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Venerable Tenzin Namjong

Gelug · From Princeton to Sera Je

Buddhist monk born and raised in Hawaii who read philosophy at Princeton and has been in the Geshe programme at Sera Je monastery since 2007.

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Venerable Tenzin Namjong

Venerable Tenzin Namjong was born and raised in Hawaii and read philosophy at Princeton. Since 2007 he has been in the Geshe programme at Sera Je monastery, the classical scholastic training of the Gelug tradition.

He teaches regularly at Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre in Bangalore.

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Where Venerable Tenzin Namjong has taught.

No dates are listed at the moment. These are the gatherings Paths Are Many has on record.

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Talks & videos

Watch before you attend.

Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.

83 min
Talk

Developing Focus, Part 1

The first of two sessions on shamatha, the settled attention that other practices rest on.

103 min
Talk

Transforming Suffering into Happiness

On thought transformation: what the tradition does with difficulty rather than around it.

188 min
Talk

Practical Buddhism for Everyday Life

A teaching of more than three hours on carrying the lamrim into work, family and the ordinary week.

Path

The wider context.

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Reason as practice

Gelug

Systematic philosophical study, monastic scholarship and tantric practice.

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