet in 1959, he spent the next eighteen years mainly emphasizing retreat in various locations in the Himalayan region of northern India.
In 1976 he accepted an invitation by the Christian monk, philosopher and writer Thomas Merton, to live and teach in a center being planned in Canada. These plans were cut short due to Merton’s sudden death and so the center did not evolve.
In 1977 Geshe Kelsang accepted a teaching position at Manjushri Institute (now Manjushri Buddhist Center) at the request of his teacher Kyabje Trijang, where he has continued to teach and write extensively on a wide variety of Buddhist practices.
See also: Kadampa Buddhism.