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While Geshela is in India, Dr. Nick Ribush has kindly accepted our request to teach two Sunday morning sessions. Geshela has expressed his deep appreciation of Nick many times by pointing out that when he was a little boy running around in Tibet Nick was at that time a monk already teaching the Dharma. These sessions are a perfect opportunity to hear one of FPMT's longest serving students share his Dharma wisdom.
Dr. Nick will be teaching on how we can apply the Buddha's teachings in the development of our minds.
"Each of us should know his own mind, you must become your own psychologist. Every human being has the ability to understand his mind, when you understand your mind, control follows naturally. Without understanding your inner nature is changing, how can you find eternal happiness? The lasting happiness lies in you, in your own mind, your conscience." - Lama Yeshe
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Dr. Nick Ribush, first encountered Buddhism at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1972, when he attended the third one-month course given there. It was taught by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, two of the lamas most instrumental in the transmission of Buddhism to the West and founders of not only Kurukulla Center but also the FPMT, the international organization of which Kurukulla is part. One of the main things that impressed Nick was the way Tibetan Buddhism distills the complexity of the vast Buddhist teachings into a clear path that can be understood and practiced by anybody, a roadmap to enlightenment (in Tibetan: lam-rim, the stages of the path). Another was that nobody was expected to accept what was taught unchallenged...everything is up for analysis and debate, following true scientific method.
Dr. Nick has been directing the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive since founding it in 1996. Before that he founded and directed Wisdom Publications, Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre and Kurukulla Center, and in general has worked full-time for the FPMT for more than forty years.
If you cannot make it to the Center, you are also welcome to participate from your home by listening online to the live broadcast
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