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Geshe Thupten Dorjee: Teachings and Meditation

In affiliation with the Tibetan Buddhist Practices Group, Geshe Dorjee teaches and leads meditation each Sunday morning from 11:00 am to approximately 12:30 pm. Teachings are held in the Dramis Hardwood Floors building at 2275 S School Avenue in Fayetteville.

Geshe la is currently teaching from the book Stages of Meditation, by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Stages of Meditation is a commentary by the Dalai Lama on a rare text by ninth-century Indian Buddhist scholar Kamalashila, written in Tibet to correct some Chinese misinterpretations of Buddhism that were influential at the time. Kamalashila's short work is not widely known today, but according to the Dalai Lama, it is a most important text, and worthy of study by those new to Buddhism, because "on the basis of this knowledge you will be able to understand other treatises without great difficulty. This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures."

Throughout the book, the Dalai Lama emphasizes the importance of logical analysis of scriptures, even if they are in the Buddha's own words; some teachings, he stresses, "should not be taken literally, but need interpretation." And this is what he does in this clear and readable commentary, originally given in 1989 and now translated and published for the first time. Its 10 short chapters are on such familiar Buddhist themes as Training the Mind, Compassion, Identifying the Nature of Suffering, and The Practice of Calm Abiding.

Summaries of some of Geshe la's recent teachings are available in the Wisdom and Method section of the Meditation with Geshe Thupten Dorjee blog.

These teachings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Karen Chotkowski at 587-8920.

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For a detailed listing of other meditation and contemplation groups in Northwest Arkansas, visit the Buddhism in Northwest Arkansas web site.

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