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This is an intermediate level course on The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, by Dharmarakshita.
The teaching today will start at Verse 39:
"When lust and hate are stirred up no matter what I do, it is the weapon of my own evil deeds turned upon me for hardening my malevolent, evil mind. Obstinacy, from now on I shall totally extirpate you!”
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, composed by the great Indian yogi Dharmarakshita more than a thousand years ago, is among the most esteemed of the so-called mind training teachings. Mind training is a special genre of teaching that deals with employing techniques for transforming problems into happiness. Geshe Tenley will guide us verse by verse through Dharmarakshita's classic, explaining the workings of karma, the benefits of altruism, and the means to cut through our true enemies: self-grasping and self-cherishing.
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Geshe Ngawang Tenley (Geshela) was born in 1969 into a nomadic family in Eastern Tibet. He made the dangerous journey by foot across the Himalayas in 1988, was ordained as a novice monk in 1990, and began intensive studies and practice at Sera Je Monastery. During this time he received many teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and many other highly qualified masters. In 1998, he received his full ordination monk (Gelong) vows from His Holiness, and in November 2008, after eighteen years of rigorous study and practice, was conferred his geshe degree. He arrived in Boston in early 2004 and began formally teaching in 2009. He was appointed Kurukulla's Resident Teacher by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 2010 following our beloved Geshe Tsulga la's passing. Geshe Tenley is down-to-earth, wise and kind-hearted. His cheerfulness and humility endears him to everyone he meets.
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